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Digital Preservation: First Steps for Action Webinar

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Course description

As more and more content is created and maintained in digital formats, it is important to begin thinking about what to preserve and how to preserve it. This webinar introduces concepts of preservation planning and assessment of need as beginning steps in developing a preservation strategy for born digital materials. Reviews concepts of active and passive digital repositories, and identifies the role played by policies and metadata in preservation actions. Provides an introduction to the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model and Trusted Digital Repositories (TDR).

What you will learn

  • Understanding of the available options for preservation of born digital material
  • Ability to make appropriate preservation planning decisions
  • Understanding of the concepts of the OAIS Reference Model and TDR
  • Ability to make appropriate preservation decisions for born digital materials

Course details

Duration: 2 Hours

Fee:
$25 Western Members
$40 All Others

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