This book will look at the prevention of loss, the restoration of data or digital materials, and planning for long-term access to these materials. There are two major issues in planning to prevent the loss of digital materials: physical loss of data and hardware; and intellectual loss. Section 1 of this book will look at that common disaster, loss of data from a system or server crash, and how to prevent the loss of data through regularly scheduled backups. Section 2 of this book will discuss procedural decisions to increase the longevity of digital materials, documents, |
