How exhibitions are planned has changed throughout the decades. In the early 20th century planning w

How exhibitions are planned has changed throughout the decades. In the early 20th century planning was done on paper, through correspondence, work orders, and circulated memos. Now exhibitions are planned primarily in the digital realm, via emails, shared network drives, and online form requests. The early days of transitioning to working on the computer provide a unique challenge to archivists. When people started working on computers during the late 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, they often saved their work on external devices, such as floppy disks, jaz drives, and CDs. These storage devices are often referred to as removable media. Unlike paper which is stable for hundreds of years if kept in the right conditions, digital formats are extremely volatile and susceptible to decay, also known as bit rot. In order to preserve the important information stored within these digital carriers, it is necessary to migrate the files off the physical format and into a digital repository. While working on a digital preservation proposal I went through the records of our exhibition Vital Forms which took place from October 12, 2001 through January 6, 2002. As you can see in the photograph(s) above, curatorial stuff relied on removable media to retain information and preserve their work. Stay tuned for future updates!Posted by J. E. Molly Seegers -- source link

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