TY - GEN
T1 - The future of digital
AU - Milic-Frayling, Natasa
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Digital media has transformed the ways in which we process data and information. With the power of modern computing technologies, we can gather, analyze, replicate, and transfer digital content at unprecedented speeds and scale. These advantages stimulate the digitization of physical books, manuscripts, and documents to make them an integral part of the digital repositories. However, transforming physical artifacts into digital formats places them in the same vulnerable position of the born digital content: there is no insurance that the content will be accessible in the future. We reflect on the unique nature of digital media and research needed to devise effective methods and techniques to facilitate long term access to digital content.
AB - Digital media has transformed the ways in which we process data and information. With the power of modern computing technologies, we can gather, analyze, replicate, and transfer digital content at unprecedented speeds and scale. These advantages stimulate the digitization of physical books, manuscripts, and documents to make them an integral part of the digital repositories. However, transforming physical artifacts into digital formats places them in the same vulnerable position of the born digital content: there is no insurance that the content will be accessible in the future. We reflect on the unique nature of digital media and research needed to devise effective methods and techniques to facilitate long term access to digital content.
KW - Design
KW - Digital content
KW - Human Factors
KW - Long-term preservation
KW - Management
KW - Standardization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870549623&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2390116.2390127
DO - 10.1145/2390116.2390127
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870549623
SN - 9781450317146
T3 - International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Proceedings
SP - 17
BT - BooksOnline'12 - Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Workshop on Research Advances in Large Digital Book Repositories and Complementary Media, Co-located with CIKM 2012
T2 - 2012 5th ACM Workshop on Research Advances in Large Digital Book Repositories and Complementary Media, BooksOnline 2012 - Co-located with CIKM 2012
Y2 - 29 October 2012 through 29 October 2012
ER -