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href="/digipres/implement-digipres/dpeg-home/dpeg-templates" >Templates</a></li><li class="item-1495"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/dpeg-home/execguide-french" >Le Guide pour la préservation numérique (FR)</a></li><li class="item-1496"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/dpeg-home/execguide-spanish" >Guía ejecutiva para la preservación digital (ES)</a></li><li class="item-1545"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/dpeg-home/execguide-arabic" >(AR) الدليل التنفيذي للحفظ الرقمي</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-1455 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/business-case-toolkit" >Business Case Toolkit</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/business-case-toolkit">Business Case Toolkit</a></label></li><li class="item-2354"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/business-case-toolkit/business-case-toolkit-intro" >Introduction to the Business Case Toolkit</a></li><li class="item-2355"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/business-case-toolkit/what-makes-business-case" >What makes a good digital preservation business case?</a></li><li class="item-2356 current"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/business-case-toolkit/understand-dp-readiness" aria-current="page">Understand your digital preservation readiness</a></li><li class="item-2357"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/business-case-toolkit/step-by-step-business-case" >Step-by-step-guide to building a business case</a></li><li class="item-2358"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/business-case-toolkit/template-business-case" >Template for building a business case</a></li><li class="item-2359"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/business-case-toolkit/business-case-example-benefits-and-risks" >Example benefits and risks for typical digital preservation business cases</a></li><li class="item-2360"><a 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href="/digipres/implement-digipres/procurement-toolkit/procurement-toolkit-common-requirements" >Common requirements for repository procurement</a></li><li class="item-2328"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/procurement-toolkit/procurement-toolkit-core-requirements" >Core requirements for a digital preservation system</a></li><li class="item-2329"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/procurement-toolkit/procurement-toolkit-it-systems" >Digital preservation requirements for procuring IT systems</a></li><li class="item-1408"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/procurement-toolkit/procurement-toolkit-dp-futures" >Advice from DPC Supporters</a></li><li class="item-1409"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/procurement-toolkit/procurement-toolkit-further-resources" >Further resources</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-1623 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit" >EDRMS Preservation Toolkit</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit">EDRMS Preservation Toolkit</a></label></li><li class="item-1624"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-introduction" >Introduction</a></li><li class="item-1625"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-what-is-a-record" >What is a record?</a></li><li class="item-1626"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-preservation-challenges" >Preservation challenges</a></li><li class="item-1628 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-intro" >The preservation process</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a 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that created them</a></li><li class="item-1633"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-intro/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-objects" >Understanding the digital objects</a></li><li class="item-1634"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-intro/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-metadata" >Understanding the metadata</a></li><li class="item-1635"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-intro/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-risks" >Assessing the risks</a></li><li class="item-1636"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-intro/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-selecting" >Selecting a preservation approach</a></li><li class="item-1637"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-intro/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-making-case" >Making the case</a></li><li class="item-1638"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-intro/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-taking-action" >Taking action</a></li><li class="item-1639"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-intro/edrms-toolkit-preservation-process-lessons" >Processing the lessons learned</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-1643"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-metadata" >Which metadata to preserve</a></li><li class="item-1640"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-future" >The future of records preservation</a></li><li class="item-1641 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-further-resources" >Further resources & case studies</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-further-resources">Further resources & case studies</a></label></li><li class="item-1646"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-further-resources/edrms-toolkit-case-study-hcampbell" >Hugh Campbell, PRONI</a></li><li class="item-1647"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-further-resources/edrms-toolkit-case-study-jdoig" >James Doig, NAA</a></li><li class="item-1648"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-further-resources/edrms-toolkit-case-study-nsteele" >Nicola Steele, Grosvenor Estate</a></li><li class="item-1645"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-further-resources/edrms-toolkit-case-study-evaldes" >Elvis Valdes, UN IRMCT</a></li><li class="item-1649"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-further-resources/edrms-toolkit-case-study-lwilliams" >Lorna Williams, Bank of England</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-1642"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/edrms-preservation-toolkit/edrms-toolkit-how-created" >How this resource was created</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2075 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide" >Computational Access: A beginner's guide</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide">Computational