Digital Conservation and Access: Saving Humanity's History in the Petabyte Age

• Autores: Michael Ashley
• Localización: Virtual Archaeology Review, ISSN-e 1989-9947, Vol. 1, Nº. 1 (Abril 2010), 2010, págs. 9-12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We are at a unique point in history, the cusp of a Digital Dark Age, where cultural heritage professionals must work to care for the physical past while assuring that there will be a digital Rosetta Stone for future generations. This contribution describes the state-of-the-field in digital preservation and access, and is a call to action for individuals and institutions alike to work beyond our comfort zones and competitive boundaries in order to help define a sustainable digital future.

    Defined as an “hourglass of participation”, I describe a method where knowledge producers, curators and consumers interact and actively work to make content born-archival and long-term viable, semantically managed and ready for reuse and public dissemination