Longevity of Electronic Art

http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/~howard/Papers/elect-art-longevity.html

Howard Besser, 2001
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/~howard/

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Longevity/

"This paper explores the problems of maintaining accessibility to electronic works of art over time. It examines the various hardware and software issues surrounding digital longevity, then discusses the special characteristics of electronic art that make it much more problematic to preserve than more conventional types of works. Finally, the author offers up a new paradigm for approaching preservation of these types of works, and suggests some concrete/pragmatic steps that can be taken to preserve this type of material."