Case studies

Here are some examples of how DPC RAM has been used by members of the community to help track their progress in digital preservation. If you have a example of DPC RAM in action that you would like to share please contact us:

• Assessing where we are with digital preservation (2021) - a blog post from Fabiana Barticioti, Digital Assets Manager at LSE Library.

• From 'starting digital preservation' to 'business as usual' (2021) - a blog post from Anna McNally, Senior Archivist at the University of Westminster.

• The Postal Museum’s Case Study of the DPC Rapid Assessment Model (2021) - a blog post from Helen Dafter, Archivist at the Postal Museum.

• 5 tips to rock the RAM (2021) - a blog post from Kim Harsley, Archivist at the Natwest Group.

• Unprecedented times (2021) - a blog post from Hania Smerecka, Archivist at Lloyds Banking Group.

• Are we winning? Other measurables for digital preservation (2021) - a paper presented at the 2021 iPRES conference from Tim Evans of the Archaeology Data Service

• DPC RAM: Levelling up (2022) - a blog post from Silvia Gallotti, Archivist at the LSE Library.

Further reading

Other articles and papers about DPC RAM are listed below.

• Going for Gold or Good Enough? Observations on three years of benchmarking with DPC RAM (2022) - an article by Jenny Mitcham and Paul Wheatley published in the proceedings of the iPres conference in 2022