- Having the tools and skills to preserve the content, context and structure of digital records for the long term,
- A component of informed appraisal and selection decision making,
- The processes and procedures that go into preparing digital records for long term preservation,
- On-going, active checking, administration and management of digital records in the archive,
- Keeping up with changes in the shifting technological landscape and user needs to stay relevant,
- On-going liaison with record creators and policy makers,
- Digital preservation is cross-organisational business change,
- Digital preservation is business as usual.
Digital preservation is more than:
- Digitization (though digitization’s outputs require digital preservation),
- Backing up (though well-managed secure storage is a component of successful digital preservation),
- Buying an off-the-shelf product and considering it ‘done’ – this is more than just a project,
- A fashionable trend. It’s a continuing change for archives.