Is digital preservation the next Y2K? It is certainly a problem for more and more 'normal' people, not just libraries. The other half of the problem is for John and Joan user to be able to deal with the Gigs of digital images and videos that they are now able to produce.

BBC News Online | Technology | Warning of data ticking time bomb

"If you put paper on shelves, it's pretty certain it is going to be there in a hundred years.
"If you stored something on a floppy disc just three or four years ago, you'd have a hard time finding a modern computer capable of opening it."
"Digital information is in fact inherently far more ephemeral than paper," warned Ms Ceeney.
She added: "The pace of software and hardware developments means we are living in the world of a ticking time bomb when it comes to digital preservation.
"We cannot afford to let digital assets being created today disappear. We need to make information created in the digital age to be as resilient as paper."

Digital repositories to the rescue...