Saving Your Digital Past, Present, and Future - A Step-By-Step Guide

An engaging resource written for anyone interested in learning how to save their personal digital information. The digital era has reshaped the nature, scope, and use of personal information. This book analyzes the concepts associated with preserving and managing personal digital information.

About the author

Dr. Vanessa Reyes is an adjunct faculty member at the Simmons College School of Library & Information Science. She received her Ph.D. in 2016 from Simmons SLIS and holds an M.S. in Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. Reyes' work in public libraries, and special collections and archives inspired her to pursue research in preservation, digital libraries, and archives. Reyes works closely on research that analyzes personal digital collections, to understand how they are created, managed, and made accessible. She is also interested in how students and professors use personal digital information. Her current research contributes to the emerging field of personal information management (PIM), quantifying how individual users are organizing, managing, and preserving digital information.

Summary

An engaging resource written for anyone interested in learning how to save their personal digital information. The digital era has reshaped the nature, scope, and use of personal information. This book analyzes the concepts associated with preserving and managing personal digital information.

Product details

• Authors: Vanessa Reyes
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781538123805
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2380-5
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; SELF-HELP / Self-Management / General, HOUSE & HOME / Cleaning, Caretaking & Organizing, Self-help & personal development, Self-help, personal development & practical advice, Household hints, DIY: house maintenance manuals, Library, Archive & Information Management