The preservation of databases
Kevin Ashley
(Head of Digital Archives Department, ULCC, London, UK. E‐mail: K.Ashley@ulcc.ac)
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Abstract
This article outlines past and present practice in the long‐term preservation of databases. It describes one typology of databases affecting preservation methods. It also covers some outstanding challenges to database preservation and gives pointers to further reading on database preservation activity around the world.
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Citation
Ashley, K. (2004), "The preservation of databases", VINE, Vol. 34 No. 2, pp. 66-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/03055720410551075
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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