Preservation of digital personal papers is to be made easier after a £500,000 grant to the Bodleian Library, Oxford for their futureArch project.
The grant from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation will allow the library to develop its technical facilities and allow for effective conservation of the digital versions of papers created by politicians, writers, scientists and intellectuals.
As more and more information is recorded in ‘hybrid’ form not previously catered for by traditional archive practice, the Bodleian, like many institutions, is having to grapple with the problem of preserving these records.
Source: 24HourMuseum.org.uk
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