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Why we need long-term thinking for long-term records

Preservica

There are plenty of reasons to pay attention to current business, but we also need to be proactive about combatting technology obsolescence and ensuring the sustainability of long-term digital records. The business benefits of digital preservation.

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New book explores the social, institutional and user impacts of e-legal deposit

CILIP

Chapters draw on evidence gathered from real-world case studies produced in collaboration with leading libraries, researchers and practitioners including Bodleian Libraries, National Library of Sweden and the National Archives of Zimbabwe. Paul Gooding is a Senior Lecturer in Information Studies at the University of Glasgow.

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The stack: An introduction to the WARC file

Archive-It

It’s a digital preservation mantra: lots of copies keeps stuff safe (LOCKSS). But to preserve and manage them in the longest term, it helps to know what WARCs are and are not –what they can and cannot do for future users of web archives. Want to know more about a tool in our web archiving toolbox? That’s the gist!