Preface |
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What is Preservation in the Digital Age? Changing Preservation Paradigms |
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2 | (1) |
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The need for a new preservation paradigm |
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3 | (4) |
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7 | (2) |
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Preservation definitions in the digital world |
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What exactly are we trying to preserve? |
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14 | (1) |
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How long are we preserving them for? |
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15 | (1) |
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What strategies and actions do we need to apply when we preserve them? |
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16 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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Why do we Preserve? Who Should do it? |
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17 | (18) |
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17 | (1) |
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Why preserve digital materials? |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (3) |
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The extent of the preservation problem |
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24 | (2) |
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How much data have we lost? |
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26 | (5) |
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Current state of awareness of the digital preservation problem |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (2) |
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Why There's a Problem: Digital Artifacts and Digital Objects |
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35 | (18) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (7) |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (1) |
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A future for digital artifacts? |
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44 | (2) |
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Digital objects -- more than digital artifacts |
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46 | (5) |
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Loss of functionality of access devices |
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46 | (2) |
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Loss of manipulation and presentation capabilities |
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48 | (1) |
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Weak links in the documentation chain and loss of contextual information |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (2) |
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Selection for Preservation -- The Critical Decision |
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53 | (22) |
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53 | (1) |
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Selection for preservation, cultural heritage, and professional practice |
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54 | (3) |
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Selection criteria traditionally used by libraries |
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57 | (2) |
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Appraisal criteria traditionally used by archives |
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59 | (2) |
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Why traditional selection criteria do not apply to digital materials |
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61 | (1) |
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IPR, context, stakeholders, and the continuum approach |
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62 | (5) |
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Intellectual property rights and legal deposit |
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63 | (1) |
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Legal deposit legislation |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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Value of the continuum approach |
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66 | (1) |
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Developing selection frameworks for preserving digital materials |
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67 | (5) |
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Towards a new decision-making framework |
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69 | (3) |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (2) |
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What Attributes of Digital Materials Do We Preserve? |
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75 | (24) |
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75 | (2) |
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Digital materials, technology and data |
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77 | (3) |
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The importance of preserving context |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (4) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (7) |
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91 | (4) |
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Research into authenticity |
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95 | (2) |
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Functional Requirements for Evidence in Recordkeeping Project (Pittsburgh) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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Trusted digital repositories |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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Overview of Digital Preservation Strategies |
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99 | (18) |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (2) |
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The Australian experience |
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105 | (2) |
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Criteria for effective strategies and practices |
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107 | (3) |
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Typologies of principles, strategies and practices |
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110 | (5) |
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A typology of digital preservation? |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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`Preserve Technology' Approaches: Tried and Tested Methods |
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117 | (18) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (8) |
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120 | (1) |
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Storage and handling practices |
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120 | (2) |
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Durable/persistent digital media |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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`Preserve technology' approaches |
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126 | (8) |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (4) |
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The Universal Virtual Computer |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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`Preserve Objects' Approaches: New Frontiers? |
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135 | (22) |
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135 | (1) |
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`Preserve Objects' approaches |
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136 | (1) |
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Bit-stream copying, refreshing, and replication |
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137 | (2) |
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137 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (8) |
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141 | (2) |
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Standardizing file formats |
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143 | (1) |
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Restricting the range of file formats |
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144 | (1) |
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Developing archival file formats |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (6) |
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Viewers and migration on request |
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153 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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Digital mass storage systems |
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154 | (2) |
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Conclusion: combining principles, strategies and practices |
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156 | (1) |
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Digital Preservation Initiatives and Collaborations |
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157 | (24) |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (2) |
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Typologies of digital preservation initiatives |
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159 | (2) |
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International initiatives and collaborations |
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161 | (8) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (2) |
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The International Internet Preservation Consortium |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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Regional initiatives and collaborations |
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169 | (2) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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Digital Recordkeeping Initiative |
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170 | (1) |
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National initiatives and collaborations |
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171 | (6) |
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171 | (1) |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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UK Web Archiving Consortium |
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174 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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Digital Preservation Coalition |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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Digital Preservation Testbed |
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176 | (1) |
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Sectoral initiatives and collaborations |
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177 | (2) |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (2) |
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Challenges for the Future of Digital Preservation |
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181 | (18) |
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181 | (1) |
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What have we learned so far? |
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182 | (3) |
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185 | (8) |
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Challenge 1: managing digital preservation |
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185 | (2) |
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Challenge 2: funding digital preservation |
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187 | (2) |
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Challenge 3: peopling digital preservation |
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189 | (2) |
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Challenge 4: making digital preservation fit |
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191 | (2) |
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Research and digital preservation |
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193 | (3) |
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Conclusion -- the future of digital preservation |
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196 | (3) |
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199 | (22) |
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Case Study 1: Digital Storage at the National Film and Sound Archive, Australia |
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199 | (4) |
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200 | (1) |
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Functions and requirements |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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Case Study 2: PANDORA (Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia) |
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203 | (5) |
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Case Study 3: Changing Preservation Activities at the National Archives of Australia |
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208 | (4) |
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Case Study 4: VERS (Victorian Electronic Records Strategy) |
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212 | (3) |
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Case Study 5: Migration at the Department of Family and Community Services, Australia |
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215 | (4) |
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Case Study 6: PADI (Preserving Access to Digital Information) |
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219 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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