Dear MCG,

 

I thought you might be interested in today's announcement of a new set
of Principles for Supporting Long-term Access to Digital Material,
commissioned by MLA and produced by the Collections Trust with the
support of a range of organisations including The National Archives,
Heritage Lottery Fund, Archaeology Data Service, British Library,
Digital Preservation Coalition, Museums Galleries Scotland, Joint
Information Systems Committee and UKOLN.

 

The Principles form the first part of a programme of work during 2010-11
to develop guidance to support both funders and cultural institutions in
developing digital resources that are more sustainable, both through
Digital Preservation and more generally through the management of the
Digital Content Supply Chain. The Principles Paper is available to
download from Collections Link at http://tiny.cc/digitalprinciples.

 

To keep in touch with the development of this work, and the related
standards and guidelines, join the Digitisation Standards network on
Collections Link: http://tiny.cc/digitisationstandards.

 

The full text of the announcement follows:

 

"At a time when digital formats are increasingly important, it is vital
to ensure they are sustainable and accessible over the long term. This
is equally the case for materials that originate in digital format, and
for those that originate in different forms which are then digitally
reformatted.

 

To support this, MLA has commissioned these principles. They have been
produced on its behalf by Collections Trust, in collaboration with the
following organisations:

The National Archives; Heritage Lottery Fund; Archaeology Data Service;
The British Library; Collections Trust; Digital Preservation Coalition;
Museums Galleries Scotland; Joint Information Systems Committee; UKOLN.

 

The principles will be followed up by further work, to help front-line
organisations embed them in their practices:

 

* Guidelines for Creating, Acquiring & Managing Digital Material
in Museums, Libraries & Archives. These will help organisations
navigate the plethora of resources, guidance and other materials which
support digital preservation, and point them to the main standards for
digitisation in the sector.

 

* Guidance on Managing the Digitisation Content Supply Chain.
This will help organisations obtain impact from their digital content,
through ensuring suitability for use in a wide range of formats"

 

Any and all feedback and comments on these developments would be most
welcome, either on Collections Link using the 'Comment' function or by
email here on MCG.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Nick Poole

Chief Executive

Collections Trust

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