Preservation Resources
The Incentives to Preserve Digital Materials: Roles, Scenarios,
Appropriate incentives are fundamental to the development of economically sustainable digital preservation activities. This white paper identifies the key decision-making roles in the digital preservation process, characterizes a core set of organizational models under which decision-makers might undertake digital preservation, and examines the implications of these models for the incentives to preserve digital materials
JISC Digital Preservation Focus
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee Preservation Focus provides a wide variety of resources on digital preservation and includes the online edition of Preservation Management of Digital Materials: A Handbook.
CUL's policy for preservation of digital resources. The document includes statements on lifecycle management, resource management, and responsibilities.
National Preservation Office (United Kingdom and Ireland)
The aim of the National Preservation Office is to provide an independent focus for ensuring the preservation and continued accessibility of library and archive material held in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Northeast Document Conservation Center
The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is the largest nonprofit, regional conservation center in the United States. Its mission is to improve the preservation programs of libraries, archives, museums, and other historical and cultural organizations; to provide the highest quality services to institutions that cannot afford in-house conservation facilities or that require specialized expertise; and to provide leadership to the preservation field.
Regional Alliance for Preservation
The mission of the Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP) is to provide comprehensive preservation information to cultural institutions and the public throughout the United States.
Trusted Digital Repositories: Attributes and Responsibilities - RLG and OCLC Final report
The report is is intended for cultural heritage institutions with traditional legal responsibilities for preserving cultural heritage. It is written to aid administrators responsible for implementing digital archiving services. It address the seven attributes the archive must have.
PADI — Preserving Access to Digital Information National
National Library of Australia's initiative to provide mechanisms to ensure that information in digital form is managed with appropriate consideration for preservation and future access.
Library of Congress Digital Preservation - National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP)
NDIIPP is a national digital preservation program led by Library of Congress, in partnership with public and private organizations to convene experts to provide a national focus on policy, standards and technical issues related to digital preservation.
Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist
Version 1.0 February 2007
This document represents the best current practice and thought about the organizational and technical infrastructure required to be considered trustworthy and capable of certification. The document can be used for planning and assessment of a full range of digital repositories.
