17:610:553 DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Tefko Saracevic, Michael Lesk
Fall 2002

Assignment 6

PRESERVATION

Reading for digital preservation:

http://www.rlg.org/ArchTF

http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub107/contents.html

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june01/reich/06reich.html

http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/rothenberg/contents.html

Reading assignment:

Traditional paper preservation is summarized in http://www.nedcc.org/p101cs/lesson1.htm

Compare the activities needed this area with the activities needed in digital preservation. What old threats no longer matter? What new threats are we facing? Start with the list in this document that runs from Environmental Control to Conservation Treatment.

M. Lesk