Convergence and Preservation in the Digital Age^*

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Brown, Heather

Affiliations: Assistant Director, Paper and Books, Artlab Australia, and Project Officer, State Library of South Australia for the LIM/ARM Program at the University of South Australia, (E): [email protected]

Note: [*] This paper builds upon on a joint paper by Brown and Harvey (2013) that explores the need for an integrated approach to preservation in the context of convergence and presented at the IFLA World Library and Information Conference in August 2013.

Abstract: Today’s libraries exist in an environment of convergence as the traditional boundaries between libraries, museums, and archives (LAMs) are disappearing. Preservation is a core function that intersects LAMs, yet, paradoxically, the world of preservation is currently divided into the largely disparate fields of digital and physical preservation. Now, just as institutional boundaries are dissolving, it is timely to develop an integrated or ‘converged’ approach to preservation.

Keywords: Digital preservation, Traditional preservation, Preservation management, Risk management

DOI: 10.18329/09757597/2016/9105

Journal: World Digital Libraries - An international journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 61-72, 2016