Preserving digital records for the future
The National Archives ensures that significant Australian Government records – including digital records – are preserved and remain accessible in the future.
Digital records present many preservation challenges. They are at risk of being lost due to the rapid pace of development in computer hardware, operating systems and application software, coupled with the short effective life of most physical storage media.
The Archives has developed a digital preservation methodology, supported by software, to ensure that important digital records are preserved as national archives:
