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Digital File Longevity (compiled for R&D in Digital Asset Preservation)

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Resources compiled by Julian Jackson

This subject is relatively new and there are not many sources dealing with the longevity of digital image files. The sites below list many a variety of sites which will be helpful in finding out more. Howard Besser of UCLA, in particular, has written much on the subject and compiled links to other useful resources

Resource Links:

Papers and Analysis of Problems

Other sources:

Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/
Joint Information Systems Committee http://www.jisc.ac.uk.
Sepia (European group investigating preservation of photos) http://www.knaw.nl

PRESERVATION MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL MATERIALS: A HANDBOOK
by Maggie Jones and Neil Beagrie

Published by THE BRITISH LIBRARY October 2001
Price £15.00 Paperback, 145 pages, 297x210mm, ISBN 0 7123 0886 5

Julian Jackson is an internet consultant and writer, specialising in the Photographic industry. His website is www.julianjackson.co.uk. He publishes two essential eBooks: Picture Research in a Digital Age 2 and Internet Marketing for Photographers, which are available from his website:http://www.julianjackson.co.uk