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Preserving the British Library’s C19 Newspaper Collection: Planets Film Released Planets (Preservation and Long-term Access Through Networked Services) has released the first of four filmed and written studies to show how national libraries and archives in Europe are using Planets tools to preserve large and valuable digital collections. A short documentary film, it describes how the British Library has used Planets to help preserve its C19 digitised newspaper collection. The C19 newspaper collection is one of the top ten in the world and is used by journalists, historians and researchers world-wide. In 2004, the British Library secured £2 million of JISC funding to digitise 2 million pages and make them available online.This five minute film documents the challenges the British Library has faced with preserving the 80TB of images and its use of Planets preservation planning tool, Plato, to support the decisions it has taken. Author, Kate Summerscale describes how she drew on the collection to research the murders at Road Hill House for her prize-winning novel, “The Suspicions of Mr Whicher”. To view the film, please visit: http://www.planets-project.eu/audio-visualThe video also appears on WePreserve’s Youtube site.To comment or ask a question, please e-mail us at: [log in to unmask] subscribe to receive updates on new films on the WePreserve Youtube channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/user/wepreserve.PlanetsPlanets is a four-year project co-funded by the European Union under Framework Programme Six. It is coordinated by the British Library and delivered by 16 national libraries, archives, technology and research institutions. The project has developed a suite of software tools and services to help organisations preserve digital content for the long-term.