Preserving the Information Content : Issues and Strategies
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2005-11-10
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
The term preservation and conservation are defined here. Cause for loss of knowledge is
explained. Discussed the risk assessment for documents and need for preservation in this
paper. Various strategic objectives of preservation and issues of preservation like
technological, legal, social, etc. are discussed in detail. Major strategies like migration,
emulation, XML, etc. for preservation of documents in original format and in digital format
also presented in detail. Digital preservation guidelines like documenting resources,
standards, etc. are described. Copyright/ copyright management, water marking is also
included in present paper.
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Preservation, Digital Library, Information Preservation, Digital archiving