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Libraries, archives and museums must find strategies to preserve the digital materials (objects) that they acquire or create. Traditional preservation measures, such as providing good storage and access conditions for paper-based materials, are not viable in the long term for digital materials that are subject to inoperability because of rapid hardware and software obsolescence.
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