“Slavic Studies and Slavic Librarianship” Revisited: Notes of a Former Slavic Librarian

Trehub, Aaron

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“…While many digital projects have been carried out in the humanities, the team sees the Prague Spring Archive as both a humanities project and one that while multidisciplinary, also fits into the growing number of Slavic digital humanities projects being undertaken by research libraries (Trehub 2009). While these projects represent a significant step forward in the development of digital projects in the Slavic field, only one other project specifically addresses primary documents from the Cold War (Lawrence 2013), and none focus on the Prague Spring.…”

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The Prague Spring Archive at the University of Texas at Austin

Goodale

2017

Journal of Web Librarianship

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There is a noted lack of primary historical documents related to the Prague Spring, one of the key moments in the Cold War, available online. As such, there is a need for an online resource that presents these primary documents in their entirety, allowing researchers and the public to engage with these materials in a user-friendly, open access format. The Prague Spring Archive, a new project at The University of Texas at Austin, fills this gap. This article addresses the development, promotion, and future steps of the project.

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The Prague Spring Archive at the University of Texas at Austin

Goodale

2017

Journal of Web Librarianship

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“…The importance of digital preservation has increased significantly in the past decade. The first decade of the twenty-first century was the decade of digitization and the second decade seems to have been the decade of digital preservation (Trehub, 2011;Trehub and Wilson, 2010).…”

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Digital preservation practices for information resources in university libraries of Pakistan

Ahmad,

Rafiq

2023

OIR

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PurposeThe digital contents (d-contents) are vulnerable to various threats either natural or manmade. Digital preservation is the plethora of a wide array of strategies necessary for the long-term preservation of digital objects. This study was carried out to assess the digital preservation practices for information resources in university libraries of Pakistan.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative survey based on a structured questionnaire was carried out to conduct the study. The questionnaire containing two sets of strategies (general and technical) was distributed amongst the whole population and received 90% response rate.FindingsOverall, progressive implementation of general digital preservation practices was noted in these libraries like checking the digital collections for viruses, keeping the digital media in fire/water/theft proof locations, restricting unauthorized access, maintaining ideal humidity and temperature, and checking the digital media for functionality. Amongst the technical practices, only replication was in practice at a progressive rate, followed by metadata recording and media refreshing that was sometimes practiced in these libraries. The other technical practices were rarely or never practiced in these libraries. Significant variances in general and technical digital preservation practices were noted based on their physical locations (regional distribution).Research limitations/implicationsThe study contributes a comprehensive set of digital preservation practices divided into general and technical types to conduct similar studies in other parts of the world.Practical implicationsThe findings stress the need for national and institutional policies, funding streams and skill enhancement of library staff.Originality/valueThe study fills the literature gap and contributes a comprehensive set of digital preservation practices divided into general and technical types to conduct similar studies in other parts of the world.Peer reviewThe peer-review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-02-2023-0074

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Area studies librarianship

Pitman¹

2015

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“Slavic Studies and Slavic Librarianship” Revisited: Notes of a Former Slavic Librarian

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

The Prague Spring Archive at the University of Texas at Austin

The Prague Spring Archive at the University of Texas at Austin

Digital preservation practices for information resources in university libraries of Pakistan

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