Preservation of traditional materials became more successful and systematic after libraries and
archives integrated preservation into overall planning and resource allocation. Digital preservation is
largely experimental and replete with the risks associated with untested Digital preservation
strategies are shaped by the needs and constraints of repositories with little consideration for the
requirements of current and future users of digital scholarly resources. Archives contain millions of
documents like manuscripts, rare books, paintings, photographs, and historical records. All these
constitute human heritage. Paper manuscripts, with the passage of time, are getting fragile and brittle
because of various reasons. Lamination does not seem to be a permanent solution of preservation this
cultural heritage for posterity. Digitization technology brings with it untold benefits for heritage
preservation access. Once a document has been properly digitized, it become immortal and can
remain accessible long after the original has ceased to exist. The option of digital access further aids
in preservation of originals through reduced need for physical handling. This paper states about need
for digital preservation with its objectives in Library environment.
Key Words: Digital Preservation, Preservation, Digitization, Archiving Digital Preservation.