Digital Preservation

Digital preservation can be understood as the series of managed activities necessary to ensure continued access to digital materials for as long as necessary. It combines policies, strategies and actions to ensure access to reformatted and born digital content regardless of the challenges of media failure and technological change. The goal of digital preservation is the accurate rendering of authenticated content over time.


Read more about Digital Preservation:  Challenges of Digital Preservation, Strategies, Digital Sustainability, Preservation Repository Assessment and Certification, Examples of Digital Preservation Initiatives, Large-scale Digital Preservation Initiatives (LSDIs)

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