THREE Duringthistransitionperiod,additionalstrategiessuch asenclosed"readme"files,labels,anddirectcommuni- cation are necessary.We willalso discuss the use and inclusionofCMYKGuidePrintsandProofstoensure thatcolorispreservedormatchedforprintedoutput. Archiving Aneffectivearchivenotonlypreservesimages,butalso organizestheminawaythatmakesitsearchableand easilyavailablebothnowandinthefuture.Archiving digitalphotographypresentsadifferentsetofproblems than traditional chemical-based photography. Digital photography,liketraditionalphotography,dependson preservation of the media it is on. However, digital imagefileshavethedistinctadvantageofbeingeasily duplicated.Moreover,thisduplicationcanbelossless-- which describes most camera makers; raw formats. Someformatsarealreadyunreadableonneweroperat- ingsystems.Oneofthemoreshockingformatfailures is the Kodak Photo CD format. Although Kodak addressedtheissueofmediapermanence,itwasallfor naught, as there is no longer any application support fortheirproprietaryformat.Manymuseumsandother archivinginstitutionsendeduphavingtoconvertthou- sandsofthesediscstootherformatsandstoragemedia beforeallthecontentsbecameunavailable. PLANNING (DecisionsandtheWorktoBeDonePriortoStarting aProject) Digitalhasoftenbeenreferredtoasinstantgratifica-