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Migration and EmulationMethods of Digital PreservationChristine
Dyar
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Migration and Emulation: Legal IssuesMigration and Emulation:
Practical IssuesDigital PreservationIs hybridization the
answer?
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and emulation are two possibilitiesRapid turnover in technology
makes preservation difficultStrategy for long term preservation is
crucialBoth migration and emulation have pros and cons
Images provided by Shutterstock.comPractical IssuesCauses data
loss and corruptionIs neither cost effective nor
practicalRothenberg postulates that migration:Bearman postulates
that emulation:
Preserves the wrong thing: functionality
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infringementCopyright infringement
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answer?Emulation of obsolete software when necessaryMigration of
data to new formats when possibleIndiana University study on
providing access to legacy formats using:Conclusions
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