Nobody has the perfect answer to digital preservation for every case. If we try we may fail; if we don't try we will certainly fail.
The DPC, West Yorkshire Archives Service, JISC and MLA are delighted to announce the release of a new Case Note in Digital Preservation, written by Alexandra Eveleigh of University College London.
This new case note examines the practical experience of a local government archive when receiving a mixed archive containing digital and traditional materials. Digital Preservation can be intimidating for organizations which have previously been used to managing and collecting paper archives. In this case note, staff from West Yorkshire Archives Service report on their experience in taking their first large digital archive. This made them confront new problems and new ways of working, they conclude that If we try we may fail; if we don't try we will certainly fail.
Full text of the Case Note is available here:
http://www.dpconline.org/advice/case-notes
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Dr William Kilbride FSA
Executive Director
Digital Preservation Coalition
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