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Preservation of Electronic Formats & Electronic Formats for Preservation

Editor
Janice Mohlhenrich
Publisher
Highsmith Press
Place
Wisconsin
ETC archive
ETC0656
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Preservation of Electronic Formats & Electronic Formats for Preservation. Highsmith Press. 1993.

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