Electronic Records Resources

This online workshop was an in-depth practical training into the key concepts and processes of Digital Preservation reinforced by demonstrations of the complete OAIS (Open Archival Information Systems) (ISO 14721) lifecycle – ingest, data management, storage, preservation, administration and access.

The aim was to move beyond Digital Preservation acronyms and theory to give participants a fuller appreciation of the practical workflows, processes and considerations of real-world usage for organizations seeking to preserve and provide access to vital long-term records.

The sessions included specific examples of preserving Emails, long-term non-permanent records and websites as well included a next steps summary to outline how attendees can move their digital preservation project on to the next stage.

The workshop was broken into two, two-hour modules and each module was offered three times.

Practical Digital Preservation for State Archives Online Workshop: Module 1 (two hours)

Module 1 Recording

• Why do we need Digital Preservation?
• The fundamentals and standards for preserving digital content
• Understanding Metadata, Fixity and File Characterization including example of SharePoint content preservation

Practical Digital Preservation for State Archives Online Workshop: Module 2 (two hours)

Module 2 Recording

• Preservation Planning and Action
  • Including example of the preservation and management of long-term non-permanent records
• Controlling access to digital content
  • Example of public access
• Bringing it all together
  • Example of email preservation
• Next Steps summary: Getting buy-in for your digital preservation program