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This fifth volume in the New South African Review series takes as
its starting point the shock wave emanating from the events at
Marikana on 16 August 2012 and how it has reverberated throughout
politics and society. Some of the chapters in the volume refer
directly to Marikana. In others, the infl uence of that fateful day
is pervasive if not direct. Marikana has, for instance, made us
look differently at the police and at how order is imposed on
society. Monique Marks and David Bruce write that the massacre 'has
come to hold a central place in the analysis of policing, and
broader political events since 2012'. The chapters highlight a
range of current concerns - political, economic and social. David
Dickinson's chapter looks at the life of the poor in a township
from within. In contrast, the chapter on foreign policy by Garth le
Pere analyses South Africa's approach to international relations in
the Mandela, Mbeki and Zuma eras. Anthony Turton's account, 'When
gold mining ends' is a chilling forecast of an impending
environmental catastrophe. Both Devan Pillay and Noor Nieftagodien
focus attention on the left and, in different ways, ascribe its
rise to a new politics in the wake of Marikana. The essays in NSAR
5: Beyond Marikana present a range of topics and perspectives of
interest to general readers, but the book will also be a useful
work of reference for students and researchers.
The third edition of Preserving Digital Materials provides a survey
of the digital preservation landscape. This book is structured
around four questions: 1. Why do we preserve digital materials? 2.
What digital materials do we preserve? 3. How do we preserve
digital materials? 4. How do we manage digital preservation? This
is a concise handbook and reference for a wide range of
stakeholders who need to understand how preservation works in the
digital world. It notes the increasing importance of the role of
new stakeholders and the general public in digital preservation. It
can be used as both a textbook for teaching digital preservation
and as a guide for the many stakeholders who engage in digital
preservation. Its synthesis of current information, research, and
perspectives about digital preservation from a wide range of
sources across many areas of practice makes it of interest to all
who are concerned with digital preservation. It will be of use to
preservation administrators and managers, who want a professional
reference text, information professionals, who wish to reflect on
the issues that digital preservation raises in their professional
practice, and students in the field of digital preservation.
This book provides a single-volume introduction to the principles,
strategies and practices currently applied by librarians and record
keepers to the preservation of digital information. Also included
are case studies of practice from the library, record keeping,
audiovisual archiving, data archiving and geospatial communities.
Cultural heritage professionals-museum curators, museum
professionals, archivists, and librarians- use their specialized
knowledge to prioritize the needs of their collections.
Preservation managers and collections care specialists draw from
experts in climate control, fire safety, pest management, and more
in assessing a collection and its needs. And all the special
materials within the collections have their experts too. This
revised second edition contains a wide range of topic-specific
expertise that comprises both an enduring text for preservation and
collections care students, as well as an essential one-stop
reference for cultural heritage professionals-particularly those in
small- to medium sized organizations where resources are limited
and professional help, is not always accessible. In addition to
updated and expanded existing content, a new chapter on digital
prints has been added to the Media and Material. Also new is
Expanded information on disaster planning; A quick guide to good,
better, and best preservation practices to help institutions strive
to improve their own activities; A comparative terminology guide to
assist in greater understanding between LAMs; and two quick
references for temperature and relative humidity preferences for a
wide range of collection materials.
The third edition of Preserving Digital Materials provides a survey
of the digital preservation landscape. This book is structured
around four questions: 1. Why do we preserve digital materials? 2.
What digital materials do we preserve? 3. How do we preserve
digital materials? 4. How do we manage digital preservation? This
is a concise handbook and reference for a wide range of
stakeholders who need to understand how preservation works in the
digital world. It notes the increasing importance of the role of
new stakeholders and the general public in digital preservation. It
can be used as both a textbook for teaching digital preservation
and as a guide for the many stakeholders who engage in digital
preservation. Its synthesis of current information, research, and
perspectives about digital preservation from a wide range of
sources across many areas of practice makes it of interest to all
who are concerned with digital preservation. It will be of use to
preservation administrators and managers, who want a professional
reference text, information professionals, who wish to reflect on
the issues that digital preservation raises in their professional
practice, and students in the field of digital preservation.
Cultural heritage professionals-museum curators, museum
professionals, archivists, and librarians- use their specialized
knowledge to prioritize the needs of their collections.
Preservation managers and collections care specialists draw from
experts in climate control, fire safety, pest management, and more
in assessing a collection and its needs. And all the special
materials within the collections have their experts too. This
revised second edition contains a wide range of topic-specific
expertise that comprises both an enduring text for preservation and
collections care students, as well as an essential one-stop
reference for cultural heritage professionals-particularly those in
small- to medium sized organizations where resources are limited
and professional help, is not always accessible. In addition to
updated and expanded existing content, a new chapter on digital
prints has been added to the Media and Material. Also new is
Expanded information on disaster planning; A quick guide to good,
better, and best preservation practices to help institutions strive
to improve their own activities; A comparative terminology guide to
assist in greater understanding between LAMs; and two quick
references for temperature and relative humidity preferences for a
wide range of collection materials.
