Cave art. Retrieved from http://www.ethnotraveler.com/2013/09/memories-of-stone/
It is a big jump from cave drawings to the written word thousands of years later, but even now, thousands of years after the beginning of the written word, man is still trying to preserve his existence. Fortunately, we can now do it electronically to save our histories for future generations to enjoy.
Please visit our pages as we explore the options for saving our past...
Digitizing the Past - Digitizing primary source documents is the newest frontier for archivists and researchers. New technology presents new ways to preserve information and increases access to that information. Digitization is saving the past so we can continue to learn from it.
Newspapers - Like libraries, newspapers operate with the goal of providing the public with access to information. In order to accomplish this, many newspapers have placed a priority on making their archives available through digitization, despite the financial pressures currently facing the journalism industry.
Languages - Digital preservation protects the irreplaceable information of the wealth of human knowledge, and the loss is felt acutely in relation to endangered languages. The preservation of the materials, even with its inherent issues, can assist to record vital data and it may even revitalize a language.
Art - The process of maintaining art, specifically recordings of plays in a digital format. Exploration of the challenges in preserving the arts.
Film - More than can be imagined has been lost since the invention of the moving image. Organizations around the world attempt to restore film that was previously thought lost forever.
Digital Libraries - Libraries have been the home of publicly accessed written word for hundreds of years. With the coming of the digital revolution, libraries began to evolve in order to fit the needs of the technology-filled world around them.
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