In search of the most precise answer to the question “what is technology?” we immediately realize that it is not easy to give a complete and adequate answer. Science and technology in the 21st century are so interdependent on each other that it becomes impossible to separate and define the boundaries of each field separately. Therefore, in today’s modern society, the interconnection between science and technology is arbitrarily perceived as a basic and unique feature that defines technology. It is an indisputable fact that modern technology can help science (and in our case, archival studies in particular) in many ways; information technology, integration between devices, simplified data storage and analysis are just a fragment of the conveniences that modern technology can provide. It is extremely impressive to observe the progress of technology in the modern era, especially in the last fifteen years. In a very short period of time, mankind has been able to develop many powerful digital imaging and communication tools that have rapidly transformed the world we have been living in into a futuristic environment that most science fiction scenarios are now a reality.
Another significant point is that new machines and technological tools present greater, even unprecedented, opportunities for archivists to support one of the core elements of their professional mission, namely the use of used archival files. humanity has been able to develop many powerful digital imaging and communication tools that have rapidly transformed the world we have lived in into a futuristic environment that most science fiction scenarios are now a reality. Another significant point is that new machines and technological tools present greater, even unprecedented, opportunities for archivists to support one of the core elements of their professional mission, namely the use of used archival files. humanity has been able to develop many powerful digital imaging and communication tools that have rapidly transformed the world we have lived in into a futuristic environment that most science fiction scenarios are now a reality. Another significant point is that new machines and technological tools present greater, even unprecedented, opportunities for archivists to maintain one of the core elements of their professional mission, namely the use of used archival files.
Despite technological developments in all other scientific disciplines, archival studies remains part of the scientific world based on old-fashioned principles and faithful to classical values. Thanks to my visit to the university, I had the opportunity to discover that in the process of studying, creating, and accessing archives, only a few things have already evolved and changed over the past centuries. Technology and the digital birth of documents is often a term unknown to archivists, who have as their archetype the work of great researchers who dedicated their scholarship to formulating the theoretical technological evolution of archival studies in an era when technological means were few and access was financially unaffordable.