Likewise, the library was heedful ofdigital storage and the “digital
mortgage”: how will the library address transfer of archival TIFF files
to new formats as software and hardware change? Though the library
has yet to encounter a change in image format standards, they did
attempt to prepare for this inevitability by storing the collection of
archival images in multiple locations, as well as on multiple formats.
Having multiple copies also addresses the possibility that some files
might eventually become corrupted. TIFF versions of the images are
burnt to an archive quality, professional grade CD recordable discs, as
well as copied to a location on the library server, which is maintained
by our institution and backed up daily to tape at a remote location.
This is in addition to the processed JPG file that is available to the
public on the Louisiana Digital library. A TIFF of the raw scan of the
original newspaper clipping is also retained on the library server