Thursday, December 27, 2007

Professional Book of the Week

Title: Digital Preservation
Editors: Marilyn Deegan and Simon Tanner

Summary:
With the advancement of technology, the preservation option of digitization is becoming more and more affordable. It’s also an area that can be tricky to navigate. Deegan and Tanner have compiled an excellent set of essays and case studies to introduce the benefits, drawbacks, and logistics of digital preservation. One of the highlights of this book is the glossary of terms and abbreviations which is included in the introductory material.

As always, this book is available from SLS through interlibrary loan.