Preservation Issues in Digital Imaging Technology

摘要

"Conservation" and "Digitization" represent key terms from two different worlds. Conservation has overtones of longstanding tradition, carefully applied to holdings of honorable institutions like museums, libraries or galleries to ensure the longevity of their treasures. Digitization has the flavor of new technology, and although it is becoming a more widely accepted strategy for improving access to a lot of different resources, it still comes with imponderabilities in terms of digital asset lifespan, authenticity, etc.