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Preservica v6.0: next generation active digital preservation and discovery

Preservica

delivers enhanced ease-of-use and new ways of working for archives, libraries, museums and businesses - built on a highly scalable platform designed for the future of digital preservation. Boston, MA US and Oxford, UK | April 04 2019 | Digital preservation leaders, Preservica, today announced the next generation, v6.0,

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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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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.

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Amnesty International creates new global human rights digital archive with Preservica

Preservica

The world’s largest grassroots human rights organization will use Preservica’s active digital preservation platform to create a global archive that will accelerate investigations into human rights violations and protect digital records of significant historical importance to the global movement. Oxford, UK and Boston, MA.

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Preserving your information from digital disasters

Preservica

Universal’s video vault and music archive was located on the same lot. Higher education institutions also face some unique security challenges , such as legacy hardware and an open culture. What you can do to avoid digital disasters? 3) Know the security of the systems you’re in. Yes, when, not if. Are you protected?

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Celebrating ‘Explore Your Archive’ Week

Preservica

In recent years, the National Meteorological Library and Archive (NMLA) have been working towards a new archiving capability that provides a safe and secure repository for their digital library and archive collections. Read more about The University of Manchester Library’s digital preservation programme in TechRadar.

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Cross-Post from Out of the Stacks: How to Convert Your Home Movie Tapes to Digital

The Texas Record

Digitize your old home videos before it’s too late! Now may be a great time to consider digitizing your old home video movies that have been collecting dust in the closet. Unfortunately, we are facing the obsolescence of videotape and VCRs (Video Cassette Recorders).