Digital preservation for libraries, archives, and museums / Edward M. Corrado and Heather Lea Moulaison.

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]

xxiii, 270 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Foreword / Michael Lesk -- Part 1. Introduction to digital preservation : What is digital preservation? : Digital preservation is not ... : Digital preservation is not only about backups and recovery; Digital preservation is not only about access; Digital presentation is not an afterthought ; Elements of digital preservation ; Why digital preservation? ; Digital preservation: a management issue ; Why libraries, archives, museums? -- Getting started with the digital preservation triad : Steps in the digital preservation process ; The digital preservation triad ; Management : Policies and planning for digital preservation; Technical decisions; The question of rights ; Resource issues; Outreach and sustainability ; Technology : Trustworthy digital preservation systems; Metadata; File formats ; Content : Copyright issues; Content-related challenges -- Part 2. Management aspects : The OAIS reference model : History ; OAIS reference model components : Vocabulary; Information model; OAIS functional model; OAIS required responsibilities -- Human resources and education : Human resources : Categories of human resources ; Education for digital preservation : Digital preservation and digital curation: what's in a name?; University-level education for digital preservation; Continuing education for digital preservation; Research in digital preservation -- Sustainable digital preservation : Digital preservation as risk management : Involvement in the creation process; Open and/or well-documented standards and systems; Documentation of decisions; Accepted standards for metadata schemas; Needs of the user; Exit strategy; Succession planning; Other considerations for risk management ; Sustainable digital resources ; Blue ribbon task force on sustainable digital preservation and access : Five conditions necessary for digital preservation sustainability ; Factors affecting digital preservation sustainability : Organizational factors; Financial factors; Social and societal factors; Technological factors ; Homegrown, open source, and proprietary software : Development models ; Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) -- Part 3. Technology aspects : The digital preservation repository and trust : Trust ; Trusted repository criteria and checklists : European framework for audit and certification of digital repositories; TRAC, TRD, and ISO 16363; DRAMBORA -- Metadata and metadata for digital preservation :Metadata in digital librarianship : Descriptive metadata; Administrative metadata; Technical metadata; Structural metadata; Markup languages; Structure of metadata files; Metadata schema; Application profiles; Converting records and data to a new format; Metadata generation and creation; Documentation ; Metadata necessary for digital preservation : Preservation Description Information (PDI); DIgital preservation metadata ; Metadata specific to digital preservation : PREMIS model ; Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standards (METS); METS profiles -- File formats and software for digital preservation : File formats : File formats for digital preservation; Evaluating file formats for digital preservation ; Determining file formats : File extensions; MIME internet media types; File format registries; Why are registries so difficult? ; Software to help identify file formats : Generic tools; File type specific tools.

Part 4. Content-related aspects : Collection development : Criteria : Existing collections; New collections -- Preserving research data : Research data : Research data life cycle; Big data; Small data as big data's computer ; Metadata schema for science data : Directory Interchange Form (DIF); The Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (SCDGM); Darwin core schema; Core scientific metadata model; Harvestable scientific metadata ; Open data initiatives : The U.S. National Science Foundation; The U.S. National Institute of Health; Other U.S. initiative; English-speaking countries: approaches to open data ; Human subjects and data preservation : Challenges with preserving human subject data -- Preserving humanities content : Computerizing the humanities : Big data in the digital humanities ; Funding for the digital humanities ; Humanities sources : Metadata schema for published texts; Metadata schemas for digital texts; Metadata schema for encoding visual resources: museum artifacts; Metadata schema for encoding video and sound -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Select resources in support of digital preservation : Selected digital preservation organizations; Selected digital preservation consortium/group initiatives; Data preservation; Other initiatives ; Reports : General reports on digital preservation; Archives; Museums; Metadata; File formats; Moving images; Music ; Webliographies and webinars ; Books, guides, and textbooks : Online digital preservation glossaries; Directories for digital preservation education ; Centers supporting research and teaching in digital preservation ; Conferences and in-person events : Core conferences on digital preservation; Related conferences on digital preservation -- Glossary.

Includes bibliographical references and index.