>>50975775You do a mix of shit. Procurement, where you talk with potential donors, see what hey have and whether or not it applies to the collection/archive you deal with. Processing, where you do catalog your shit, usually into a database following a specific format. Preservation, where you figure out how to keep the shit from degrading further, Physical is about keeping the objects in properly climate controlled conditions and how to handle them without fucking it up further. Digital is of course about storage, so you dip into IT where you figure out the best way to store your shit and what kind of database to use. You also deal with shit like how to access/use the information from say, documents, records, tapes, film, video and digital, which all have different needs. Paper is still considered the gold standard because all you need to access it is a pair of eyes and an understanding of the language used to write it. Analog involves having the equipment needed to play back the format, digital is even worse because while it seems easier in theory, think of all the deprecated/dead computers, their media types/file systems, and then the programs used to potentially create a given file in question over the last sixty years. Now figure out how to get a hold of all of that shit, get it functional, and find right program to access whatever the fuck it is you're trying to read/preserve. Depending on what it is you don't just end up having to reinvent the wheel but have to reinvent fire. Digitization is just that, you digitize shit so it can be accessed with modern tools. Finally depending on how high up you are you also deal with the bureaucratic aspect of things, like people and money. TPC's listing actually paid pretty well for what it is and what it involves
