Further Resources

This is a list of additional guidance materials relating to resources which can be used to support your digital preservation advocacy. Use these additional resources to stengthen your advocacy plan. 

DPC Training courses

• Novice to Know-How online Training with modules on:

  • Advocacy

  • Digital Preservation Skills for Beginners

  • Providing Access to Preserved Digital Content

  • Email Preservation

  • Building a Digital Asset Register

DPC Digital Preservation Assessment and Planning Tools

• DPC Digital Asset Register (DAR) Toolkit

• DPC Global Bit List of Endangered Digital Materials

• DPC Rapid Assessment Model (RAM) (Plus DPC Member-only benchmarking data)

• DPC Competency Framework and Competency Audit Toolkit (CAT)

Maturity Models

• Digital Preservation Management (DPM) Model

• NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation

• Digital Preservation Capability Maturity Model (DPCMM)

Communication Tools

• Resources and training prepared for non-digital preservation stakeholders:

  • Topical Notes on:

    • What is Digital Preservation?

    • Back-Up and Storage

    • Digital Images

    • File Naming and Formats

    • Metadata

    • Personal Digital Archiving

    • Preserving Email

    • Preserving social media

    • Preserving the Authoritative Records

    • Preserving the Web

  • Prater, Scott, “How to talk to IT about Digital Preservation”

Organizational Strategy and Planning Tools:

• Digital archiving: Storage media prioritization tool (University of Glasgow)

• Digital Preservation Policy Toolkit

• Digital Preservation Business Case Toolkit

• Digital Preservation Procurement Toolkit