Especially the latter. Concentrated or not, documents get lost, stolen, and if not, then eventually they simply get degraded. Digitalisation is a means to (i) r

Especially the latter. Concentrated or not, documents get lost, stolen, and if not, then eventually they simply get degraded. Digitalisation is a means to (i) record things before they are gone for good, and (ii) at the same time provide a way for more people to freely access them (now you don't need to live in a place with a museum or have the means to travel there, even if you are a poor student you can go online and view millions of works of art).