Future proof: Ensuring the long-term accessibility of technology-dependent records

Records Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 87-93

  Findlay, Cassandra ^a  

^a State Records Authority of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archives; Data retrieval; Information management; Preservation; Records management

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749146792     PISSN: 09565698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09565690210454770     Document Type: Article

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