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Digital Preservation

Digital preservation and its important modules: Identify, Select, Store, Protect, Manage, and Provide. Based on the Library of Congress Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Train the Trainer Workshop, and in support of Staff Day 2017

Digital Preservation: Introduction

This LibGuide presents resources from the Library of Congress Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Train the Trainer Workshop. The information was also presented at Staff Day 2017.

For more information, contact Charlene Bonnette in the Louisiana Department at the State Library:

Charlene Bonnette, M.L.I.S., C.A.
Head, Louisiana Collection
State Library of Louisiana
Phone: 225-342-2791
cbonnette@SLOL.LIB.LA.US

Resources

Here are the considerations for Digital Preservation 

  1. Identify:   What digital content do you have?
  2. Select:     What portion of your digital content will be preserved?
  3. Store:      What issues are there for long term storage?
  4. Protect:   What steps are needed to protect your digital content?
  5. Manage: What provisions are needed for long‐term management?
  6. Provide:  What considerations are there for long‐term access?

Additional resources are provided at the end of this LibGuide.