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Author(s) |
Byers, F.R. |
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Book
title |
Care and handling of CDs and DVDs: a guide for librarians and archivists |
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Journal/series |
CLIR report; 121 |
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Place
of publication |
Washington DC |
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Year
of publication |
2003 |
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Publisher |
Council on Library and Information Resources
/National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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Pages |
48 |
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ISBN |
1-932326-04-9 |
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Language |
English |
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Abstract |
A very informative, complete overview of resources from the industry*s accumulated knowledge base and NIST studies on optical disks (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW). Presents technical explanations and guidelines that will maximize the lifetime and usefulness of optical discs.
Topic areas include: preventing premature degradation; preventing information loss; CD and DVD structure; life expectancy; and conditions that affect optical discs. Discusses risk factors, environment, handling and care in great detail, with numerous illustrations, and offers practical advice balancing requirements for easy access and archival storage. Includes a glossary, a handy quick reference guide that can be distributed to staff, and many boxed summaries and guidelines for easy reference.
Assembled by the Convergent Information Systems Division (CISD) of the
Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) for librarians, archivists, Government
agencies, and other end users, with support of the Council on Library and
Information resources, Washington. |
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URL |
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/pub121.pdf |
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