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Kahn, Miriam.

Protecting your library's digital sources : the essential guide to planning and preservation / Miriam B. Kahn. - Chicago : American Library Association, 2004. - xiii, 104 p. : 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-99) and index.

Preventing common causes of loss -- Planning for the worst : loss of computer operations -- Basic considerations in disaster response planning -- Disaster response planning -- Disaster response : when everything goes wrong -- Disaster response planning for hardware and physical storage media -- Protecting data for long-term retention -- Decision-making for today and tomorrow -- The future : organizations involved with the study of the preservation of electronic records -- Checklists.

ISBN: 083890873X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780838908730

LCCN: 2003023834

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Library buildings--Safety measures.
Archives--Safety measures.
Library information networks--Security measures.
Electronic records--Conservation and restoration.
Emergency management--Planning.
Computer security.
Data protection.
Electronic data processing--Backup processing alternatives.

LC Class. No.: Z679.7 / KAH 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 025.8/2