Preservation Management of Digital Materials: A Handbook Book

	List of Figures
	Acknowledgements
	Biographies of the Authors
1	Introduction
2	Digital Preservation
2.1	Strategic Overview	18
2.2	Preservation Issues	24
3	Institutional Strategies
3.1	Collaboration	38
3.2	Outreach	45
3.3	Third Party Services	47
3.4	Rights Management	50
3.5	Staff Training and Development	54
3.6	Standards and Best Practice Guidelines	57
4	Organisational Activities
4.1	Creating Digital Materials	62
4.2	Acquisition and Appraisal, Retention and Review	83
4.3	Storage and Preservation	95
4.4	Metadata and Documentation	115
4.5	Access	122
5	Media and Formats
5.1	Media	128
5.2	File Formats and Standards	131
5.3	Compression and Encryption	132
5.4	Technology Watch	132
5.5	Summary Recommendations	133
6	Topic Index	137