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Digital Preservation futures: looking ahead to 2030….

Preservica

Much of the discussion in the digital preservation community often focuses on the ‘here and now’. After this year’s PASIG conference in vibrant Mexico City, Preservica ran a community panel session to debate the challenges of preserving digital content, with a focus on casting our minds forward 10 years to the year 2030.

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Three Fundamental Digital Preservation Strategies

IG Guru

July 9, 2018 by Margot Note, CA, CRM Digital files exist simply as data until they are rendered by application software, operating systems, and hardware platforms—making them vulnerable to format obsolescence and media decay. Unlike physical materials, digital files cannot survive what we call “benign neglect”.

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Digitally preserving local history with Dorset History Centre

Preservica

Dorset History Centre (DHC), a valued Preservica customer responsible for archiving historical material from within Dorset’s county borders, has recently launched a fundraising campaign to digitally preserve the work of the late local photographer Graham Herbert.

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Digital Preservation Framework Released for Public Comment

Archives Blogs

Today NARA is releasing the entirety of our digital preservation framework for public comment. This digital preservation framework consists of our approach to determining risks faced by electronic files, and our plans for preserving different types of file formats.

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Library and Archives Canada’s journey of discovery: modernising our digital preservation infrastructure using Preservica

Preservica

On World Digital Preservation Day 2018, Sylvain Bélanger, Director General of Digital Operations and Preservation at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) discusses operating at scale, the challenges of preserving high volume born-digital content, and giving Canadians greater access to Canada’s continuing memory.

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Using digital preservation for brand authenticity and protection

Preservica

It also allows us to better understand the needs of groups that have interests parallel to our digital preservation focus. I see the Digital Asset Management (DAM) community as one of those groups. Not just to address the unique challenges of retaining digital assets over decades (e.g.

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FAQ: Can I destroy a paper original after scanning?

The Texas Record

Both local governments and state agencies want to know if they ‘go paperless’ — if they digitize their essential records — can they get rid of the original paper or film copies? In general, we give a soft recommendation of at least 6 months before shredding the paper copies. for data files, Sec. And, it depends!

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