Digital Preservation Seeds

by Barbara Sierman

Crystal clear digital preservation: a management issue

February 1, 2015

Raising awareness for digital preservation was a frequently used phrase when I started in this field ten years ago (never regretted it, hurray!). We preservationists have made progress. But the story is still not explaining...

Raising awareness for digital preservation was a...

“Materials contain the seeds of their own destruction” . A preservation handbook.

September 14, 2014

Regularly I have discussions whether digital material and analogue material can be treated the same way or whether the digital aspect requires special treatments, sometimes even resulting in different working processes,...

Regularly I have discussions whether digital...

Where is our Atlas of Digital Damages?

September 14, 2012

Sometimes we, digital preservation people, have a tough job to explain the surprises we come across. If similar situations would happen in the analogue or physical world, one might doubt our observation qualities. Who could...

Sometimes we, digital preservation people, have a...

Analogue versus digital (1)

August 31, 2012

Although digital material is existing for several decades, and most people have some kind of familiarity with using computers, smart phones and tablets, this does not mean that all people involved with the care for digital...

Although digital material is existing for several...

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