Digital Preservation Strategies at the University of Peradeniya Library.

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2019

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3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

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The purpose of this paper is to provide an account of digital archiving and preservation practices and processes successfully implemented at the University of Peradeniya Library. This Library Digital Preservation is the Process for maintenance of Digital Resources over the long-term with a view to ensure sustained accessibility. The scope of the Digital Preservation, which started with faculty research papers, has been enhanced to accommodate research papers, speeches/lectures, office orders/memorandums, videos, annual reports and the in-house database. This paper attempted to focus on the need and features of open source software in digital preservation with a successful adoption of open source software for University of Peradeniya Library. It also tried to explain all the aspects with a practical approach that are planned for digital preservation for its research publications and other collections

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Digital preservation, Conservation, Digital libraries, University libraries, Peradeniya University

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Maheswaran, R. (2019). Digital Preservation Strategies at the University of Peradeniya Library. 3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p183

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