Library of Congress Recommended Format Specifications: Encouraging Preservation Without Discouraging Creation
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Library of Congress Recommended Format Specifications: Encouraging Preservation Without Discouraging Creation
The Library of Congress has a fundamental commitment to acquiring, preserving and making accessible in the long term the creative output of the nation and the world. The Library has devised the Recommended Format Specifications to enable it to identify what formats will most easily lend themselves to preservation and long‐ term access, especially with regard to digital formats. The Library is d...
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عنوان ژورنال: D-Lib Magazine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1082-9873
DOI: 10.1045/september2014-westervelt