VINE: Volume 34 Issue 2

The role of format in digital preservation

The concept of representation format permeates all technical aspects of digital repository architecture and is, therefore, the foundation of many, if not all, digital preservation…

Practical experiences of the Dutch digital preservation test‐bed

Digital Preservation test‐bed is a three‐year practical research project with the overall goal of investigating options to secure sustained accessibility to authentic archival…

The preservation of databases

This article outlines past and present practice in the long‐term preservation of databases. It describes one typology of databases affecting preservation methods. It also covers…

Digital preservation of audio, video and film

Digitisation is used for preservation of audiovisual material. This preservation work is a major producer of digital collections – which then need digital preservation for…

ERPANET: a European platform for enabling digital preservation

Increasing amounts of Europe's cultural and scientific heritage is being created or represented in digital form. The preservation and reuse of these digital assets forms both the…

The digital preservation coalition

Digital preservation has been regarded as a matter of increasingly urgent priority in the UK for a number of years. The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the British…

Archiving the Web - some legal aspects

Preservation of AVA heritage

Preserving UK digital library collections

Critical technological and architectural choices for access and preservation in a digital library environment

Electronic access to and the preservation of heritage materials

Preservation management training and education: developing a sector-wide approach