Ebook: Permanent Pixels: Building Blocks for the Longevity of Digital Surrogates of Historical Photographs

specific type ofdigital data object is more pragmatic. The focus on the longevity of digital surrogatesof historical photographs enables the investigation of available buildingblocks for digital preservation such as guidelines, procedures, tools, standards,strategies and methods to enable long-term access to digital data objects. This dissertationexamines in detail the role of digital preservation strategies, file formatstandards, content format standards, metadata schemas and other building blocksfor the realisation of durable digital surrogates of historical photographs.It is obvious that the longevity of digital objects is very much determined bythe level of commitment of an organisation that considers itself as the curatorof the digital objects. This is much less a technical than an organisational issue. [C:UsersMicrosoftDocumentsCalibre Library]