For God's Sake, Stop Digitizing Paper | AVPreserve

Why do we digitize collections? Looking at RFPs that are posted and grants
that are awarded, I would say it primarily appears to be for access and
research, whether that’s for some open data initiative, a digital
humanities project, creating an online portal, or “it’s a pain to store and
manage all those newspapers, journals, and microfilm”.

Frankly, I think we need to consider a moratorium on this. We should agree
to stop digitizing paper and other stable formats for a set period because,
in a way, it is bad for preservation.

Now pardon me while I throw up some just-derided, nuanced (or maybe just
vague) defenses. Access is a key part of what archives do, and online
access has greatly expanded the capabilities in that area. My first
archive-ish job involved transcribing manuscripts for the Walt Whitman
[Electronic] Archive, one of many digital humanities projects associated
with the University of Virginia, most of which I felt were amazing new
resources that were critical to the ability of students and scholars to do
research.


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