The future of digital

Abstract

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.