Digital Preservation (CS-871)

Introduction to Digital Preservation. Digital objects, and their preservation; Key issues such as obsolescence of storage media, software and data formats, hardware, and Digital Curation in Digital Libraries; their solution; Benefits of digital preservation such as Legal, Accountability & protection from litigation, Protecting the long term view, Protecting investment, Reuse; Reference Models for digital preservations; Role of Metadata and Registries; Preservation Methods, approaches, and their evaluation; Selection and appraisal methodologies; Digital Curation in Digital Libraries; Audit and Certification of Preservation Processes and Repositories.