Digital archiving
Digital archives
Electronic archives
Digital archiving : "The question of preserving or archiving digital information is not a new one and has been explored at a variety of levels over the last five decades. Archivists
responsible for governmental and corporate records have been acutely aware of
the difficulties entailed in trying to ensure that digital information survives for
future generations. Far more than their library colleagues, who have continued
to collect and organize published materials primarily in paper form, archivists
have observed the materials for which they are responsible shift rapidly from
paper objects produced on typewriters and other analog devices to include files
created in word processor, spreadsheet and many other digital forms (see, e.g.
Hedstrom 1991: 343-44; National Academy of Public Administration 1989)."
responsible for governmental and corporate records have been acutely aware of
the difficulties entailed in trying to ensure that digital information survives for
future generations. Far more than their library colleagues, who have continued
to collect and organize published materials primarily in paper form, archivists
have observed the materials for which they are responsible shift rapidly from
paper objects produced on typewriters and other analog devices to include files
created in word processor, spreadsheet and many other digital forms (see, e.g.
Hedstrom 1991: 343-44; National Academy of Public Administration 1989)."
Source : ftp://ftp.rlg.org/pub/archtf/final-report.pdf
