Information Technology

The Preservation of records, cultural artifacts, laws, religious doctrines, historically significant documents, as well as simple notes, letters and diary entries are what we build on as a society to know our past, deal with our present and plan for our future. Today, our lives are flooded with information both new and old. Preservation today is a balance of caring for old documents, organizing new forms of information and keeping information accessible through preservation efforts.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Digital Library Federation is committed to maintaining long-term access to the digital intellectual and scholarly record. They have a particular interest in practical initiatives and in research into most poorly understood areas.

In fall 2002, a small group of Digital Library Federation (DLF) members—spearheaded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)—began the work of designing a central, shared registry of digital formats that all participating institutions may one day contribute to and use.

For more information and a list of other programs in the works please visit:

http://www.diglib.org/preserve.htm