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preservation

preservation

21 4.8
Keeping digital files safe and able to be used for a long time, for example students' theses
  • noun
  • /ˌprɛzərˈveɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : preservación digital
  • Furthermore, the system has to back up files and provides long-term preservation of those files.
  • digital preservation
  • preservation and curation
  • preservation planning

Examples

  • Libraries are in the process of reinventing themselves, and preservation practice will inevitably follow suit.

    Academic text (2012)
  • However, developing technology could help turn archival institutions' attention from preservation to access and use.

    Academic text (2015)
  • After nearly four decades, the preservation field now offers dozens of possibilities for academic preparation.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Compared to printed media, digital collections present numerous challenges regarding their preservation, curation, organization, and resource discovery and access.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The goal of digital preservation is the accurate rendering of authenticated content over time.

    Academic text (2012)
  • These integrate with our preservation and access repository, the DRS.

  • The literature reviewed for this paper reveals a preservation field grappling with tremendous change.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Developing tools, services, and repositories to support digital preservation and curation work is a highly collaborative process.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Portico maintains formal preservation agreements with 135 publishers and ingests their content into its archive.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Digital preservation methods are essential for maintaining access to historical records in archives.

Synonyms

conservation
vspreservation
117 3.5

Protecting and carefully managing nature and natural resources

focuses on methods to keep digital information accessible over the long term

Compounds

A natural desire to protect yourself from harm

Ways of keeping food safe to eat for longer

How Preserved

conservation
117 3.5
preservation
  • Specialized
21 4.8
curation
6 5.3
maintenance
350 3.6
care
555 1.0

Surface Forms

preservation singular
preservations plural

Morphology

preservation = preserve (transparent) = preserve + ation

A direct nominalization of 'preserve'; the technical library/IT sense is an application of the general 'act of preserving'.

Etymology

Preservation comes from the parts pre- 'before' and servare 'to keep', the same idea behind preserve. So in libraries and tech, preservation means keeping files and documents safe and usable for the long term.