This handbook addresses the preservation of digital information in the museum community.
One of the main tasks of museums is to ensure the protection of collections from disintegration. This documet guides the reader through the issues related to different preservation options, providing an overview of data formats and storage media options and giving practical suggestions for preservation of different objects, among them audiovisual.
It has been published by the Network of Expertise in Long-Term Storage of Digital Resources (NESTOR) together with the Institute for Museum Research (Germany)