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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

A staggering 81 percent of archives administrators report that skills related to technology and systems, such as digital asset management and Digital Preservation , are the most important to the staff in their department and will remain so in the coming years.

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Advocating for digital preservation through better corporate governance

Preservica

Anniversaries and other milestones are typically high-profile cross department initiatives that can be used to secure money for digitization of heritage assets and subsequent archiving and long-term preservation. Corporate governance. Getting buy-in at the Associated Press. Learn more.

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Preservica, IRMS and ARA digital preservation training a great success!

Preservica

Over the course of 2015/16 the Preservica team has been pairing up with the Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) and ARA (UK) to deliver a series of practical workshops and webinars on digital preservation. And for a chance to win a Kindle enter our Superhero PRIZE Draw! We’ll see you there!

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The dangers of short-term thinking on digital information

Preservica

We recently hosted a webinar with the Information Governance Initiative (IGI), to explore the risks to digital content and the dangers of short-term thinking when it comes to governing this type of information. This is despite 97% being aware that these digital records are at risk due to file format and technology obsolescence.

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

Preservica

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. The business benefits of digital preservation.

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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.