Digital information relies on the combination of data, software and hardware.
Types of software used to Preserve Digital Materials:
Types of software used to protect digital materials:
Digitisation is the process of transforming information from a physical format to a digital version.
Digitalisation is the practice of utilizing technology to enhance corporate processes.
Difference between Digitisation and Digital Preservation:
Digitisation entails the process of taking traditional library materials, that are in the form of books and papers and converting them to the electronic form, where they can be stored and manipulated by a computer.
Digital preservation encompasses the entire organizational plan of digital content from creation and curation to preservation and access. For example, emails, social media posts, and other files first created digitally.
Some of the scanners at Unisa Library are:
Zeutschel Overhead Scanners : OS 12000 and the OS 14000
Scamax for advanced image processing and indexing
Within the Institution, the following software's are used to clean digital objects: