Archives have a core mandate to collect, preserve and provide access to a political, social, and cultural historic record. This means that archival institutions are likely to understand digital preservation and the reasons for doing it.
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What is Digital Preservation?
- Part of an ongoing stewardship mission to ensure to the future of libraries and archives as memory organizations,
- Necessary for libraries and archives to tell the unbroken story of our communities and societies.
What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?
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Lack of collaboration behind different departments/areas of the organization |
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Executive level support for digital preservation is not persistent |
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Failure to engage with stakeholders at all stages of the record life-cycle |
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Accountability |
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Failure to maintain preservation system and processes. |
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What Opportunities do preserved digital materials create?
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Digital Preservation can… |
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hold governments to account by maintaining a clear and permanent audit trail |
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make available a dynamic, powerful information asset which represents an accurate social and cultural record |
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demonstrate a commitment to core statutory function for collection, for present and future generations |
What do Archives need to enable Digital Preservation?
All organisations require the same things to enable effective digital preservation.