Thread: Help with long term access and content preservation
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Old 10-08-2014, 03:20 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by jrabbit12 View Post
Hello,
I am a library graduate student beginning research for an Archives and Media course. I wanted to jump into ebooks but didn't anticipate all the file formats in addition to devices! I'm wondering what the discussion in the community is about the preservation of straight-to-epublised works and how migration between devices and file formats is being anticipated.

Anything information or personal opinions will be helpful/appreciated.

Thanks!
To get up to speed on digital preservation from a library point of view, you might want to read up on the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) project at Stanford.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOCKSS

http://www.lockss.org/
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