Preservation

The increasing amount of born-digital materials being created and the increased focus on retrospective digitization has created a significant need for digital preservation initiatives. While there is no one definition of digital preservation, a broad definition is all activities required to ensure long-term retention and usability of digital objects. Below are suggested links to tutorials, best practices, and information about digital preservation.

Websites

• National Digital Information Infrastructure & Preservation Program from the Library of Congress
• Digital Preservation from Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
• What is Digital Preservation? from Digital Preservation Europe

Tutorials

• Digital Preservation Management from Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research

Reports on Best Practices and Standards

• Trusted Digital Repositories: Attributes and Responsibilities
• Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS)
• Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC): Criteria and Checklist
• Research reports from Digital Library Federation, Commission on Preservation and Access, and Council on Library and Information Resources