Interactive multimedia on CD-ROM: experiments with risk assessment.

In this paper, the author discusses collection and item level assessments of CD-ROMs, including advocating the viewing of works in their "native" environment to assist with maintaining the integrity of the original work. Strategies for grouping titles that have similar preservation needs are discussed, in order to develop appropriate preservation workflows. The paper summarizes lessons learned through the examination of multimedia titles held in the Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media (AFC) in the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library at New York University (NYU) as part of the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program (MIAP). This paper is a work-in-progress, written for the session Digital Objects on Physical Carriers at the 2008 World Library and Information Congress of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]