No-nonsense Guide to Born-digital Content

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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This book offers a comprehensive, entry-level guide for librarians and archivists who have found themselves managing or are planning to manage born-digital content. Libraries and archives of all sizes are collecting and managing an increasing proportion of digital content. Within this body of digital content is a growing pool of ‘born-digital’ content: content that has been created and has often existed solely in digital form. The No-nonsense Guide to Born-digital Content explains step by step processes for developing and implementing born-digital content workflows in library and archive settings of all sizes and includes a range of case studies collected from small, medium and large institutions internationally. Coverage includes:the wide range of digital storage media and the various sources of born-digital contenta guide to digital information basics selection, acquisition, accessioning and ingestdescription, preservation and accessmethods for designing & implementing workflows for born-digital collection processinga comprehensive glossary of common technical termsstrategies and philosophies to move forward as technologies change.This book will be useful reading for LIS and archival students and professionals who are working with, or plan to work with, born digital content. It will also be of interest to museum professionals, data managers, data scientists, and records managers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-04-04
Mått197 x 242 x 13 mm
Vikt168 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieFacet No-nonsense Guides
Antal sidor240
FörlagFacet Publishing
ISBN9781783301959
Utmärkelser2019 Society of American Archivsts' Preservation Publication Award Winner

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Heather Ryan is the Director of Special Collections, Archives & Preservation and Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries. She earned her PhD in Information and Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Walker Sampson is the Digital Archivist at the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries. He earned his MS in Information Science at the University of Texas at Austin before beginning work at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in 2011.

Foreword - Trevor OwensIntroductionWhat is born-digital content?Why is this important?About the bookAdditional resourcesRepresenting the world of libraries and archives 1. Digital information basicsWhat is digital information?HexadecimalDigital file typesStorage mediaCommand line basicsCode repositoriesConclusionFurther reading2. SelectionTypes of born-digital contentFormat- versus content-driven collecting decisionsMission statements, collecting policies and donor agreementsGift agreementsStanford University’s approach to selection in web archivingConclusionFurther reading3.Acquisition, accessioning and ingestPrinciples in acquisitionAcquisition of born-digital material on a physical carrierChecksums and checksum algorithmsAcquisition of network-born materialsAccessionIngestConclusionFurther reading4.DescriptionGeneral fields and types of informationDescriptive standards and element setsGeneral element setsDescriptive systemsUse casesConclusionFurther reading5. Digital preservation storage and strategiesA note on acquisitionA note on file formatsThinking about storageCertificationDigital preservation policyConclusionFurther reading6. AccessDeciding on your access strategyMethods of accessUse caseConclusionFurther reading7. Designing and implementing workflowsA note on toolsDesign principlesWorkflow and policyExamplesCase studyConclusionFurther reading8. New and emerging areas in born-digital materialsTechnology in generalStorageSoftware and appsCloud technologiesSmartphonesDigital art and new mediaEmerging descriptive and access methodsGrowing your skillsConclusionFurther readingConclusion