National Library of Australia Staff Papers, 2001

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Digital Continuity: Preservation Action

Colin Webb

Abstract


I want to talk about some of the issues associated with long-term access to the kind of digital information that might be included in the archiving arrangements discussed so far.

I don’t intend going into much technical depth, but I hope you will recognize the underlying concern with techniques – some of the “how” questions – that will allow this to pass as a discussion of technical issues, without causing too much eye glazing.

I want to look at some of the challenges and threats, the nature of preservation, and some of the responses. This will be mostly at a broad level, but with some reference to specifics.

 

Behind it all is the question of “what will meet your needs?”


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