From rescue to long-term maintenance: preservation as a core function in the management of digital assets

VINE

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-16

  Inês Cordeiro, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Digital storage; Information systems; Systems documentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744908660     PISSN: 03055728     EISSN: 14741032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03055720410530933     Document Type: Article

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