The paradox of digital preservation

Authors
Chen, SS
Citation
Ss. Chen, The paradox of digital preservation, COMPUTER, 34(3), 2001, pp. 24
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science & Engineering
Journal title
COMPUTER
ISSN journal
00189162 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9162(200103)34:3<24:TPODP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Preserving digital information is plagued by short media life, obsolete har dware and software, slow read times of old media, and defunct Web sites. He rein lies the paradox: We want to maintain digital information intact, but we also want to access this information in a dynamic use context.