Essentials of Digital Content Management and Preservation

This book is presented with a motive of developing a complete solution for librarians and information professionals for converting print documents in digital form. If we try to analyze the recent trend of information profession, we shall find a countrywide need of creating digital versions of manuscripts, rare books, thesis and dissertations etc. available in print form in various libraries and information centers. Most of the professionals are involving themselves in these new tasks without having proper knowledge and expertise of the concept and initiating the process either by themselves or by outsourcing the whole process. Therefore, it is an appropriate time to provide a complete solution of digital preservation so that the library professionals may not only perform the process of digitization on their own but also may ensure total quality on the technical issues of digital preservation. In this book, the author has focused on all possible and relevant theory and practical issues of digital preservation in the libraries.…