4. Definitions
Digitisation
The process of converting an item from the existing analogue format to also exist in a digital format. The new version is referred to as ‘turned digital’. Some material held in our collections is what is known as ‘born digital’, meaning that it was created in a digital format (e.g. website) and never existed in physical or analogue format.
Digitisation is a practice used globally to make library and archives materials more accessible and to preserve these materials for future generations.
Digital preservation
Digital preservation is the term given to strategies and actions to guarantee that digital objects are usable and accessible over time.