Proses digitalisasi naskah kuno sebagai pelestarian informasi di Museum Bandar Cimanuk Indramayu

Introduction. One of the most valuable cultural heritage of the Indonesian nation's ancestors is the ancient manuscript. Ancient manuscripts can be found in every region in Indonesia, especially Indramayu. Most of the ancient manuscripts found in Indramayu have been kept at the Bandar Cimanuk Museum, Indramayu. Most of the ancient manuscripts in the Bandar Cimanuk Museum, Indramayu, are written by hand or in the original form before printing. Digitalization is the process of transferring document media from printed, audio, and video forms. Equipment used in digitizing activities includes software and hardware. In digitizing ancient manuscripts, there are 2 stages that must be followed, pre-digitization and organizing.Data Collection Methods. Using a qualitative methods and descriptive approach with a case study category. Data Analysis. The survey data were descriptively analysed by using 3 steps there are reduction, presentation and conclutsin . Result and Discussion.The result of the process of digitizing an ancient manuscript is an ancient manuscript in digital format. The results show that after the ancient manuscripts in the museum have been digitized, they can provide information according to the needs of the manuscript users and can preserve the information contained in the ancient manuscripts found at the Bandar Cimanuk Museum, Indramayu.Conclusion. Based on the results that have been found in digitizing ancient manuscripts at the Bandar Cimanuk Museum, Indramayu, there are a number of stages that must be carried out, namely the pre-digitalization stage and the organizing stage.