This book provides a significant contribution to the literature on
land reform in various African contexts. While the economic
evidence is clear that secure property rights are a necessary
condition for catalysing broad-based economic development, the
governance process by which those rights are secured is less clear.
This book details the historical complexity of land rights and the
importance of understanding this history in the process of trying
to improve tenure security. Through a combination of single country
case studies, comparative case studies and regional comparisons,
the book is unequivocal that good governance is paramount for
improving the performance of land reform programmes. All attempts
at moving towards more formal secure tenure require congruence with
informal norms, beliefs and values, and a set of clear systems and
processes to avoid corruption and unintended negative consequences.
This second edition of Digital Curation outlines the essential
concepts and techniques that are crucial to preserving the
longevity of digital resources. The first edition of this textbook
provided in-depth explanation of the entire digital curation
lifecycle, from creation to appraisal to preservation to
organization/access to transformation and set a benchmark for both
thoroughness and clarity. In this revamped and expanded second
edition, international authorities Gillian Oliver and Ross Harvey
have widened the scope the scope to address continuing developments
in the strategies, technological approaches, and activities that
are part of this rapidly changing field. Useful as both a teaching
text and day-to-day working guide, this book outlines the essential
concepts and techniques that are crucial to preserving the
longevity of digital resources and covers topics including: * the
scope and incentives of digital curation, detailing Digital
Curation Centre's (DCC) lifecycle model as well as the Data
Curation Continuum * key requirements for digital curation, from
description and representation to planning and collaboration * the
value and utility of metadata * creating an appraisal and selection
policy for digital objects that considers the needs of producers
and consumers when * the paradigm shift by institutions towards
cloud computing and its impact on costs, storage, and other key
aspects of digital curation * the quality and security of data *
new and emerging data curation resources, including innovative
digital repository software and digital forensics tools *
mechanisms for sharing and reusing data, with expanded sections on
open access, open data, and open standards initiatives * processes
to ensure that data are preserved and remain usable over time. This
book will be essential reading for any information professional,
records manager or archivists who appraises, selects, organizes, or
maintains digital resources and has responsibilities as a digital
curator.
As an in-depth explanation of the entire digital curation
lifecycle, from creation to appraisal to preservation to
organization/access to transformation, the first edition of this
text set a benchmark for both thoroughness and clarity. Boasting
the expert guidance of international authorities Oliver and Harvey,
this revamped and expanded edition widens the scope to address
continuing developments in the strategies, technological
approaches, and activities that are part of this rapidly changing
field. In addition to current practitioners, those pursuing a
career as librarian, archivist, or records manager will find this
definitive survey invaluable. Filled with up-to-date best
practices, it covers such important topics as the scope and
incentives of digital curation, detailing Digital Curation Centre's
(DCC) lifecycle model as well as the Data Curation Continuum; key
requirements for digital curation, from description and
representation to planning and collaboration; the value and utility
of metadata; considering the needs of producers and consumers when
creating an appraisal and selection policy for digital objects; the
paradigm shift by institutions towards cloud computing and its
impact on costs, storage, and other key aspects of digital
curation; the quality and security of data; new and emerging data
curation resources, including innovative digital repository
software and digital forensics tools; mechanisms for sharing and
reusing data, with expanded sections on open access, open data, and
open standards initiatives; and processes to ensure that data are
preserved and remain usable over time. Useful as both a teaching
text and day-to-day working guide, this book outlines the essential
concepts and techniques that are crucial to preserving the
longevity of digital resources.
International authority Ross Harvey's new How-To-Do It-Manual is
the first one-stop resource in digital curation, and guides readers
to understand and make the best use of the wide-ranging
combinations of strategies, technological approaches, and
activities that apply to this rapidly-emerging field. Any
information professional who appraises, selects, organizes, or
maintains digital resources acts as a digital curator. Whether you
are a librarian, archivist, or records manager, you will find
useful concepts here for professional setting. Harvey offers an
in-depth, start-to-finish explanation of the digital curation
process, and clarifies each step in the Digital Curation Centre's
(DCC) lifecycle model, including: Create or Receive; Appraise &
Select; Ingest; Preservation Action; Store; Access, Use, and Reuse;
and Transform. You will learn best practices for improving data
access, quality, and protection, and find time-saving tools such as
an extensive directory of online resources, tutorials and further
references in the area. Book buyers receive exclusive access to a
password-protected companion website that offers electronic,
customizable versions of planning forms, checklists, and more. This
book's essential techniques and expert advice are crucial to
ensuring that today's digital resources will be available to and
useable by future generations.
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