Digital Preservation: A Campus-Wide Perspective
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- Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
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Author(s): Richard Fyffe Deb Ludwig Beth Warner
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Sources(s): EDUCAUSE Research Collection(s): Research Bulletins
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Abstract
This bulletin outlines campus-wide issues relating to digital preservation, an emerging aspect of the stewardship responsibility for higher education. Digital presentation requires more than simply extending traditional preservation practices to digital information or assuming that media backups are sufficient. Providing ongoing access to vital current content and stewardship of intellectual and cultural heritage challenges us to define a new information environment that promotes the preservation of fragile digital information. A companion ECAR research bulletin (#19, 2005) details the University of Kansas proposed actions in creating an integrated digital preservation program.