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International authority Ross Harvey's new How-To-Do It-Manual is the first one-stop resource in digital curation, and guides readers to understand and make the best use of the wide-ranging combinations of strategies, technological approaches, and activities that apply to this rapidly-emerging field. Any information professional who appraises, selects, organizes, or maintains digital resources acts as a digital curator. Whether you are a librarian, archivist, or records manager, you will find useful concepts here for professional setting. Harvey offers an in-depth, start-to-finish explanation of the digital curation process, and clarifies each step in the Digital Curation Centre's (DCC) lifecycle model, including: Create or Receive; Appraise & Select; Ingest; Preservation Action; Store; Access, Use, and Reuse; and Transform. You will learn best practices for improving data access, quality, and protection, and find time-saving tools such as an extensive directory of online resources, tutorials and further references in the area. Book buyers receive exclusive access to a password-protected companion website that offers electronic, customizable versions of planning forms, checklists, and more. This book's essential techniques and expert advice are crucial to ensuring that today's digital resources will be available to and useable by future generations.
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Ross Harvey is Professor of Library and Information Management at Charles Sturt University's School of Information Studies, Australia, and Visiting Professor in the Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute, University of Glasgow.
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"All major issues and professional tasks related to digital preservation and curation can be found in this publication...I would recommend the book to use not only in practical work but in digital curation teaching as well. It may play a role of an introductory textbook in modern digital preservation in addition to its direct more applied function." --Information Research, December 2010
"A comprehensive and clearly written guide to digital curation, this is indeed a publication that is very much needed, and it clearly delivers on expectations." --The Electronic Library, January 2011
"...this volume is a comprehensive resource of best practices in digital curation, useful for current practitioners, those considering working in digital curation, and those studying in the field...Whether looking for conceptual models or how to define data, how to share knowledge and collaborate on preservation planning and policy, or working with data, this book will assist all." --ARBA Online
"Accompanied by a website, this work will benefit any librarians, archivists, or other professionals whose work involves preservation of and access to digital material." --Library Journal, April 2011
"Accompanied by a website, this work will benefit any librarians, archivists, or other professionals whose work involves preservation of and access to digital material." --Library Journal, April 2011
"Digital Curation: A How-To-Do-It Manual covers this emerging field from the ground upà ¢à  à ¦its depth and approach would make it an ideal textbook for a graduate course on digital curation." --Journal of Web Librarianship, 2011
"This book about digital curation is clearly written, useful, and fascinating. If you are new to this subject or even if you think you know a lot about it already, this book will provide you with new insights." --The American Archivist, Fall/Winter 2011
"Harvey shares his wealth of knowledge in a simple-to-read text and provides ample resources for those who want to learn moreâ ¦.Digital Curation: A How-To-Do-It Manual is an extremely useful work that should be read by multiple audiences. It will help archivists and librarians understand digital curation; it can be used by educators to explain digital curation to aspiring archivists and librarians; and it provides a strong framework for archivists and librarians who are responsible for curating digital materials. Harvey's manual provides an important reference resource to archival and library communities and should be manadating reading for professionals tasked with curating digital content." --Archival Issues, 2011
"Harvey shares his wealth of knowledge in a simple-to-read text and provides ample resources for those who want to learn more....Digital Curation: A How-To-Do-It Manual is an extremely useful work that should be read by multiple audiences. It will help archivists and librarians understand digital curation; it can be used by educators to explain digital curation to aspiring archivists and librarians; and it provides a strong framework for archivists and librarians who are responsible for curating digital materials. Harvey's manual provides an important reference resource to archival and library communities and should be manadating reading for professionals tasked with curating digital content." --Archival Issues, 2011
"A comprehensive and clearly written guide to digital curation, this is indeed a publication that is very much needed, and it clearly delivers on expectations." --The Electronic Library, January 2011
"...this volume is a comprehensive resource of best practices in digital curation, useful for current practitioners, those considering working in digital curation, and those studying in the field...Whether looking for conceptual models or how to define data, how to share knowledge and collaborate on preservation planning and policy, or working with data, this book will assist all." --ARBA Online
"Accompanied by a website, this work will benefit any librarians, archivists, or other professionals whose work involves preservation of and access to digital material." --Library Journal, April 2011
"Accompanied by a website, this work will benefit any librarians, archivists, or other professionals whose work involves preservation of and access to digital material." --Library Journal, April 2011
"Digital Curation: A How-To-Do-It Manual covers this emerging field from the ground upà ¢à  à ¦its depth and approach would make it an ideal textbook for a graduate course on digital curation." --Journal of Web Librarianship, 2011
"This book about digital curation is clearly written, useful, and fascinating. If you are new to this subject or even if you think you know a lot about it already, this book will provide you with new insights." --The American Archivist, Fall/Winter 2011
"Harvey shares his wealth of knowledge in a simple-to-read text and provides ample resources for those who want to learn moreâ ¦.Digital Curation: A How-To-Do-It Manual is an extremely useful work that should be read by multiple audiences. It will help archivists and librarians understand digital curation; it can be used by educators to explain digital curation to aspiring archivists and librarians; and it provides a strong framework for archivists and librarians who are responsible for curating digital materials. Harvey's manual provides an important reference resource to archival and library communities and should be manadating reading for professionals tasked with curating digital content." --Archival Issues, 2011
"Harvey shares his wealth of knowledge in a simple-to-read text and provides ample resources for those who want to learn more....Digital Curation: A How-To-Do-It Manual is an extremely useful work that should be read by multiple audiences. It will help archivists and librarians understand digital curation; it can be used by educators to explain digital curation to aspiring archivists and librarians; and it provides a strong framework for archivists and librarians who are responsible for curating digital materials. Harvey's manual provides an important reference resource to archival and library communities and should be manadating reading for professionals tasked with curating digital content." --Archival Issues, 2011
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- PublisherFacet Publishing
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1856047334
- ISBN 13 9781856047333
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages250
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