Theoretical and Technical Solutions for Preservation of Electronic Records in Finland

Preservation was costly. The charge was 50 FIM/reel each month, including backup. This meant that the cost of preservation was calculated in a different way for electronic than for paper records. This fact had an influence in appraisal practices whereby preserving data was considered as ’expensive’ while paper was regarded as ’cheap’. It meant that a great amount of electronic records was not preserved because the solution was considered too expensive.