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This journal article documents the history and digitization efforts performed and enforced by the International Employee Assistance Digital Archive (EA Archive), housed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Social Work (UMSSW). The…

Sarah Higgins explores the world of digital curation from its beginnings to now in her article “Digital Curation: The Emergence of a New Discipline.” With the world becoming more digital by the day, Higgins brings to light the importance of curation.…

With its roots in discussions following the 2009 Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Digital Humanities Pedagogy: Practices, Principles and Politics is an examination of the pedagogy of digital…

The development of new digital technologies has led to fundamental changes in the ways that cultural institutions fulfill their public missions of access, preservation, research, and education. Many institutions are developing publicly accessible Web…

This report provides an overview of knowledge organization systems (KOSs) and includes pertinent examples of their application to digital materials, offering extensive practical information for institutions embarking on digital library initiatives.…

Gail Hodge asserts that the rapid dissemination of digital “objects” occurred with “little regard for the long-term preservation of digital information.” Given the nature of the digital world, her analysis is as relevant in 2015 as it was in 2000. In…

There are several varied types of electronic records, including legal documents, images, receipts, and personal correspondence that require unique methods of preservation. Hoke explains that due to rapid obsolescence of both software and hardware,…

Kit Hughes and Heather Heckman solicited several film and media archivists to describe critical challenges facing both media scholars and preservationists of analog and digital media. Each essay in this journal addresses the technical necessity for…

This book presents information managers with all the strategic and practical issues to consider when making the decision to digitize their collections. It runs through the digitization process step by step, outlines the different techniques available…

Now considered to be a standard guide, this newer edition of the 'How-to-do-it' Librarian manual has been updated to include more pertinent information. Now including crucial information on digital records, encoded arcival description (EAD),…