Definition[]
Digital archives are
“ | repositories of digital information that are collectively responsible for ensuring, through the exercise of various migration strategies, the integrity and long-term accessibility of the nation’s social, economic, cultural and intellectual heritage instantiated in digital form.[1] | ” |
Overview[]
"[D]igital archives necessarily embrace digital library functions to the extent that they must select, obtain, store, and provide access to digital information."[2]
References[]
- ↑ Preserving Digital Information, at 8.
- ↑ Id.