Electronic Media Group

Formed in 1998, the Electronic Media Group of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works has a twofold mission:

(1) to preserve electronic art, electronic-based cultural materials and tools of its creation; and
(2) to provide a means for conservators and related professionals to develop and maintain knowledge of relevant new media and emerging technologies.

The group holds workshops and conferences, and publishes useful information on its web site. Its Library contains "informational documents by various authors about electronic and related media." For example:

• Image File Formats: TIFF, JPEG & JPEG2000 by Tim Vitale, January 2006
• Storage of Image Files (long version) by Tim Vitale, November 2005
• Automating Routine Tasks in Adobe Photoshop CS: Tips for Conservators by Jeffrey Warda, January 2006
• The Relative Stabilities of Optical Disc Formats by Joe Iraci, Restaurator, Volume 26, No. 2, 2005
• Media Choices for the Preservation of Digital Documents (PDF) by Tim Au Yeung, AIC News, March 2005

This is a site worth bookmarking for future reference.

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