Digital Preservation Coalition

Digital Preservation - Outline

Intended primary audience

Senior administrators, funding agencies, creators and publishers, anyone requiring an introduction to the subject.

Assumed level of knowledge of digital preservation

Novice.

Purpose

• To provide a strategic overview and senior management briefing, outlining the broad issues and the rationale for funding to be allocated to the tasks involved in preserving digital resources.
• To provide a synthesis of current thinking on digital preservation issues.
• To distinguish between the three major categories of issues.
• To help clarify how various issues will impact on decisions at various stages of the life-cycle of digital materials.
• To provide a focus for further debate and discussion within organisations.