Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-Term Access to Digital Information

TitleSustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-Term Access to Digital Information
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsBerman, F., Lavoie B., Ayris P., G. Choudhury S., Cohen E., Courant P., Dirks L., Friedlander A., Gurbaxani V., Jones A., Kerr A., Lynch C., Rubinfeld D., Rusbridge C., Schonfeld R., Rumsey A. Smith, & Van Camp A.
Pagination110
Date Published2010///
Keywordsgap_evidence, gap_relationships, sg_data_economics
URLhttp://blueribbontaskforce.sdsc.edu/biblio/BRTF_Final_Report.pdf

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Purpose: 
Developed an economic framework for analyzing digital preservation as an economic problem. Employed the framework to analyze the "economic conditions and implications intrinsic to four key digital preservation contexts: scholarly discourse, research data, collectively produced Web content, and commercially owned cultural content."
Method: 
Drew on findings reported in the interim Blue Ribbon Task Force report: Sustaining the Digital Investment: Issues and Challenges of Economically Sustainable Digital Preservation