The ALA has published a recent issue in its Library Technology Reports: The Preservation of Digital Materials by Priscilla Caplan, Assistant Director for Digital Library Services at the Florida Center for Library Automation.

As the series name suggests the focus is primarily digital preservation in libraries but a section on special topics also gives very brief overviews of records and archives, web-harvesting, databases, new media art, and personal collections, which may also be of interest to other audiences.

It is a brief, well-written report covering over 33 pages What is Digital Preservation, Preservation Practices, Foundations and Standards, Support for Digital Formats, Preservation Programs and Initiatives, Repository Applications, and Special Topics. It ends with a comprehensive index.

Available through SuperSearch for Uni of Melb staff