The Times Of India Reports the Friends of the National Archives of Malta are embarking on the painstaking and ambitious task of putting on microfilm thousands of documents dating back 200 years.
A number of the documents, particularly those that deal with the early British period, are in dire need of conservation.
The Friends said: “A silent, relentless destruction of our collective memory is taking place as inks fade, papers crumble, film stocks deteriorate, and electronic codes degrade. Once information is lost, no quantity of resources or new technologies will restore gaps in our knowledge about ourselves.”
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