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Building and Sustaining a Digital Preservation Program at NARA

National Archives Records Express

This post was written by Elizabeth England and Leslie Johnston, Digital Preservation, Office of the Deputy Archivist of the United States. digital preservation system went into production in 2018, with initial capabilities focused on establishing a new processing, storage, and preservation environment for NARA’s digital holdings.

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How one Canadian museum is using Digital Preservation to protect immigrant voices

Preservica

The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is one of many organizations considering the role of Digital Preservation in ensuring the long-term sustainability and care of their prized collections. They document these voices through their digital collections which include oral histories, written stories, photographs, and more.

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Surveying Community Webs Members’ Digital Preservation Needs

Archive-It

Among the needs program members discussed at the spring meeting was support for digital preservation, particularly in the way of organizational advocacy for training, staff, funding, and technology. CAD files).

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Using digital preservation in real time to document the global pandemic for future generations

Preservica

In May this year we invited Preservica users to share their own COVID-19 stories with the wider community – six archivists from a range of sectors took to the virtual stage and shared their plans of action, explaining how they’re using digital preservation in real time to address the challenges and opportunities presented by the pandemic.

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Bridging the gap: Exploring Digital Preservation at scale with Yaso Arumugam, CIO of The National Archives of Australia

Preservica

The National Archives of Australia (NAA) is responsible for maintaining and preserving Australia’s official government records and plays a critical role in archiving the events, decisions and stories that have been pivotal in shaping the country into what it is today. So, you preserve those letters? And then we also have around 1.2

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iPRES International Conference on Digital Preservation 2018

Archives Blogs

Last fall I was able to attend iPRES , the International Conference on Digital Preservation. The conference brought together 421 attendees from thirty-two countries, including scientists, archivists, librarians, and other professionals from disciplines that have an interest in preserving digital information over long time spans.

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Preservica - 2022 highlights & momentum looking ahead

Preservica

As the year comes to a close, it’s hard not to reflect on the digital preservation needs across industries over the last 12 months. It’s for that reason why preserving vital content for our collective digital memory is so important. Their success is our success.