Archives Unlocked: Demystifying Common Myths of Digital Preservation

Join Senior Specialist Eric Ow and Senior Archivist Joyce Wong as they unravel the common misconceptions of digital preservation and provide a glimpse into how the National Archives of Singapore (NAS) preserves its digital collection. They will also answer your burning questions about digital preservation such as:

• Why does digital preservation matter?
• Does digital content will last forever?
• Is it enough to store digital content online or should multiple copies of them be kept?
• Is digital content safe just by storing them in hard drives and will they still be accessible years later?

About the Speakers 

Eric Ow is a Senior Specialist (AV Preservation) at the Sound and Moving Image Lab at NAS. He works closely with the Audio-Visual Archives and Oral History Centre to preserve at-risk AV analogue formats and born-digital collections of national and historical significance.

Joyce Wong is a Senior Archivist (Digital Preservation) at the Records Management Department of NAS. She works with government agencies and other stakeholders to ensure the transfer, preservation, and access of digital government records of national and historical significance.

About Archives Unlocked 

Curious about what goes on in the National Archives of Singapore? Join us for this series of talks, as we unlock stories of our nation through the Archives’ collections.