This open access book addresses the protection of privacy and personality rights in public records, records management, historical sources, and archives; and historical and current access to them in a broad international comparative perspective.

Readers may use this guide to gain both a philosophical and practical understanding of the emerging field of distributed digital preservation, including how to establish or join a network.

This book brings important new perspectives into the discourse on displaced archives. speaks to the growing interest in shared archival heritage, repatriation of cultural artefacts and cultural diasporas.

Provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles and guidelines for documenting cultural heritage places. Seek to aid heritage managers and decision makers in understanding their roles and responsibilities inn this essential activity.

Essays on the use of technology in libraries that's already transitioning from trend to everyday reality throw the spotlight on the systems, software, and approaches most crucial to the knowledge institutions of tomorrow.

Provides an overview of Metadata - its types, roles, and characteristics; a discussion of metadata as it relates to resources on the Web; a description of methods, tools, standards, and protocols that can be used to publish and disseminate digital collections;