Information technology and culture: Seminar “Problems of preservation of digital information in libraries, museums, archives” in Saint-Petersburg

November 27, 2014 the Russian Committee of the UNESCO Program “Information for All”, the Interregional Center of Library Cooperation at the State Museum of the Religion in Saint-Petersburg hold seminar “Problems of Preservation of Digital Information in libraries, museums, archives”.

The collection and preservation of digital cultural heritage is a new problem, facing institutions of memory (libraries, museums, archives). The digitization, museum multimedia, museum activity or libraries in the Internet – all this created digital information resources, which need to be preserved. Many types of cultural heritage objects, which museums, libraries, archives traditionally collected and preserved in material or analogue form (art, photograph, video, audio, models, books, magazines, journals, documents and etc.) are at once turn digital. Should traditional museums, libraries, archives collect and preserve them? What are the criteria for selection of digital objects? What is the status of the digital object in a museum, library and archive? How to store digital cultural heritage? Who is responsible? - These are the questions that will be discussed at the seminar. 

At the seminar will be offered to overview problems of long-term preservation of cultural heritage and the discussion of the role and capacity of museums, libraries and archives.