- Digital preservation: A global information management problem
HEADNOTE The digital preservation problem is of greater magnitude than problems associated with preserving physical records. In an e-mail, Svanhildur Bogadottir, city archivist of the Reykjavik Municipal Archives, Reykjavik, Iceland, writes: At my archives, we are now receiving information in digital form almost every week. In endless sizes and formats, ......
- Digital Preservation: A Global Information Management
Problem.
In an e-mail, Svanhildur Bogadottir, city archivist of the Reykjavik Municipal Archives, Reykjavik, Iceland, writes: At my archives, we are now receiving information in digital form almost every week. In endless sizes and formats, up to 15 to 20 years old. Most of it is impossible to read for us ......
- Online archive provides new image for old process
HEADNOTE WITH TODAY'S EMPHASIS ON PRODUCTIVITY, SPEED, EFFICIENCY AND ACCURACY, A NEW TOOL-THE ONLINE ARCHIVE-IS GIVING AN OLD PROCESS A NEW IMAGE. Technology has changed remittance processing through the years. Speed, efficiency and accuracy have always been the hallmarks of remittance processing. As technology improves processing times decrease. However, in ......
- ASP-based Check Image Archive for Community Banks & Credit Unions
The ASP (Application Service Provider) Check image Archive Services Model Community Banks and Credit Unions that incorporate image archive capabilities into their offerings are generally viewed as a preferred provider of checking services, giving them a distinct competitive advantage in the marketplace. The migration to an online ASP-based check image ......
- Web document digital archive assures content permanence
HEADNOTE Profile HEADNOTE "WDDA extends our mission beyond the bibliographic to the actual document itself." IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 4 Taylor Surface, director of content management services, OCLC It's self-evident that most Web content is ephemeral, and its disappearance will be neither noted nor missed. But not all of it-what about Web ......
- Data Accessing and Archiving
HEADNOTE Storage Media Without a structured plan in place to address document and image storage and long-term preservation, an organization's valuable information assets are left vulnerable to loss, theft and inadvertent destruction. Storage media refers to the format in which information is stored. This can range from stone tablets or ......
- Information preservation: Changing roles
HEADNOTE If organizations want reliable electronic records, they must take the necessary steps to create and maintain that reliability HEADNOTE At the Core This article: HEADNOTE Discusses the importance of long-term management of electronic records Explains the role of risk analysis IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 2 The proliferation of electronic records requires ......