Preserving Digital Materials
| dc.contributor.author | Shim, Kapena | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-01T22:07:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-04-01T22:07:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description | Preserving Digital Materials Kapena Shim, Master’s Candidate, Library & Information Science, UH Mānoa What are digital materials? Digital copies of digitized materials; Born digital files; Digital records of Institutions; Examples include text-based files, image-based files, sound-based files; web-page based files. What are the preservation issues? Technology Obsolescence: Machine dependency to be read; Rapid changes in technology outdates pre-existing machines & software resulting in unreadable files. Physical Deterioration: Fragility of media; Damages & corrupts easily from exposure to heat, humidity, airborne containments, faulty reading and writing devices. Legal Issues: intellectual property rights (IPR); Refreshing, emulating, migrating can infringe IPR unless permitted by copyright holder or law. Preservation Precautions: Stable, safe storage; Controlled environment; Regular refreshment cycles onto new media; Make preservation copies; Handle properly; Transfer to standard storage media; Use standard files and media formats; Detailed metadata documentation. Preservation Strategies: Migration; Emulation; Technology Preservation; Convert to Analog Format. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/19884 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Digital preservation. | |
| dc.title | Preserving Digital Materials | |
| dc.type | Image | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Still Image |
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