The Prospect for Integrated Preservation Information Systems The computer and its attendant technologies are grossly underutilized in the preservation process. Two primary factors are believed to be responsible for this deficiency. The first, an unfamiliarity of the target user group with the technologies, is a serious, but not insurmountable, obstacle. It results from a pervasive failure to comprehend the utility of the tools because of the mystique and misinformation that obscures them. This can be mitigated by improvements in user interfaces, instructional manuals, and tutorials. The second factor is more problematic. It constitutes a failure to develop an effective philosophical basis for integrating the multidisciplinary, information dependent activities and needs of the preservation process. It is hoped that the demonstration of the viability of integrated information environments will contribute to the development of a preservation paradigm based on the concept of a cultural ecosystem as a component of a global ecosystem, whereby the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The investigation, testing, and adaptation of information technologies is a necessary prerequisite to an operational cultural ecosystem paradigm. The development of a structural foundation for integrating and promoting the information flow that would facilitate the articulation of the cultural ecosystem concept was the focus of this research. On the other hand, it may be that an enduring conceptual basis for CRM will only be realized through the programming and design of an effective Integrated Preservation Information System that brings diverse disciplines and interests together in collaborative CRM efforts. Underutilized Technologies Mystique and Misunderstanding Data Integration Technology and Preservationists System Flexibility Case Study Attributes Prototypes Synthesis Preservation Context: Multidimensional and Extensive