Preserving Digital Materials

Dr. Ross Harvey is Adjunct Professor in Information Management in the School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne. He has held academic positions at universities in Australia, Singapore, and the United States, most recently in the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College, Boston, before returning to Australia. Jaye Weatherburn began her career in film and television before turning to information science. She completed a Bachelor of Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, worked in live television production for many years, then retrained with a Master of Information Management. Jaye is currently working as a Digital Preservation Officer at the University of Melbourne, implementing the University’s ten-year Digital Preservation Strategy (2015-2025). For as long as Twitter is around, she can be found at: @jayechats.

This is an excellent reference and handbook on digital preservation for any institution engaged in digital preservation activities. It would be a worthy addition to circulating collections for academic and public libraries as the general public becomes increasingly aware of and interested in digital preservation.

• Part I: Why Do We Preserve Digital Materials?Chapter 1: Preservation in the Digital Age Chapter 2: The Need for Digital PreservationPart II: What Digital Materials Are We Preserving?Chapter 3: Digital Artifacts, Digital Objects, StorageChapter 4: Selection for Preservation Chapter 5: Requirements for Successful Digital PreservationPart III: How Do We Preserve Digital Materials?Chapter 6: Digital Preservation Strategies I Chapter 7: Digital Preservation Strategies II Chapter 8: Case Studies Part IV: Collaboration and the FutureChapter 9: Digital Preservation Initiatives Chapter 10: The Future of Digital Preservation