Technology and the Archives: Viruses, Digitization, GoogleBooks—and the End of Paper?
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Channel: Hoover Institution · 2014 · News & Politics
Eric Wakin, the Robert H. Malott Director of Library & Archives at Hoover, discusses digitization of Hoover’s archival materials. Wakin explains that an archive must both preserve and provide access and that in a digital world both the meaning of preservation and the meaning of access are completely changed. Preservation can sometimes be a straightforward scan, as with a book or a poster, but other times preservation is more difficult, such as for websites or other ephemeral materials. Access is an opportunity for an expanded user base as well as a new user experience but also comes with new challenges. Wakin ends with some thoughts on digital security in the archives.
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