This would solve the problem of wear and instantly digitise each old recording.
From the newscientist.com
Our ability to digitise information and preserve it forever is a now fact of life.
From the guardian.co.uk
A longer copyright length would restrict what libraries are able to digitise.
From the nzherald.co.nz
A big project to digitise information recedes expensively into the future.
From the economist.com
Murdoch's vision was that he would digitise the world's so far unexploited classrooms.
From the guardian.co.uk
Google will pay to digitise the books, which are no longer covered by copyright restrictions.
From the theaustralian.com.au
Mr Nilekani tells the story of the triumphant effort to digitise Karnataka's village land records.
From the economist.com
The British Library is to digitise up to 40m newspaper pages and then make them available online.
From the guardian.co.uk
By contrast, technicians at the National Gallery and Hewlett-Packard plan to digitise famous paintings.
From the newscientist.com
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Digitize: put into digital form, as for use in a computer; "he bought a device to digitize the data"
(digitisation) digitization: conversion of analog information into digital information
(Digitising) Digitizing or digitization is the representation of an object, image, sound, document or a signal (usually an analog signal) by a discrete set of its points or samples. ...
Alternative spelling of digitize
(digitisation) The conversion of data from analog to digital or binary
(Digitisation) taking the format of hard copy (on paper) and turning it into digital content which can be used online and via mobile phones.
(digitisation) Also referred to as image capture, is the process of creating a digital representation or image of an original through scanning or digital photography.
(Digitising) The conversion of analogue maps and other sources to a computer readable form. () (This may be point digitising, where points are only recorded when a button is pressed on the puck, or stream digitising where points are recorded automatically at pre-set intervals of either distance ...
(Digitising) Conversion or encoding of existing maps from an analogue form (paper) into digital information, usually in the form of Cartesian co-ordinates. This may be via a digitising table or tablet with a hand-held cursor, or via a scanner.