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Clearing Up the Confusion between Document Management Systems and Digital Preservation Systems

Preservica

To celebrate this year's Electronic Records Day on October 10th, guest authors Pari Swift, Jacqueline Johnson, and the Ohio Records Committee share their thoughts on the key differences between document management systems and digital preservation systems in this blog post. Read on to learn more about these two types of systems.

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Survey reports skills in technology and Digital Preservation will be most desired in the next five years

Preservica

The report includes data on each archive’s budget, collection size, staff recruitment and retention, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, DEI efforts, and accessibility practices. The digitization of archives makes it possible to access them from anywhere in the world, increasing the reach and accessibility of archival collections.

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Harvesting Preservica metadata to your library discovery layer using APIs - Case Study: Preservica to Ex Libris' Primo

Preservica

Why integrate a digital preservation system with a front-end discovery system? Here at The University of Manchester (UoM) we have been working on integrating Preservica, our digital preservation system, with Ex Libris Primo, our front-end discovery system. The final step was to surface it in Primo.

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Archive-It Partner News, February 2023

Archive-It

by the Archive-It Team Community News Case study: The Romance Fiction Web Archive Librarian Maura Seale and researcher Steve Ammidown introduce the University of Michigan’s Romance Fiction web archive collection here on the Archive-It blog. in February.

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Network Rail: On Track for Cloud Archival

Preservica

"We're handling and preserving our records using Preservica to engage people in both the history of the railway and in Network Rail's role in delivering a 21st century railway infrastructure. Safeguarding our cultural and business records will ensure a high degree of access over time. Read the full case study.

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Why we need long-term thinking for long-term records

Preservica

Organizations simply have to fight the temptation to always stay in the present and think about the longer term accessibility of valued information assets. Records and information governance practitioners play a vital role in easing this tension, creating dialogues and use cases to move people from a blinkered short term focus.

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New book explores the social, institutional and user impacts of e-legal deposit

CILIP

Chapters draw on evidence gathered from real-world case studies produced in collaboration with leading libraries, researchers and practitioners including Bodleian Libraries, National Library of Sweden and the National Archives of Zimbabwe.