Digital Libraries: Security and Preservation Considerations
Cavan McCarthy, Louisiana State University
Introduction
Defining Digital Libraries
Categories of Digital Libraries
Institutional and Informational Resources in the Digital Library Field
Constructing Digital Libraries
Copyright and Digital Libraries
Selection of Materials for Digital Libraries
Digitization of Materials for Digital Libraries
Software for Digital Libraries
Metadata
Text Indexing
Security and Digital Libraries
Security of Original Materials During the Digitization Process
Security of Online Resources
Access Control Systems
Commercial Digital Library Systems
Watermarking
Preservation and Digital Libraries
Preservation of Original Materials
Preservation of Digital Materials
Preservation of CDs and DVDs
Legal Deposit of Digital Materials
Continuity of Digital Libraries
Continuity of Resource Identifiers
Continuity of Digital Libraries as Institutions
Conclusion
Glossary
Cross References
References
INTRODUCTION
Defining Digital Libraries
A digital library (DL) combines the advantages of digital access with the services and quality information traditionally found in a library. Digital libraries can be characterized as the “high end” of the Internet: that sector of the Internet that maintains a tradition of shared resources and easy access while offering quality content from authoritative sources, such as libraries and universities.
The author has developed the following definition of a digital library: a system ...
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