Preservation
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Preservation may mean:
- Cultural Heritage Preservation, which includes:
- Preservation (library and archival science), maintenance of artifacts and the intellectual record
- Art conservation, the retention of cultural heritage for the future.
- Digital preservation, the management of digital information over time
- Film preservation, rescuing aging film stock and preserving recorded image
- Phonograph record preservation and restoration of vintage audio recordings
- Historic preservation, maintenance of the historic built environment
- Case preservation, in computer storage
- Environmental preservation, the active maintenance and advocacy of the protection of the natural environment
- Preservative, chemicals for the preservation of food, timber, and other materials
- Food preservation
- Self preservation, part of an animal's fundamental instinct which demands that the organism survive
- Preservation: Acts 1 & 2, albums by The Kinks
- Preservation Island, Tasmania, Australia
- Preservation Islets, Tasmania, Australia
[edit] See also
- Archival science
- Archivist
- Conservation
- Conservation movement
- Preservation Hall
- Preservationist
- Preserve