Translations:Materiële bewaring van je fysiek archief/13/en

• Store audiovisual materials upright (like books on a bookshelf) in cool, stable conditions. A temperature of 18°C is suitable for both optical discs and magnetic tapes.
• Always store these materials in their boxes. Make sure the boxes remain free of dirt and dust.
• Never stack optical discs on top of each other or package them together, and also make sure they cannot lean against each other.
• Keep magnetic tapes away from strong magnetic fields such as loudspeakers and other cathode-ray tubes.
• Keep the storage area free from dust and away from direct sunlight.
• Fully rewind magnetic tapes before storing them, and disable the record tab to prevent unwanted erasure in the future.
• Use a pen with a soft tip for labelling. For optical discs, we recommend only writing in the transparent inner circle where no data is stored.