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• Physical object is a broad class of data objects that can be acquired by the Dalhousie Libraries and managed as part of its circulating collections or the Archives Permanent Collection.
  
  

• Physical object can include analog media and digital storage devices.
  
  

• Physical object is a “Transfer Object Type” that can be referenced in Transfer Object Type descriptors.

• The Libraries maintains a master list of physical objects that records information about each type of physical Data Object found in the Archives Permanent Collection and other library collections.
  
  
• The purpose of the master list of formats is to:
  
  
  • Establish an authoritative list of Data Objects
  • Provide a controlled list of format types to be used in the register of digital storage devices
  • Support the Preservation Planning activities of the Libraries' Preservation Committee
  • Support digitization activities performed in accordance with the DCH and digital forensics activities carried out in the DFL.
    
    
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Information in the master list of physical formats

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