Protecting Your Library's Digital Sources

Disasters come in all shapes and size. Bad things can happen to good digital resources from floods and fires to viruses and computer crashes. Both library staff and customers are dependent on costly hardware, software, and electronic collections. Electronic information may be more susceptible to problem than print resources. Moreover, storage issues and long-term accessibility for digital materials that require dated or obsolete hardware can often be overlooked. Without a plan for damage containment and recovery, a collection or library may have to close, either temporarily or permanently.
Preservation and disaster expert Kahn brings clear guidance and practical expertise to address libraries' worst-case scenarios before they happen, Providing both short-and long-term planning and preservation tips, Kahn provides critical preemptive advice to help you protect and preserve the right information. Featuring 29 proven, all encompassing checklists and forms that help in designing a data protection plan along with real experiences shared in four case studies this is the authoritative e-preservation resource for reference librarians, preservationists, archivists, and records managers who created and maintain electronic resources.
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