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News from CILIP
Wednesday 6 September 2006
For immediate release  (Please copy to online discussion lists)

New book in the Digital Future Series tackles the important and complex issue of digital preservation

Digital preservation is an issue of huge importance to the library and information profession right now. With the wide scale adoption of the internet and the rise of the world wide web, the world has been overwhelmed by digital information. Digital data is being produced on a massive scale by individuals and institutions: some of it is born, lives and dies only in digital form, and it is the potential death of this data, with its impact on the preservation of culture, that is the concern of this new book from Facet Publishing.

So how can information professionals try to remedy this? Digital preservation is a complex issue involving many different aspects and views, and each chapter of this edited collection is written by an international expert on the topic. Many case studies and examples are used to ground the ideas and theories in real concerns and practice. Digital Preservation, edited by Marilyn Deegan and Simon Tanner, aims to arm the information professional with all the knowledge they need and gives examples of best practice to help find solutions. Chapters cover:

*	Key issues in digital preservation
*	Strategies for digital preservation
*	The status of preservation metadata in the digital library community
*	Web archiving
*	The costs of digital preservation
*	It's money that matters in long-term preservation
*	European approaches to digital preservation
*	Digital preservation projects: case studies.

This is an indispensable guide for information managers, librarians and archivists worldwide. Others in the information and culture world, such as museum curators, media professionals and web content providers will also find it essential reading, as will students of digital culture on library and information studies courses and within other disciplines.

September 2006; hardback; ISBN-13: 978-1-85604-485-1; ISBN-10: 1-85604-485-8; £39.95 (£31.96 to CILIP Members)

Contact: Mark O'Loughlin, Marketing Manager, Facet Publishing.
Tel: 020 7255 0597. Email: Mailto:[log in to unmask]

Notes for Editors

Digital Futures Series - series editors Marilyn Deegan and Simon Tanner

Written by leading international experts in digital library development, each book in the Digital Futures series examines in detail some of the key strategic and practical issues facing 
libraries and other cultural institutions in the rapidly expanding world of digital information.

Marilyn Deegan PhD is Director of Research Development, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London. Simon Tanner BA(Hons) MCLIP is Director of King's Digital Consultancy Services, King's College London.

Facet Publishing is one of the largest publishers worldwide in the field of library and information science. At the forefront of library and information development, Facet Publishing has a comprehensive list covering all the major areas of professional activity. See www.facetpublishing.co.uk for further information.

CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers.  It forms a community of around 35,000 people engaged in library and information work, of whom around 22,000 are CILIP Members and around 13,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises.  CILIP members work in all sectors, including business and industry, science and technology, further and higher education, schools, local and central government, the health service, the voluntary sector, national and public libraries.  For more information about CILIP, please go to www.cilip.org.uk. 

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