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Barriers to Digital Preservation in Special Collections Departments

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Published/Copyright: February 3, 2017

Abstract:

This essay selectively surveys recent findings on digital preservation in special collections settings and examines the challenges that prevent widespread implementation. Using the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s library to illustrate the situation facing many institutions, I discuss three types of barriers to digital preservation: workflow and procedural obstacles, resource limitations, and lack of buy-in.

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Katherine Fisher

Katherine Fisher is a digital projects specialist at the University of Hawaii Press. She holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Michigan and will graduate from the MLISc program at the University of Hawaii at Mnoa in May 2017.

Published Online: 2017-2-3

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