Book description as posted in DBworld on Dec 21, 2018
Subject: New Book “Cinderella’s Stick – A Fairy Tale for Digital Preservation”
Tzitzikas, Yannis; Marketakis, Yannis
Cinderella’s Stick – A Fairy Tale for Digital Preservation
2018, XXI, 249p. 97 b/w illus., 13 illus. in color
Hardcover, ISBN 978-3-319-98487-2
e-Book, ISBN 978-3-319-98488-9
This book explains the main problems related to digital preservation using examples based on a modern version of the well-known Cinderella fairy tale. Digital preservation is the endeavor to protect digital material against loss, corruption, hardware/software technology changes, and changes in the knowledge of the community.
The structure of the book is modular, with each chapter consisting of two parts: the episode and the technical background. The episodes narrate the story in chronological order, exactly as in a fairy tale. In addition to the story itself, each episode is related to one or more digital preservation problems, which are discussed in the technical background section of the chapter. To reveal a more general and abstract formulation of these problems, the notion of pattern is used. Each pattern has a name, a summary of the problem, a narrative describing an attempt to solve the problem, an explanation of what could have been done to avoid or alleviate this problem, some lessons learned, and lastly, links to related patterns discussed in other chapters.
The book is intended for anyone wanting to understand the problems related to digital preservation, even if they lack the technical background. It explains the technical details at an introductory level, provides references to the main approaches (or solutions) currently available for tackling related problems, and is rounded out by questions and exercises appropriate for computer engineers and scientists. In addition, the book’s website, maintained by the authors, presents the contents of Cinderella’s “real USB stick,” and includes links to various tools and updates.
Features and Benefits:
+ Explains problems and solutions related to digital preservation using examples based on a modern version of the Cinderella fairy tale
+ Introduces the notion of patterns to describe potential problems, possible solutions, and practical lessons learned to avoid related issues
+ Accompanied by a website providing links to various tools, updates, teaching materials – and the contents of Cinderella’s “real USB stick”
Keywords:
Digital libraries and archives – Digital curation – Digital preservation – Information storage systems – Data formats
Read more detailed information:
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319984872
Online version available under:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-98488-9
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