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Preserving Our Heritage - Perspectives from Antiquity to the Digital Age (Paperback)
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Preserving Our Heritage - Perspectives from Antiquity to the Digital Age (Paperback)
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Drawing on historical texts, this all-encompassing, accessible
volume provides a comprehensive understanding of preservation for
librarians, archivists, and museum specialists. By grounding key
readings in context, Michele V. Cloonan offers students and
professionals an overview of longevity, reversibility, enduring
value, and authenticity of information preservation. In considering
the history and context of preservation, she provides significant
insight into conservation, historic preservation, moving images,
and other cultural heritage institutions. The text is divided into
eight themes designed to provide specific readings in context with
this broad subject: History and context Collections Risks to
cultural heritage Conservation Frameworks for digital preservation
Preservation policy Ethics and values Multicultural issues
Sustainability Each section includes historical works that form the
basis of contemporary thinking and practices, readings from a
variety of fields that are primarily concerned with the
preservation of cultural heritage, and hard-to-find publications
that shed new light on how to approach contemporary problems. The
author's selections and insightful commentary on each comprise a
truly global and current view of preservation. Readership: Students
and researchers in archives, museums and libraries courses around
the world. Drawing on historical texts, this all-encompassing,
accessible volume provides a comprehensive understanding of
preservation for librarians, archivists, and museum specialists. By
grounding key readings in context, Michele V. Cloonan offers
students and professionals an overview of longevity, reversibility,
enduring value, and authenticity of information preservation. In
considering the history and context of preservation, she provides
significant insight into conservation, historic preservation,
moving images, and other cultural heritage institutions. The text
is divided into eight themes designed to provide specific readings
in context with this broad subject: * History and context *
Collections * Risks to cultural heritage * Conservation *
Frameworks for digital preservation * Preservation policy * Ethics
and values * Multicultural issues * Sustainability. Each section
includes historical works that form the basis of contemporary
thinking and practices, readings from a variety of fields that are
primarily concerned with the preservation of cultural heritage, and
hard-to-find publications that shed new light on how to approach
contemporary problems. The author's selections and insightful
commentary on each comprise a truly global and current view of
preservation. Readership: Students and researchers in archives,
museums and libraries courses around the world.
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