"The ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation is a practical introduction to caring for and preserving audio collections. It is aimed at individuals and institutions that have recorded sound collections but lack the expertise in one or more areas to preserve them. Our audio legacy is at serious risk because
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of media deterioration, technological obsolescence, and, often, lack of accessibility. This legacy is remarkable in its diversity, ranging from wax cylinders of extinct Native American languages to tapes of local radio broadcasts, naturalists’ and ethnographers’ field recordings, small independent record company releases, and much more." (Publisher website)
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"This study focuses on digital archive management and will review the current “state of play” in archive management for content creators. It includes both academic and industry research, as well as the results of site visits to nine media organizations located in Thailand, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and
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Malaysia. The purpose of this study is twofold: firstly, to present an introduction to digital archive management for media organizations and content creators, helping to build awareness and greater understanding of the topic as a whole; secondly, to provide guidance and practical advice, in particular for small- to medium-sized media organizations, as well as for those operating with limited resources, or under challenging environmental and political circumstances. The findings of this study can be broadly divided into two areas. The first relates to the safe storage of content and the associated challenges faced by organizations attempting to store large amounts of data. The second is the effective cataloguing and management of digital archives, allowing content within an organization to be described, discovered and re-used." (Executive summary)
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"Dieses Handbuch bietet einen Überblick für Einsteiger, die ihr gedrucktes Kulturgut durch Digitalisierung schützen und zugänglich machen möchten. Es stellt die einzelnen Phasen des Digitalisierungsprozesses vor und bietet weiterführende Informationen für die detaillierte Beschäftigung mit d
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iesem Thema." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Loosely divided into three sections that focus on the past, the present, and the future, the papers in the proceedings of the 2005 Bibliophilia Africana conference offer a wide variety of contributions on the state of the book in Africa, and on topics such as promoting a reading culture, book and n
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ewspaper publishing, collecting books and archival materials, preservation of books and oral literature, public libraries, and accessibility of literature. There also some papers on the impact of new technology and the Internet on book development and publishing. The volume includes book related experiences from South and Southern Africa, as well as contributions from Argentina, the USA, and the UK." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 303)
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"This introductory user's guide to systems analysis and systems design focuses on building sustainable information systems to meet tomorrow's needs. It shows how practitioners can apply multiple participatory perspectives in development, so as to avoid future problems. As a practical guide, it is pr
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esented to be readily comprehensible and is organized to enable users to concentrate on their goals efficiently, and with minimum theoretical elaboration. The chapters follow the sequence involved in planning an information system, explaining key words, the time involved in each step, ending with a tutorial or exercises." (Publisher description)
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"Building on the experience of many different agencies, this book provides a comprehensive discussion of the difficulties, dilemmas and opportunities of understanding the outcomes of social development programmes and projects. The book shows that while there are no easy solutions to evaluating impac
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t, a range of methods and approaches can be employed in order to provide an adequate understanding of social change. Case studies are presented of how NGO's have succeeded in evaluating these complex social processes within the constraints imposed by resources, staff skills, existing monitoring and requirements and external pressures. The book illustrates genuine, innovative attempts to bring the rhetoric of evaluating impact into the reality of ongoing development programmes." (Catalogue Intermediate Technology Publications 2000)
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