Access: A beginner's guide</a></label></li><li class="item-2076"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide/computational-access-guide-introduction" >Introduction</a></li><li class="item-2077"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide/computational-access-guide-definitions" >Definitions</a></li><li class="item-2078 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide/computational-access-guide-approaches" >Approaches to computational access</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide/computational-access-guide-approaches">Approaches to computational access</a></label></li><li class="item-2084"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide/computational-access-guide-approaches/computational-access-guide-approaches-terms" >Terms of Use</a></li><li class="item-2085"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide/computational-access-guide-approaches/computational-access-guide-approaches-bulk" >Bulk dataset/Downloads</a></li><li class="item-2086"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide/computational-access-guide-approaches/computational-access-guide-approaches-api" >Application Programming Interface (API)</a></li><li class="item-2087"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide/computational-access-guide-approaches/computational-access-guide-approaches-platform" >Platform</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2079"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide/computational-access-guide-ethics" >Ethics of computational access</a></li><li class="item-2080"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/computational-access-guide/computational-access-guide-benefits-drawbacks" >Benefits and drawbacks</a></li><li class="item-2081"><a 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href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/digital-preservation-documentation-introductio" >Introduction to Digital Preservation Documentation</a></li><li class="item-2627"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/digital-preservation-documentation-what-why-who" >The What, Why and Who of Documentation</a></li><li class="item-2628"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/digital-preservation-documentation-good-bad" >The Good and the Bad of Documentation</a></li><li class="item-2635"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/digital-preservation-documentation-creating-documentatio" >Creating Documentation</a></li><li class="item-2629"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/digital-preservation-documentation-revising" >Revising and Maintaining Documentation</a></li><li class="item-2630"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/digital-preservation-documentation-preservin" >Preserving Documentation</a></li><li class="item-2631 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/alias-digital-preservation-documentation-case-studies" >Interviews and Case Studies</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/alias-digital-preservation-documentation-case-studies">Interviews and Case Studies</a></label></li><li class="item-2632"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/alias-digital-preservation-documentation-case-studies/digital-preservation-documentation-interview-naa" >Documentation interview with James Doig</a></li><li class="item-2633"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/alias-digital-preservation-documentation-case-studies/digital-preservation-documentation-interview-uog" >Documentation interview with Leo Konstantelos</a></li><li class="item-2634"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/alias-digital-preservation-documentation-case-studies/digital-preservation-documentation-interview-agnsw" >Documentation interview with Ziggy Potts</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2626"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/digital-preservation-documentation-further-resources" >Further Resources</a></li><li class="item-2625"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/digital-preservation-documentation-guide/digital-preservation-documentation-guide-creation" >How was this guide created? </a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2690 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/dar-toolkit" >Digital Asset 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class="item-2695"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/dar-toolkit/dar-template/dar-addheadings" >Additional DAR Headings</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2696 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/dar-toolkit/dar-infogathering" >More on Information Gathering</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/dar-toolkit/dar-infogathering">More on Information Gathering</a></label></li><li class="item-2697"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/dar-toolkit/dar-infogathering/dar-interview" >Example Interview Questions</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2698"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/dar-toolkit/dar-resources" >Useful Resources</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2943 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit" >Community Archives Digital Preservation Toolkit</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a 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>Level 3 - What to keep</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2954 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-organise-your-content" >Organise your content</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-organise-your-content">Organise your content</a></label></li><li class="item-2966"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-organise-your-content/community-archives-organise-your-content-1" >Level 1 - Naming Conventions</a></li><li class="item-2967"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-organise-your-content/community-archives-organise-your-content-2" >Level 2 - File Structure</a></li><li class="item-2968"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-organise-your-content/community-archives-organise-your-content-3" >Level 3 - Using a System</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2955 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-who-does-what" >Who does what</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-who-does-what">Who does what</a></label></li><li class="item-2969"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-who-does-what/community-archives-who-does-what-1" >Level 1 - Roles and Responsibilities - on a page</a></li><li