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In the article What Do you Mean by Archive? Genres of Usage for Digital Preservers by Trevor Owens, he discusses archives, what they are and how they are used in different fields. This piece delves into the different forms and contexts of archiving,…

This report is intended to highlight the issues and concerns raised at the summit for preserving software and identify key next steps for ensuring long term access to software. To best represent the distinct perspectives involved in the summit this…

Discussion of technical needs for a new or developing archive or company.

The PADI Web Archiving webpage provides an overview of global web archiving practices as well as resources on issues related to web archiving. It briefly defines different models for and approaches to web archiving before providing case studies of…

In this digital landscape, the archival-oriented media theories of Wolfgang Ernst are particularly relevant. Digital Memory and the Archive, the first English-language collection of the German media theorist’s work, brings together essays that…

Institutional repositories resemble archives in that they store, preserve in perpetuity, and index their holdings. They thereby require a similar approach to building and maintaining their collections. Additionally, institutional repositories…

This journal explains how social scientists are becoming encouraged to locate, access, and analyze data from data archives worldwide. It talks about how the vast majority of data archives which service the research community deal exclusively with the…

“Delivering digital images: cultural heritage resources for education” by Patricia McClung and Christie Stephenson. The book was originally published in the year 1998. The book focuses on the importance of digitizing images that reflect cultural…

Michael J. Paulus, Jr., librarian and professor at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington, compares Myron Eells’ 19th century eclectic library and his method of recordkeeping to postmodern trends in contemporary libraries, archives, and…

This working document focuses on developing strategies, policies, and technologies necessary to ensure the longevity and integrity of digital publications. The goal for this text is to inform institutions on how to address the opportunities and…