Obsolete Media Formats

Obsolete Media Formats

• Photographic Processes & Formats at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
• The University of Michigan’s Digital Preservation tutorial
  • Timeline: Digital Technology and Preservation
  • Chamber of Horrors: Obsolete and Endangered Media
• Video Format Identification Guide
• Paradigm Project description of optical, magnetic, and solid state media, and preservation recommendations
• Harvard University’s list of digital preservation resources
• Rescuing the Legacy Project: A Case Study in Digital Preservation and Technical Obsolescence
• Mediapedia: Physical Format Carrier Resource from the National Library of Australia
• Texas Commission on the Arts: Videotape Identification and Assessment Guide

For information on digital file formats, see the Library of Congress’ Digital Preservation website.