Making Certain Digital Content is Preserved: Archiving Digital Resources

Publishers, aggregators, government agencies, research institutes and libraries understand the value in and require archiving mechanisms in order to retain access to scholarly records in a constantly changing information landscape. Over the last several years, best practices have been developed and many initiatives have been launched to rise to the challenge in preserving these works but perhaps without a clear vision for how or who will support long-term maintenance to ensure this critical information is not lost or degraded. This webinar will address the past, present and future state of digital preservation including an overview, institutional policies, metadata and formats, accessibility, types of archives and repositories, back-up systems and issues of security.