Digital Preservation for Libraries, Archives, and Museums

A complete overview of digital preservation theory and practice for cultural institutions and professions. The third edition of Digital Preservation for Libraries, Archives, and Museums is the most current, complete guide to digital preservation available today.The text has been both updated and revised, continuing to present complex topics thoroughly and accessibly.Important new content includes information on environmental sustainability and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). After laying out the problems and perspectives that inform digital preservation, the authors present a variety of solutions ranging from basic to complex.Addressing digital preservation in the broadest sense of the term, the text looks at all aspects of curating and preserving digital content for long-term access.Instead of focusing on specific materials in a particular system, it addresses a broad group of resources that could be housed in any number of digital preservation systems. Part 1 provides an over