Digital Preservation

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Author(s): Stephan Strodl (Vienna University of Technology, Austria), Christoph Becker (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)and Andreas Rauber (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 10
Source title: Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development, and Impact
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Yin-Leng Theng (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Schubert Foo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Dion Goh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)and Jin-Cheon Na (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch044

Keywords: Digital Libraries / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science / Library Science

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Abstract

The rapid ongoing changes in software and hardware put digital information at risk. The challenge is to keep electronic data accessible, viewable, and usable for the future when the original software to interpret them has become unavailable. Digital preservation has thus turned into on of the most pressing challenges not only within the digital library community, but also in other areas such as archives and data centres. This chapter introduces the concepts and challenges in the field of digital preservation including the OAIS reference model. We give an overview about the projects and initiatives worldwide dealing with this challenge. We furthermore present preservation planning as a key concept at the heart of preservation endeavours in detail.

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