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Preserving digital data

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Scientific data is expanding at an unprecedented rate. While new tools are helping preserve this data, funding must be increased and policy coordination needs improvement.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 55, Issue 4
          April 2012
          110 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/2133806
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