Storage Media: An integrated preservation information system can be effectively assembled from the data acquisition, storage, and dissemination capabilities of computer and imaging technologies. Through the combination of appropriate data acquisition tools, optical storage technologies (CD ROM, WORM, Videodisc), and output systems, preservation professionals can create vast databases that integrate a variety of culturally relevant image resources, significant written and spoken words, and real time motion sequences of historical value. The problematic issues for any system with immense information retrieval and processing needs are those of data storage structure and archival stability. In addressing the former issue, many innovative strategies are being pursued as possible solutions to multimedia requirements. Ted Nelson of Project Xanadu is proposing a data structure for mass information storage that represents a radical departure from conventional approaches (Nelson, 1988). In addressing the latter, the reliable accessibility of stored data must be ensured for the expected life cycle of the system. Stable, durable materials are being sought as an appropriate medium for digital data. Information Organization Data Storage Fractal Storage Time Machine: Memory Disks Upward Compatibility Data Storage