class="item-2970"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-who-does-what/community-archives-who-does-what-2" >Level 2 - More detailed roles and responsibilities</a></li><li class="item-2971"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-who-does-what/community-archives-who-does-what-3" >Level 3 - Annual Review of Roles and Responsibilities</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2956 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-understand-your-content" >Understand your content</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-understand-your-content">Understand your content</a></label></li><li class="item-2972"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-understand-your-content/community-archives-understand-your-content-1" >Level 1 - What and where your content is</a></li><li class="item-2973"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-understand-your-content/community-archives-understand-your-content-2" >Level 2 - Find this information</a></li><li class="item-2974"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-understand-your-content/community-archives-understand-your-content-3" >Level 3 - Digital Asset Register </a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2957 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-keep-your-content" >Keep your content</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-keep-your-content">Keep your content</a></label></li><li class="item-2975"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-keep-your-content/community-archives-keep-your-content-1" >Level 1 - Storage Review</a></li><li class="item-2976"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-keep-your-content/community-archives-keep-your-content-2" >Level 2 - Storage Options</a></li><li class="item-2977"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-keep-your-content/community-archives-keep-your-content-3" >Level 3 - Storing Your content</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2958 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-control-your-content" >Control your content</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-control-your-content">Control your content</a></label></li><li class="item-2978"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-control-your-content/community-archives-control-your-content-1" >Level 1 - Exit Strategy</a></li><li class="item-2979"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-control-your-content/community-archives-control-your-content-2" >Level 2 - How to talk to Suppliers </a></li><li class="item-2980"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-control-your-content/community-archives-control-your-content-3" >Level 3 - Check Your Contracts</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2959 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-make-copies" >Make Copies</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-make-copies">Make Copies</a></label></li><li class="item-2981"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-make-copies/community-archives-make-copies-1" >Level 1 - Back up your content offsite</a></li><li class="item-2982"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-make-copies/community-archives-make-copies-2" >Level 2 - The 3 – 2 – 1 Rule </a></li><li class="item-2983"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-make-copies/community-archives-make-copies-3" >Level 3 - Check your copies</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2960 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-plan-to-share" >Plan to share</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-plan-to-share">Plan to share</a></label></li><li class="item-2984"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-plan-to-share/community-archives-plan-to-share-1" >Level 1 - Prepare for access </a></li><li class="item-2985"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-plan-to-share/community-archives-plan-to-share-2" >Level 2 - Permission to Share </a></li><li class="item-2986"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-plan-to-share/community-archives-plan-to-share-3" >Level 3 - The Rules of Access</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2961 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-preserve-your-website" >Preserve your website</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-preserve-your-website">Preserve your website</a></label></li><li class="item-2987"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-preserve-your-website/community-archives-preserve-your-website-1" >Level 1 - Submit your URL to be archived</a></li><li class="item-2988"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-preserve-your-website/community-archives-preserve-your-website-2" >Level 2 - Make your website archivable</a></li><li class="item-2989"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archives-preserve-your-website/community-archives-preserve-your-website-3" >Level 3 - Archive your website</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-2962 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archive-safeguard-your-content" >Safeguard your content</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archive-safeguard-your-content">Safeguard your content</a></label></li><li class="item-2990"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archive-safeguard-your-content/community-archives-safeguard-your-content-1" >Level 1 - Plan for the Worst – Expect the Best </a></li><li class="item-2991"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archive-safeguard-your-content/community-archives-safeguard-your-content-2" >Level 2 - The More Information, the Better </a></li><li class="item-2992"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-toolkit-matrix/community-archive-safeguard-your-content/community-archives-safeguard-your-content-3" >Level 3 - Cybersecurity</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="item-2946"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-what-is-dp" >What is Digital Preservation?</a></li><li class="item-2949"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-just-one-thing" >Digital Preservation – Just One Thing</a></li><li class="item-2947"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-explaining-lifecycle" >Explaining the Lifecycle</a></li><li class="item-2948"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-not-alone" >You Are Not Alone</a></li><li class="item-2950"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-jargon-buster" >Jargon Buster</a></li><li class="item-2951 deeper has-submenu parent"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-case-studies" >Case Studies</a><ul class="right-submenu"> <li class="back"><a href="javascript:(void);">Back</a></li> <li><label><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-case-studies">Case Studies</a></label></li><li class="item-2994"><a href="/digipres/implement-digipres/community-archives-dp-toolkit/community-archives-case-studies/community-archives-case-study-organise" >Organise your content Case Study</a></li><li class="item-2993"><a 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Use this to establish the best foundation for your business case.