Preserving the past, conceptualising the future: research libraries and digital preservation

Toby Burrows
tburrows@library.uwa.edu.au

The change from analogue to digital materials requires research libraries to reconceptualise their preservation strategies. Should we attempt to save everything, with all the problems this raises? Or select what really matters - and how are these items to be chosen? Finally, once items are chosen for preservation, who should be responsible for this?