Digital Preservation Coalition

DPC Responds to Archives for the 21st Century

The DPC has welcomed a new government consultation by arguing that 'the challenge of managing digital information is one that the UK is well placed to address'.

On the 6th May 2009 the National Archives, on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Culture Media and Sport and the Ministry of Justice, released a consultation on the future of archival services in the UK. It calls for better and fewer archives; better leadership and training in the archives sector; better electronic access to and wider participation in archives; and greater attention to the challenges of digital data.

The DPC Response to the report concentrates on the latter of these issues. It offers support to the project team in meeting the challenge of digital data and it provides examples of the ways in which DPC members have already ensured that the UK is uniquely well placed to face the challenge of digital data.

Full DPC Response to Archives for the 21st Century [PDF]

More information and the full consultation can document be found at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/archivesconsultation/archives-for-the-21st-century-england.pdf [external]