A guide to managing data in the digital age. Winner of the ALCTS
Outstanding Publication Award by the Association for Library
Collections & Technical Services, Winner of the Waldo Gifford
Leland Award by the Society of American Archivists Many people
believe that what is on the Internet will be around forever. At the
same time, warnings of an impending "digital dark age"-where
records of the recent past become completely lost or
inaccessible-appear with regular frequency in the popular press.
It's as if we need a system to safeguard our digital records for
future scholars and researchers. Digital preservation experts,
however, suggest that this is an illusory dream not worth chasing.
Ensuring long-term access to digital information is not that
straightforward; it is a complex issue with a significant ethical
dimension. It is a vocation. In The Theory and Craft of Digital
Preservation, librarian Trevor Owens establishes a baseline for
practice in this field. In the first section of the book, Owens
synthesizes work on the history of preservation in a range of areas
(archives, manuscripts, recorded sound, etc.) and sets that history
in dialogue with work in new media studies, platform studies, and
media archeology. In later chapters, Owens builds from this
theoretical framework and maps out a more deliberate and
intentional approach to digital preservation. A basic introduction
to the issues and practices of digital preservation, the book is
anchored in an understanding of the traditions of preservation and
the nature of digital objects and media. Based on extensive
reading, research, and writing on digital preservation, Owens's
work will prove an invaluable reference for archivists, librarians,
and museum professionals, as well as scholars and researchers in
the digital humanities.
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