Archiving and Preservation in Electronic Libraries
Abstract
The rapid growth in the creation and dissemination of electronic information has emphasized the digital environment's speed and ease of dissemination with little regard for its long-term preservation and access. To some extent, electronic libraries, that is those libraries that are moving toward provision of materials in electronic form, have been swept up in this attitude as well. But, electronic information is fragile in ways that traditional paper-based information is not. Electronic information is more easily corrupted or altered, intentionally or unintentionally, without the ability to recognize that the corruption has occurring. Digital storage media have unknown life spans. Some formats, such as multimedia, are so closely linked to the software and hardware technologies that they cannot be used outside these proprietary environments. Aggravating this situation is the fact that the time between creation and preservation is shrinking, because technological advances are occurring so quickly.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADP014054
Entities
People
- Gail Hodge