Digital Preservation and Persistence of Digital Collection

Abstract

The growth and development in Information and Communication and Technology is multifaceted and turbulent. Rapid revolutionary advances have taken place in the field of computers and their application in libraries. Internet, high band width networks, explosive growth of web based information resources, sophisticated search engines to access information, high resolution capture devices and growing electronic publications have created the development of digital libraries. Digital Libraries build information resources in the Digital form .Digital materials cannot be said to be preserved if access is lost. The purpose of preservation is to maintain the ability to present the essential elements of authentic digital materials. Digital preservation must ensure that they can hold the collection for future generations .. Digital preservation will only happen if organizations and individuals accept responsibility for it. The starting point for action is a decision about responsibility. Everyone does not have to do everything; everything does not have to be done all at once. The present paper defines the concept of digital preservation , challenges, strategies and an Open Archival Information System ,a reference model for digital preservation.