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Intqndedfor use by data processing. installation managers, operating personnel, and technical staff, this publication provides a comprehensive set of care and handling guidelines for the physical/chemical.presirvation of computer magnetic Storage t% media--principally computer magnetic tapes--and theix stored data. Emphasis is placed on media handling methods and environmental conditions which should be instituted as part, of day-to-day and long-term archival storage'activities. Also considered are measures which can be initiated during media transit and in the aftermath of catastrophic or uncontrollable events.-Chapters present recommendations for: (1) computer magnetic media care,and.handling; (2) the preparation, storage, and reactivation'phases of magnetic tape long-term storage; (3) scheduled maintenance of computer magnetic tapeshtwith information on computer,tape errors, types of ma;ntenalfce equipment, and tape rehabilitation; (4) use of tape manag4ment systems (TMS)--Software systems wh4ch control the flow, of computer tapes,through the data processing system; and (5) the 'operation of clean rooms. Appendices gresent information on tape' 'handlin'g and-environmental effects, and technical data on computer magnetic tape recording and magnetic media particle's. A 41-item. bibliography amp a list.of symbols and abbreviations are also provided. (Author/EM)r ******************7**************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the ''best'that..can'he, made,* from the original document