Digital Archiving Resources

Digital Preservation of Electronic Resources

Title

Digital Preservation of Electronic Resources

Subject

Web archiving

Description

This paper illuminates the multiple challenges of archiving naively digital academic content and emphasizes digital preservation is more difficult than print. Digital native content has dramatically increased with transition of academic journals and publishers eliminating print copies. The rise in the quantity of content is compounded by the authors’ assertion that digital content is “fragile and not durable”. The ability to access content in the future will depend heavily on the technologies available. The authors suggest several strategies to aid in digital content preservation: data migration, technology preservation, and software emulation. It is acknowledged financial difficulty can strain digital preservation efforts. The authors propose collaborative efforts between libraries, publishers, governmental entities, and open archival systems to increase digital content preservation.

Creator

Gaur, Ramesh and Tripathi, Manoram

Publisher

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology

Date

2012-07-18

Contributor

Raible, John

Type

Journal Article

Bibliographic Citation

Gaur, Ramesh C., and Tripathi, Manorama. 2012. "Digital Preservation of Electronic Resources." DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 32, no. 4 (July 2012).

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Collection

Citation

Gaur, Ramesh and Tripathi, Manoram, “Digital Preservation of Electronic Resources,” Digital Archiving Resources, accessed March 29, 2024, https://dar.cah.ucf.edu/items/show/257.