Most digital content not stable: archivists
From CBC News:
Those who maintain New Brunswick's provincial archives are concerned that much of the digital content produced today is not going to make it into the future. . .. . . Archivists say the domestic digital formats available to the average consumer, such as standard CDs and DVDs, are not stable and were never intended to be used for long-term storage. . .
. . .Farrell says a digital black hole is looming over the information age, because most of the material the provincial archives receives comes from the public. He says if we're not looking after our digital records properly, there won't be anything for the archives to save.