Readings 8

Readings 8, Paper 1

Kenny, Anne et al.(2010) Digital Preservation Tutorial. Available at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/dpm-eng/eng_index.html

Publication Information:

  • It was first published in 2003, but the latest revision was made in 2010.
  • There are many authors, and most of them are from the University of Michigan.
  • It was published online, and it goes with a workshop that the authors run.

Take-aways:

  • They discuss the history of preserving digital documents.
  • They define several terms about digital preservation.
  • There are several techniques for keeping digital data up-to-date.
  • It is expensive to keep reliable storage.

Questions:

  • What is the best way to keep data from becoming unreadable?
  • What should be done to protect physical media?
  • How do you balance the trade-offs between risk and expense.