Preservation Databases: Computerized databases can contain a variety of information fields relating to the individual cultural resource, groups of resources, and resource management techniques and expertise. Such databases can provide preservation administrators with timely, relevant information on which to base resource management decisions. The application of computer technologies to the information management needs of CRM can provide a framework for developing and studying resource conservation strategies. It can provide a basis for dialogue and information exchange between professional disciplines brought together by particular preservation problems. The broader context of the conservation issue may be more fully comprehended when all of the information relevant to the decision process can be accessed and manipulated as part of an integrated system. The capacity of computer technologies to analyze and manipulate diverse data sources is the essential key to accommodating the requirements of interactive information management systems for cultural resource management. A system using these technologies can give regulatory bodies, design and planning professionals, developers, the public, and other participants in CRM decision processes a means of better understanding the increasingly complex issues constraining the effective management of cultural resources. Computer Assisted Systems Preservation Data Storage and Retrieval