A digital artefact is the end result of the proces of digitalisation during which an analog object (a book, manuscript, picture, sculpture etc.) is transformed into digital values in order to store it electronically. As opposed to an analog object, a digital artefact can be distributed in the form of digital research data and machine-processed. Another advantage of working with digital artefacts is that further alteration or damage to sensitive analog objects can be avoided

The University Library provides a variety of services to help with digitizing media from the Freie Universität’s libraries’ collections.