Preserving Digital Information

Softcover Nachdruck of hardcover 1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-642-07239-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 319 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Cultural history enthusiasts have asserted the urgent need to protect digital information from imminent loss. This book describes methodology for long-term preservation of all kinds of digital documents. It justifies this methodology using 20 century theory of knowledge communication, and outlines the requirements and architecture for the software needed. The author emphasizes attention to the perspectives and the needs of end users.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gladney, Henry

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Datenkompression, Dokumentaustauschformate
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bestandsaufbau, Bestandsentwicklung, Erwerbung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Informationstechnik, IT-Industrie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Systemverwaltung & Management
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Archivierung, Konservierung & Digitalisierung
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften, Archivwesen
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Why We Need Long-term Digital Preservation.- State of the Art.- Economic Trends and Social Issues.- Information Object Structure.- to Knowledge Theory.- Lessons from Scientific Philosophy.- Trust and Authenticity.- Describing Information Structure.- Distributed Content Management.- Digital Object Formats.- Archiving Practices.- Everyday Digital Content Management.- Digital Object Architecture for the Long Term.- Durable Bit-Strings and Catalogs.- Durable Evidence.- Durable Representation.- Peroration.- Assessment and the Future.

Über Autor(innen)

Henry M. Gladney is an industry consultant for digital preservation and document management. In 2001, he founded his own company, HMG Consulting, based in Saratoga, CA, after having worked for IBM Research for decades, designing – among other systems – a digital library service that is the core of today's IBM Content Manager®. He is a regular author in the top ACM periodicals, holds eleven patents, and produces the "Digital Document Quarterly", an online newsletter that has discussed preservation extensively.