Norfolk records under threat from digital obsolence
Archivists at Norfolk Record Office are facing a challenge to preserve the county's more recent records - because of digital obsolescence.
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Archivists at Norfolk Record Office are facing a challenge to preserve the county's more recent records - because of digital obsolescence.
Norfolk's county archivist Gary Tuson. Picture: Ian Burt - Credit: Ian Burt The Norfolk archive is fast running out of space and an expansion is required before it “becomes difficult to close the storeroom doors”, councillors have heard. The Norfolk Record Office (NRO) on Martineau Lane, Norwich, opened in 2003, with space for 15-years of use. Chief archivist Gary Tuson told a meeting of the Norfolk Records Committee this was a long-standing issue and there needed to be a solution for the 21st century. Baptism records of Lady Diana Spencer at the Norfolk Records Office - Credit: Arc...