The digital archives handbook : a guide to creation, management, and preservation / edited by Aaron D. Purcell. - xxv, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acquisitions, appraisal, and arrangement / Lisa Calahan -- Description and delivery / Dorothy Waugh -- Digital preservation / Bertram Lyons -- Digital forensics and curation / Martin Gengenbach -- Contracts, intellectual property, and privacy / Heather Briston -- Performing arts collections / Vincent J. Novara -- Oral history collections / Douglas A. Boyd -- Architectural and design collections / Aliza Leventhal -- Congressional collections / Danielle Emerling -- Email / Matthew Farrell.

'This edited volume explores the challenges of digital donations with essays from archivists who have developed methods to provide access to a diverse range of digital materials found in government, private, and academic archives'--

9781538122372 (cloth : alk. paper) RM405.45(PTSL) 9781538122389 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Electronic records--Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Digital preservation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Archives--Collection management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Archives--Access control--Handbooks, manuals, etc.