Early adopters of digital technology know how often and fast software and storage media have changed since the arrival of desktop and personal computers.

One of the key challenges of our era is how to ensure that records and information generated or stored in one format are preserved for years to come.

Across the world, governments that value continuity of the historical record and regard information as a vital strategic asset and economic resource have made decisions about which paper records should be digitised and how they should be preserved.