Bryony Hooper, archivist to organisation’s international secretariat, has spoken about the “great fear” that all in her profession have about the preservation gap that could be opened up by digital. “We know how to look after parchment and papyrus, but fear a gap opening up with electronic media,” she says.

After all, have you tried opening up one of your old WordPerfect documents recently? Or looking for a slot to stick a floppy disk into?


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