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Review Of Archives In The Digital Age: Preservation And The Right To Be Forgotten By Abderrazak Mkadmi, Lydia Curliss

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

The book Archives in the Digital Age: Preservation and the Right to be Forgotten (2021) attempts to broadly describe the current state of digital archiving practices, the methods and strategies, influences of digital humanities and big data, preservation, and the concept of the Right to be forgotten. While this book promises to delve into the right to be forgotten, it is not until the final chapter that the author begins to really engage with this concept. While each of the chapters provides interesting and useful definitions for many technical terms, processes, and stages within the digital lifecycle, this book has …