Digitization and digital archiving :

Leggett, Elizabeth R., 1985-

Digitization and digital archiving : a practical guide for librarians / Elizabeth R. Leggett. - New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. - xv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. - Practical guides for librarians ; no. 7 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why use digital preservation? -- How do computers store information? -- Storing images -- Storing text -- Storing audio and video -- CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray -- Magnetic tape -- Hard drives -- Flash memory -- Cloud computing -- Equipment for digitizing and editing archival materials -- Metadata and accessing information -- Copyright law -- Problems with digital archiving -- Putting it all together.

9780810892071 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2014009307


Archival materials--Digitization.
Archival materials--Conservation and restoration.
Digital preservation.
Records--Management.
Electronic records--Management.

CD973.D53 / L44 2014

025.8/4