</em></p> <h5>Establish your level of digital preservation maturity</h5> <p>Your organization’s digital preservation maturity can be quickly identified using the <a href="https://www.dpconline.org/digipres/dpc-ram">DPC Rapid Assessment Model</a> (DPC RAM) which provides a set of organizational and service level capabilities that are rated on a simple and consistent set of maturity levels. The model enables organizations to monitor their progress as they develop and improve their preservation capability and infrastructure and to set future maturity goals. Understanding your maturity level helps in identifying gaps in current capability and areas to be developed in the future.</p> <p> </p> <h5>Understand the history and track record of digital preservation at your organization</h5> <p>Researching the history of digital preservation work at your organization can provide context for your business case, avoid previously encountered pitfalls and ensure learning from previous work. In particular, you should seek to understand and acknowledge investment (e.g. in systems, staffing, training, professional organizational membership) successes, failures, and missed opportunities:</p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"> <p>Have there been digital preservation business cases at your institution before? If they were successful, can you show that the money was well spent? If they were unsuccessful, can you address or at least acknowledge what went wrong in any new business case?</p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>How has your organization’s digital preservation capacity changed over time? You may be able to establish this with DPC RAM scores (see above). </p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>Make sure to acknowledge any existing investment in basic digital preservation services like digital storage, systems, staff, and training.</p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>Check whether those responsible for IT provision are aligned with the need for a digital preservation solution and understand what value it brings in addition to storage and fixity.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Assess organizational policies that might impact significantly on future digital preservation activity, including the need for a dedicated Digital Preservation Policy:</p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"> <p>Do you have existing policies that establish a requirement to preserve digital content e.g. collection policies, records management policy, open access policy. </p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>Consider whether any other policies will be relevant e.g. closure periods or embargos, IPR, data protection, environmental or potential liability issues.</p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>Do you have a Digital Preservation Policy? Establishing a policy can provide a helpful foundation from which to build further infrastructure and activity, as well as acting as a useful advocacy tool. See the <a href="https://www.dpconline.org/digipres/implement-digipres/policy-toolkit">DPC Digital Preservation Policy Toolkit</a> for more information.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Understand key disasters, risks, and missed opportunities relating to digital content that has already been identified by colleagues, external audits, customers/users, and other stakeholders:</p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"> <p>Has there been previous data loss, reputational damage or legal damage due to poor digital preservation practice at your institution?</p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>Do stakeholders have live, documented digital preservation concerns that need addressing?</p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>Has your institution missed out on a benefit that might be obtained by better investment in digital preservation? What benefits are other institutions able to realise that you cannot?</p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>There may also be examples where good digital preservation practice has previously “saved the day”/minimised the impact of an event/protected your organization’s reputation.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h5>Understand current staffing, roles, skills and competencies</h5> <p>Successful digital preservation requires skilled staff and a key component of a business case might be a request for new staff and/or additional training and development opportunities. It is, therefore, important to understand which members of staff currently work on digital preservation activities, where they sit within the organization, what skills they have, and where gaps might exist in terms of both roles and competencies. Which members of staff are within scope will be context dependent but may include: digital preservation practitioners, other information management professionals, IT staff, digital content creators, and more. </p> <p>The <a href="https://www.dpconline.org/digipres/train-your-staff/dp-competency/dpc-cat">DPC’s Competency Audit Toolkit</a> (DPC CAT) can be used to assess current staffing capabilities within an organization, identifying where gaps exist in relation to current and target digital preservation capabilities as identified during a DPC RAM assessment.</p> <p> </p> <h5>Understand and utilise relevant governance structures</h5> <p>Do you have a steering group or advisory board of relevant stakeholders that can guide digital preservation practice at your organization? Establishing a steering group can provide cross-organizational support, advice and experience of real value to your business case.</p> <p> </p> <h5>Assess the target of your preservation activity: the digital content</h5> <p>Establishing the scope of the digital content to be preserved, which is of relevance to your business case, will be fundamental to understanding requirements and potential solutions.