E-mails to an Editor: Safeguarding the Literary Correspondence of the Twenty-First Century at The University of Manchester Library
E-mails to an Editor: Safeguarding the Literary Correspondence of the Twenty-First Century at The University of Manchester Library
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给编辑的电子邮件：维护曼彻斯特大学图书馆二十一世纪的文学通讯
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10.1080/13614533.2015.1040925
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2015
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通讯作者：
F. Baker
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F. Baker
曼彻斯特大学图书馆杰出的特别收藏包含了250多年来的文学信件。最重要的现代文学档案是首屈一指的诗歌出版商Carcanet Press的档案，其信件现在基本上是数字化的。图书馆的Carcanet出版社电子邮件保存项目（2012-14）解决了迫切需要获得和保护这一具有国际意义的数字档案的未来。该项目成功地抢救和保存了Carcanet出版社生成的215 000封电子邮件和65 000份附件。它还确保图书馆有能力处理今后档案的定期应计费用。该项目的工作在2014年获得了认可，当时它获得了数字保护联盟的两年一度的“保护数字遗产”奖。本案例研究探讨了获取和保存电子邮件档案（如本案例）所涉及的一些挑战和机遇，解决了获取、评估、格式迁移、真实性、访问（通过传统查找工具和数据可视化等更新技术）和使用等问题。它的相关性远远超出了文学：如果要继续代表社会在所有学科领域的奋进成果，这个领域对数字时代的特别收藏至关重要。
The University of Manchester Library's outstanding Special Collections contain literary correspondence spanning over 250 years. The most significant modern literary archive is that of premier poetry publishers Carcanet Press, whose correspondence is now largely digital in nature. The Library's Carcanet Press E-mail Preservation Project (2012–14) addressed the urgent need to acquire and safeguard this internationally significant digital archive for the future. The project resulted in the successful rescue and preservation of 215,000 e-mails and 65,000 attachments generated by Carcanet Press. It has also ensured that the Library is equipped to deal with regular accruals to the archive in the future. The project's work was recognized in 2014, when it received the Digital Preservation Coalition's prestigious biennial award for “Safeguarding the Digital Legacy.” This case study explores some of the challenges and opportunities involved in acquiring and preserving e-mail archives such as this one, addressing issues of acquisition, appraisal, format migration, authenticity, access—via traditional finding aids and newer technologies such as data visualization—and use. Its relevance goes far beyond the literary: this area is of fundamental importance to Special Collections in the digital age if they are to continue representing the fruits of society's endeavor across all subject areas.