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.