In library and archival science, digital preservation is a formal process to ensure that digital information of continuing value remains accessible and usable in the long term. It involves planning, resource allocation, and application of preservation methods and technologies, and combines policies, strategies and actions to ensure access to reformatted and "born-digital" content, regardless of the challenges of media failure and technological change. The goal of digital preservation is the accurate rendering of authenticated content over time.
Digitization at the British Library of a Dunhuang manuscript for the International Dunhuang Project
Library and information science
Library and information science (LIS) are two interconnected fields of study that deal generally with organization, access, collection, and regulation of information, whether in physical or digital forms.
The Library of Alexandria, an early library
Portrait of Gabriel Naudé, author of Advis pour dresser une bibliothèque (1627), later translated into English in 1661