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With the amount of data a business accumulates now doubling every 12 to 18 months, IT professionals need to know how to develop a system for archiving important database data, in a way that both satisfies regulatory requirements and is durable and…

The International Internet Preservation Consortium was created in July 2003 by twelve pioneer institutions already involved in Web archiving and including eleven national libraries. The objectives of the consortium are to provide a forum for sharing…

This article focuses on the application of archival theory to create digital representations of history, and how this has created a new theory within digital humanities scholarship termed digital historiography—a theory which focuses on analyzing and…

Amanda Sikarskie gives a deeper look into the preservation of textile works, printed text, the nature of digital material culture, the role of audience participation versus curatorial authority online, audience-friendly collections metadata and…

This book informs both individuals and organizations that are looking to train others on the methods and practices for digital preservation and curation. It stresses the importance of the education level demanded for digital information storage…

Technology holds the key to the future when it comes to preserving our rich history. Trends are quickly and have ultimately moved towards preserving data and printed text by transposing them into digital text. However, just like tangible text data,…

Instead of the traditional step-by-step tutorials, this book references descriptive information on a large variety of topics regarding the preservation of digital archives and databases. The book is divided into 4 main segments that highlight some of…

With all the numbers of libraries, archives and museums creating digitized resources and online collections, it becomes harder and harder for those charged with organizing all of this data to keep everything in order and set by certain standards.…

This website was designed and produced by the UK Archaeology Data Service and Digital Antiquity in the US over the course of a two-year collaborative project. Designed to be a guide for good standards to follow in the world of digital archiving, it…

The article presents information on an October 2013 meeting on the state of the field of database research which took place at the Beckman Center on the University of California-Irvine campus. Topics covered at the meeting included big data,…