Preservation Prerequisites:

The formulation of a foundation for addressing these questions
requires preservation professionals to make a concerted effort
to:

  - assimilate basic technical skills; 
  - understand current preservation needs and responsibilities; 
  - understand the potential inherent in existing technologies;  
  - anticipate impending technological developments; 
  - anticipate possible preservation applications for emerging
technologies.

<ffile79>   Preservation Research
<ffile81>   Strengthening the Preservation Process
<ffile89>   Forecast Summary
<ffile92>   Preservation: Interdisciplinary by Necessity