RE: Archiving Strategies
RE: Archiving Strategies
- Subject: RE: Archiving Strategies
- From: "Stanley Smith" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:14:05 -0800
In the cultural heritage world, archiving of digital media is a huge issue, with no clear answers. There is, however, agreement that CD's, DVD's, tape, and really any physical media are ultimately unreliable for long-term archival storage. There is an effort by the Research Library Group to describe and define exactly what a Trusted Digital Repository is ( http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20769 ), but currently nobody that I am aware of is really meeting all of the items on their checklist.
Most institutions are now moving to hard disk arrays, with good redundant tape back-up and a planned (and budgeted for) migration strategy. Other issues remain however: format obsolescence, lack of metadata associated with images, etc. If my institution, with lots of resources, is having a hard time figuring how to address this issue I can only sympathize with small companies and individuals who may not be able to read their "outdated" digital media ten years hence.
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