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  • noun A file of documents in paper or fiche format that have no digital equivalent

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Examples

  • In the business world, this is often called backfile conversion.

    Digital Landfill 2010

  • In the business world, this is often called backfile conversion.

    Digital Landfill 2010

  • With the initial success, the libraries and press moved forward with digitizing and mounting the 500-title backfile represented by this announcement.

    Disruptive Library Technology Jester 2009

  • I should add that MP was not besieged with articles while I was there, despite the journal's age and relative prestige; the non-existent backfile caused some alarm would we actually run out of articles?

    MSS 2009

  • I should add that MP was not besieged with articles while I was there, despite the journal's age and relative prestige; the non-existent backfile caused some alarm would we actually run out of articles?

    The Little Professor: 2009

  • The new archival backfile from Engineering Information adds more than 1.7 million records back to 1884, giving researchers the ability to find information about engineering innovations over the last 120 years

    January 2007 2007

  • Brill selects IngentaConnect to support 50,000 article backfile

    August 2007 2007

  • SAGE has announced free access to all its 460+ journals including deep backfile until November 30, 2007

    November 2007 2007

  • There will never be a knowledge web where the entire backfile is hyperlinked to databases for relevance based indexing without access.

    John Wilbanks on the Knowledge Web glyn moody 2008

  • He will describe the evolution in general of Google Scholar and a more specific initiative – journal backfile digitization.

    Slaw » PKP 2007 – some additional notes » Print 2007

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