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From: [http://www.ijdc.net The International Journal of Digital Curation], Issue 1, Volume 3, 2008, Towards a Theory of Digital Preservation, Reagan Moore, Page 8. | From: [http://www.ijdc.net The International Journal of Digital Curation], Issue 1, Volume 3, 2008, Towards a Theory of Digital Preservation, Reagan Moore, Page 8. | ||
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===[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush Vannevar Bush]=== | ===[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush Vannevar Bush]=== | ||
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex | ||
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"...let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident." February 18, 1791. From: http://www.clockss.org/clockss/Home | "...let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident." February 18, 1791. From: http://www.clockss.org/clockss/Home | ||
| − | ===Douglas Adams=== | + | ====Douglas Adams==== |
"Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all." From: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams | "Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all." From: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams | ||
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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." From: http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/3069 | "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." From: http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/3069 | ||
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* http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17776: Will your research assets survive the ravages of time, redundancy, mismanagement and decay? Planning for digital preservation within higher education institutions: Ina Smith: 2010-07 | * http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17776: Will your research assets survive the ravages of time, redundancy, mismanagement and decay? Planning for digital preservation within higher education institutions: Ina Smith: 2010-07 | ||
* http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14769: Growing research in Africa : Stellenbosch engaging open access to information: Ina Smith: 2011-05-24 | * http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14769: Growing research in Africa : Stellenbosch engaging open access to information: Ina Smith: 2011-05-24 | ||
Revision as of 12:53, 31 March 2012
Contents
Introduction
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Definition
IJDC
Refer: http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/63/42
Preservation can be thought of as communication with the future. Information that is understood today is transmitted to an unknown system in the future where it will be interpreted and displayed. The future system may have not only different hardware and software, but also different standards for encoding information.
From: The International Journal of Digital Curation, Issue 1, Volume 3, 2008, Towards a Theory of Digital Preservation, Reagan Moore, Page 8.
Motivations
Vannevar Bush
Thomas Jefferson
"...let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident." February 18, 1791. From: http://www.clockss.org/clockss/Home
Douglas Adams
"Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all." From: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams
Leonardo da Vinci
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." From: http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/3069
Research
- http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17776: Will your research assets survive the ravages of time, redundancy, mismanagement and decay? Planning for digital preservation within higher education institutions: Ina Smith: 2010-07
- http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14769: Growing research in Africa : Stellenbosch engaging open access to information: Ina Smith: 2011-05-24
Strategic Objective 1 - Long Term Support
Strategic Objective 2 - Preservable Digital Objects
Strategic Objective 3 - Electronic Citation Management
References
- http://scholar.sun.ac.za
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAIS
- http://framework.niso.org
- http://dpworkshop.org
- http://journals.tdl.org/jodi
- http://www.ifla.org/en/pac
- http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/international-preservation-news
- http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/international-preservation-issues
- http://netpreserve.org
- http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/reports/2008/jiscpolicyfinalreport.aspx
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