Digital Preservation Building a Preservation Policy Meta Archive

Digital Preservation Building a Preservation Policy Meta. Archive Cooperative, Digital Preservation Policy Planning Workshop Boston College, Boston, MA October 26, 2010

Overview Meta. Archive Cooperative, Digital Preservation Policy Planning Workshop Boston College, Boston, MA October 26, 2010

Comprehensive Policies One great example Meg Bellinger, Director Yale ODAI http: //vimeo. com/13075243 Schultz, Donovan, Howard, Skinner, 2010

Buzz Words & Phrases Centralized but Collaborative Comprehensive Paradigm Shift Campus-Wide Digital Infrastructure Top-Level Support Dedicated Budget Mission-Focus Policies, policies! Schultz, Donovan, Howard, Skinner, 2010

Who We Are Meta. Archive Cooperative Preservation Committee ▪ Bill Donovan ▪ Rachel Howard ▪ Susan Parham ▪ Mark Stoffan ▪ Katherine Skinner ▪ Matt Schultz, Donovan, Howard, Skinner, 2010

The Topic at Hand Digital Preservation Policy Building University Libraries have begun the process of engaging digital preservation ▪ Performing digitization ▪ Building digital libraries ▪ Establishing institutional repositories Digital Preservation Policies have often lagged behind digital preservation activities ▪ The result is a myriad non-standard developments Schultz, Donovan, Howard, Skinner, 2010

Starting with Policies can also drive development and standardization Meta. Archive Preservation Committee Began reviewing successful policies ▪ Found a lot of commonalities Developed a Digital Preservation Policy Template Developed a Digital Assets Survey Schultz, Donovan, Howard, Skinner, 2010

What We Will Be Covering Session 1: Digital Preservation Trends Session 2: Preservation Policy Overview Resource: Policy Template Break Session 3: Planning for Policy Development Resource: Digital Assets Survey Session 4: Policy Development Schultz, Donovan, Howard, Skinner, 2010

Before We Begin… Not a Final Product! We need your feedback! We will have Q&A breaks and activities But feel free to ask questions anytime We are taking a top-down approach to digital preservation – BIG POLICY DEVELOPMENT Not all institutions are the same Feel free to tailor our resources to any scale Schultz, Donovan, Howard, Skinner, 2010