Large-Scale digital preservation initiatives and collaborations as a strategy for addressing technology obsolescence in preservation of Africana digital news content

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dc.audienceAudience::Newspapers Section
dc.audienceAudience::Preservation and Conservation Section
dc.audienceAudience::Information Technology Section
dc.conference.sessionTypeInformation Technology, Preservation and Conservation and News Media
dc.conference.venueGreater Columbus Convention Center (GCCC)
dc.congressWLICIFLA WLIC 2016 - Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
dc.contributor.authorKasusse, Michael
dc.contributor.authorNjoku, Ifeoma Stella
dc.contributor.authorBoateng, Agyemang Badu
dc.contributor.authorMwakyagi, Anitha Jackson
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-24T08:36:40Z
dc.date.available2025-09-24T08:36:40Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractWorking together to produce sustainable content while being mindful of technology obsolescence may support preservation sustainability of Africana digital news content. This paper demonstrates how Large-Scale digital preservation initiatives (LSDIs) and collaborations can become a solution to technology obsolescence in preservation of born-digital Africana news content as a form of back up with for original content using cloud-based solutions.en
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dc.identifier.relatedurlhttp://2016.ifla.org/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/5880
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.keywordAfricana Digital News content
dc.subject.keywordTechnology Obscelence
dc.subject.keywordPreservation and Conservation
dc.subject.keywordLarge-Scale digital preservation initiatives (LSDIs)
dc.titleLarge-Scale digital preservation initiatives and collaborations as a strategy for addressing technology obsolescence in preservation of Africana digital news contenten
dc.typeArticle
ifla.UnitSection:Newspapers Section
ifla.UnitSection::Preservation and Conservation Section
ifla.UnitSection::Information Technology Section
ifla.oPubIdhttps://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/1504/

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