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Bourke, Thomas A. – Library Journal, 1989
Explores the meanings that have been attached to the term "archival" and concludes that librarians participating in the national preservation effort use this term to mean permanent. Permanence is practically defined as storage for upwards of 100 years. Given this definition, the merits of microforms and optical disks as archival storage materials…
Descriptors: Archives, Cost Effectiveness, Definitions, Library Standards
Download full textLynn, M. Stuart – 1990
This document presents a comprehensive glossary of terms which are associated with document preservation technologies; there is a particular emphasis on the technologies of media conversion and the use of digital computer technologies. The glossary also includes technologies associated with access to such preserved materials. A document such as…
Descriptors: Definitions, Digital Computers, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
