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Networking for Digital Preservation: Current Practice in 15 National Libraries.(Book review)

Australian Academic & Research Libraries

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Networking for Digital Preservation: Current Practice in 15 National Libraries Ingeborg Verheul IFLA Publications 119 Munchen K G Saur 2006 269pp ISBN 3598218478

The foreword of Networking for Digital Preservation makes two key points: that digital preservation is becoming 'increasingly integrated into the day-to-day library activities', and that this field has seen in recent years the 'emergence of large networks' as a response to the challenges posed by the preservation of digital materials (p6). The book's core is detailed descriptions of the digital preservation activities in 15 national libraries, based on a survey conducted in 2004 and 2005 by the Koninklijke…

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