Complex sentence: Sometimes, a tape may be so fragile that the only long-term method for preservation is to transfer the media to a digital format, however, all of the above precautions still must be taken with collections in order to get a proper transfer.
Split into simpler sentences: Sometimes, a tape may be so fragile that the only long-term method for preservation is to transfer the media to a digital format. However, all of the above precautions still must be taken with collections in order to get a proper transfer.