Digital Transformation, Digital Archiving and Preservation and Their Impact on Libraries

Most of the world's information is now created and stored digitally. Due to their fragility, volatility, and transitory nature, monitoring the ever-growing number of digital items during their life span and preserving them forever and ever is a challenge that is becoming more and more difficult. Their ability to survive depends on constantly evolving technologies. Information that depends on outdated technologies as quickly becomes inaccessible as newer digital technologies quickly replace older ones. The current situation, framework, formats, plans, systems, and projects created around the world for preservation, as well as the metadata required to manage them, are all addressed in this paper. The practical factors required to establish a digital archive are also covered. LIPs (Library & Information Professionals) could use this material to cope with the difficulties of this fresh and exciting field.