Preservation Services is responsible for preserving the entire Dartmouth College Library collection to make it accessible for current and future students, faculty, and scholars. This includes both preventive and responsive care, including the cost-effective processing of newly cataloged materials, conservation of damaged materials, preservation of intellectual content through reformatting and digitization, disaster recovery, and environmental control.
Friday, June 4, 2010
PLANETS Time Capsule
PLANETS (Preservation and Long-Term Access Through Networked Services) will deposit a TimeCapsule at the Swiss Fort Knox in the Swiss Alps to draw widespread attention to the challenges of preserving digital information. The physical and electronic data will be securely stored and researchers will have an on-line copy to test accessibility.
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