For the last several years there has been increased attention to the role and application of digital forensic technologies in cultural heritage institutions. Individual practitioners, especially in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, have worked the conference circuit, demonstrating capabilities and discussing the issues and challenges around the adoption of forensic methods and tools.
A 2010 report on Digital Forensics and Born-Digital Content in Cultural Heritage Institutions published by the Council on Library and Information Resources surveyed the landscape and reported that “the methods and tools developed by forensics experts represent a novel approach to key issues and challenges in the archives and curatorial community” (1), yet also concluded that “digital forensics should not simply be imported and adopted in toto into manuscript archives and the broader cultural heritage and scholarly communities” (60).
The Library of Congress, meanwhile, named the growing visibility of digital forensics as one of the “Top 10 Digital Preservation Developments of 2010.”
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