Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2010
Peer Reviewed
1
Abstract
The increased use of the Internet for research, as well as the desire to preserve information, has necessitated the digitization of library materials. This paper seeks to draw a comparison between the challenges of microfilming and digitizing, and what can be learned from previous formatting efforts to reduce data loss during current endeavors.
Keywords
digitization, microfilm, special collections, archives, library science, libraries, information loss
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License
Language
english
URL
http://ir.uiowa.edu/bsides/7
Comments
Written for Topics: Resources and Services (Preservation. Taught by Nancy Kraft, Spring semester 2009.