У мојим годинама људи се радо сећају свакоразних својих почетака. Тако се и ја радо сећам свог почетка рада у области информатике. Надам се да ова сећања неће бити оштећена мојим бројем неурона. У овим сећањима ја ћу говорити о мом првом запослењу, аналогним рачунарима, пројектовању дигиталних рачунара, изради софтвера и настави рачунарства. Биће то сећања која обухватају период од 1950. до 1980. године. Наравно, много што-шта се догодило после овог периода, а нарочито значајна је појава персоналних рачунара, али то би могла бити посебна прича.

At my age, people gladly remember all sorts of their beginnings. So do I gladly remember my beginner's work in the area of informatics. I hope that these memories will not be damaged by my number of neurons. In these memories I will talk about my first employment, analogue computer, designing digital computers, software development and teaching computer science. The memories encompass the period from 1950 to 1980. Of course, many things happened after this period, and especially important is invention of personal computers. But it might be another story.

Digital technologies have ultimately changed the way our society works. Nowadays, there is not a single aspect of life we can imagine without the use of computers, smart phones and other digital devices. Heritage institutions are not an exception, and they shouldn’t be. Digital technologies have, althouth slowly, found their way into the domain of cultural heritage. The advantages of digital technology were first used to create digital documentation, information and photographic databases, but also for the research of materials and cultural heritage environment. Digital documentation also includes conservation documentation, thus forming an enormous body of information, which is easily shared and distributed. This ease of access and exchange of information is one of the greatest values of digital files, promoting development of the profession and professionals, at the same time giving the opportunity to the broader public to use it for various purposes. However, do these endless possibilities for creating, processing and using digital files create a different perspective of the concept of the values of cultural heritage? What are the values of a digital document in conservation of cultural heritage? Does the value of cultural heritage play important role in the process of digitization?