</p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"> <p>It may be necessary to undertake an audit of current and expected collections within the organization to gather information on the size and nature of the digital content they contain. This information will clarify areas of need and help facilitate decision-making about what should be included within the business case. </p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>To help structure this process and gather the information in a reusable format you may wish to capture the information in a Digital Asset Register, if you do not already maintain one. This will then provide a useful tool for both developing the business case and ongoing management of the digital content within your collections. To help gather the information needed, you may wish to use characterisation or content profiling tools to capture data on volumes and types of digital content within the collections. Information on what tools are available can be found on the <a href="https://coptr.digipres.org/index.php/Main_Page">COPTR tools registry</a>.</p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>For content which you do not currently collect, or which does not yet exist, consult with key members of staff (either within your own, or within comparable organizations if possible) to establish well-informed estimates of the size, complexity and challenges of such material. You must be able to justify and defend any figures derived in this way if they are crucial to your business case, so record your sources and your working even if this will not be included in the final business case.</p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>The scale and scope of content may well increase over time. Estimates of how volume is likely to change may help to inform a future proof solution.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h5>Identify systems and workflows currently in use</h5> <p>It will be useful to establish the systems and workflows used to create, manage and store the digital content that will be preserved, as well as the systems they interoperate with. This will help you assess current digital preservation capability, gaps in capacity and associated risks. This will be important for identifying potential improvements and solutions and understanding how these solutions fit into the existing system landscape at your organization. This is likely to require conversations with colleagues across several areas, including IT and administrative staff, any third-party solution providers, and potentially external creators and users of digital content. </p> <p> </p> <h5>Understand current practice at other organizations</h5> <p>Gain an understanding of digital preservation capacity and practice at other, similar organizations. This can aid with benchmarking your current capacity as well as helping to set the goals that will be achieved if your business case is funded. It may even be possible to learn lessons from others who have already taken a similar challenge to which your business case seeks to address.</p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"> <p>There may be particular organizations that your organization typically compares itself with, possibly engaging in peer review or collaboration. These might make useful points of comparison for your business case, particularly if they have already implemented work similar to what you are proposing. </p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>If you already have connections with colleagues at similar organizations, you may be able to gather this information through informal conversations. If you wish to make new connections this might be done through membership of networks such as the DPC, the NDSA, or Australasia Preserves or at conferences and events such as iPres, IDCC, or PASIG.</p> </li> <li aria-level="1"> <p>DPC members can consult information gathered through a yearly comparison of member RAM assessments - contact your DPC Champion for further information.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <br class="clear"> <div class="small-12 columns"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row hide-for-print" id="footer"> <div class="row"> <div class="small-12 large-6 columns right text_right"> <div class="moduletable "> <ul class="mod-menu mod-list nav "> <li class="nav-item item-1015"><a href="/privacy" >Privacy Policy</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="small-12 large-6 columns end"> <p>© 2024 Digital Preservation Coalition | Charity Number SC051077</p> <p>Unless otherwise stated, content is shared under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_blank">CC-BY-NC-SA Licence</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <a class="button scroll_top" href="javascript:void(0);">Scroll to top</a> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery("#toggleSearch").click(function() { jQuery(this).toggleClass("active"); jQuery("#search").toggleClass('shown'); }); function toggleFilters() { jQuery(".subnav_toggle a.subnav_trigger").toggleClass("active"); if (viewport().width > 1025) { // do things for 'desktop' sizes } else { // at mobile jQuery(".inner-wrap").toggleClass("subnav_active"); } } // function to set the height on fly function subHeight() { jQuery('.sub_nav').removeAttr('style'); jQuery('.sub_nav').css('min-height', jQuery(document).height() - (jQuery('#header').height() + jQuery('#footer').outerHeight(true)) + "px"); } setTimeout(function() { subHeight(); }, 50); setTimeout(function() { subHeight(); }, 2000); // Filter hide/show jQuery(".subnav_toggle a.subnav_trigger").on("swipeleft click", function(e) { toggleFilters(); e.stopImmediatePropagation(); return false; }); jQuery(".exit_subnav").on("swiperight click", function(e) { toggleFilters(); e.stopImmediatePropagation(); return false; }); jQuery(".sub_nav").on("swiperight", function(e) { toggleFilters(); e.stopImmediatePropagation(); return false; }); jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery(".cbTabsNav a").click(function() { autoHeight(); subHeight(); }); }); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://dpconline.b-cdn.net/templates/dpc/js/royalslider-settings.js?v=1.1&1717497718"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://dpconline.b-cdn.net/templates/dpc/js/general.js?1717497718"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://dpconline.b-cdn.net/templates/dpc/js/responsive-tables.js?1717497718"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/foundation-sites@6.8.1/dist/js/foundation.min.js" defer></script>  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://dpconline.b-cdn.net/robustlinks-master/robustlinks.css?1717497716" />  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://dpconline.b-cdn.net/robustlinks-master/robustlinks.js?1717497716"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://dpconline.b-cdn.net/robustlinks-master/robustlinks-uri-exclude-list.js?1717497716"></script> </body> </html>