Steps

1. Steps Identify - what digital content do you have? Select - what portion of that content will be preserved? Store - what issues are there for long term storage? Protect - what steps are needed to protect your digital content? Manage - what provisions are needed for long-term management? Provide - what considerations are there for long-term access?

2. Step 5: Manage What provisions are needed to sustain long-term management of preserved digital content? Three essentials: • Organization • Technology • Resources

3. Organizational policy goals • Complies with best practices • Creates commitment • Limits expectations • Anticipates challenges • Builds a team

4. Technology: Good software tools… • are written in a well-documented language • can be used on a wide variety of platforms • come with support from the creators/developers • are modular in design • support batch processing and workflows • come with licenses that support secondary use

5. Resources Funding for sustainability: a percentage of your budget or a percentage of your time

6. Steps Identify - what digital content do you have? Select - what portion of that content will be preserved? Store - what issues are there for long term storage? Protect - what steps are needed to protect your digital content? Manage - what provisions are needed for long-term management? Provide - what considerations are there for long-term access?

7. Step 6: Provide What considerations are there for long-term access to preserved digital content? Long-term access vs. Current access

8. Access to preserved digital content • Who is allowed to have access to content? • Are access policies equal for all content? • How are exceptions/special requests handled? • How do users request/get access? • What options (if any) do users have?

9. Qualities of effective preservation access • Delivery technology • Current • Reliable • Metadata • Accurate • Complete • Coherent presentation • Dissemination rules • Equitable • Consistent

10. That’s it! The End Any more questions?