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Executive Guide on Digital Preservation for Higher Education and Research

Higher Education and Research Institutions cover a range of remits and digital materials. Within one organization, there is likely to be a requirement to collect and preserve research data, archives and special collections materials, library information and university records. This may sound complex but working collaboratively across all of these departments can amplify the digital preservation message across the entire institution.

You may also want to check Archives and Libraries Specific Risks.

What is Digital Preservation?

Planning and strategizing to sustain access to digital research data for as long as is required,
Preserving continuity as well as functionality for future research,
Ensuring data remains accessible and usable,
Providing staff and users with sufficient digital preservation skills to fulfil their part of the data management process.

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

Risks	Possible Consequences	Key Motivators
Unable to fully capture and represent current events for future generations	Incomplete historical record Future research flawed/unreliable/biased	Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research
Inability to access legal documentation, institutional history and decision-making precedents	Unable to rely on past evidence to inform current decision-making Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements	Accountability Authenticity Business Continuity
The hardware or software required to interpret, and present digital information is no longer available	Unable to provide access to information required to support organizational processes Disruption of organization’s functions Increased costs now and in the future	Business Continuity Costs Enabling Research Technology
Research data not transferred to the relevant repository for preservation	Data loss Gaps in the cultural/scholarly record Research repeated unnecessarily	Accountability Costs Enabling Research Reputation
Lack of vendor accountability	Unable to place trust in services provided Services not fit for purpose Poor customer service Unable to plan for succession	Accountability Business Continuity Costs
No active preservation carried out on data	Expensive procedures required to access legacy data Lack of documentation	Costs Enabling Research
Data from an experiment that cannot be repeated is not preserved	Data loss Gaps in the cultural/scholarly record Field of research is set back/compromised Loss of reputation	Enabling Research Reputation
Data is inaccessible due to lack of preservation	Inability to answer crucial research questions Gaps in the cultural/scholarly record Field of research is set back/compromised Loss of scientific legacy and the associated research opportunities Research repeated unnecessarily Loss of potential opportunities for collaboration Loss of reputation	Costs Enabling Research Reputation Revenue
Data is not preserved with sufficient context, identifiers and documentation	Unique scientific datasets unknown and potential unrecognised questions Field of research is set back/compromised	Enabling Research
Data rendered unusable through a lack of proactive use, updates, and checking	Inability to answer crucial research questions Gaps in the cultural/scholarly record Field of research is set back/compromised Loss of scientific legacy and the associated research opportunities Loss of potential opportunities for collaboration	Enabling Research Revenue
Litigation from consumers if data made available is not reliable and trustworthy	Requirement to pay fines/settlements/compensation Gaps in the cultural/scholarly record Field of research is set back/compromised Loss of reputation	Authenticity Compliance Costs Reputation

What Opportunities do preserved digital materials create?

Digital Preservation can…	Key Motivators
demonstrate, to funders, a commitment to the sustainability of their investment and the cultural record	Accountability Costs Corporate/Cultural Memory
demonstrate compliance with institutional and funder policies on data management policies	Compliance Reputation
create a pathway for smaller organizations to take advantage of enterprise level infrastructure through shared or cloud services	Costs Technology
reduce duplication of infrastructure and effort by sharing services, systems and storage with other institutions	Business Continuity Costs Technology
demonstrate long term vision and planning	Business Continuity Costs Compliance
provide opportunities for raising funds through the reuse of existing data	Revenue Enabling Research Reputation
generate income and new service models through the reuse of existing data	Revenue Enabling Research Reputation
provide opportunities for the reuse of historical research data for purposes not originally anticipated	Enabling Research Corporate/Cultural Memory Reputation
make the right information is available at the right time, by using the most appropriate service	Business Continuity Corporate/Cultural Memory Technology
save on storage costs by enabling documented appraisal, disposal and deletion procedures	Accountability Costs
increase the potential for the re-use of digital material though established IPR	Revenue Enabling Research Reputation
demonstrate greater transparency through documented audit trails	Accountability Compliance
support business continuity through sustained access to key business records	Business Continuity
avoid wasted expenditure and reduce long-term operational costs by considering access and reuse at the stage of data generation, creation and system design.	Costs Technology
inform and educate the public by enabling access to diverse digital data and records	Corporate/Cultural Memory
improve future policy formation by supporting robust strategy, processes and procedures	Business Continuity
demonstrate, to the public purse, a commitment to maintaining the sustainability of the cultural record	Accountability Corporate/Cultural Memory
inspire the trust and understanding of future users, by providing a complete digital record	Authenticity Corporate/Cultural Memory Reputation
improve knowledge transfer during staff turnover and exits by sustaining access to a complete digital record	Business Continuity
enable informed and planned disposal as well as retention which mitigates the continuous increase in the volume of time-series data, as well as the cost of managing it	Costs Technology
remove the need for expensive and time-consuming data rescue and digital archaeology work on legacy data through appropriate planning and initial investment	Business Continuity Costs

What do Higher Education and Research institutions need to enable Digital Preservation?

All organisations require the same things to enable effective digital preservation.

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Executive Guide on Digital Preservation for Libraries

Libraries have a core mandate to collect, preserve and provide public access to published works. This means that libraries are likely to understand digital preservation and the reasons for doing it. Not doing digital preservation would undermine their core remit, which is why many of the Risks here are associated with ‘Operations.’

You may also want to check Archives, Higher Education and Research and Museums and Galleries specific Risks.

What is Digital Preservation?

Part of an ongoing stewardship mission to ensure to the future of libraries and archives as memory organizations,
Necessary for libraries and archives to tell the unbroken story of our communities and societies.

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

Risks	Possible Consequences	Key Motivators
Storage conditions are inadequate for preservation	Data loss/corruption Disruption of organisation’s functions Confidence loss Damage to reputation	Corporate/Cultural Memory Business Continuity Enabling Research Reputation Technology
Preservation not carried out in a timely manner	Data loss/corruption Unable to provide access to digital objects Loss of context/documentation Costly interventions require to restore access	Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research Costs
No active programme/processes aimed at acquiring digital objects/collections	Data generated by the cultural and creative industries will be lost or inaccessible Failure to protect the living national record Primary sources for future research cannot be found, interpreted or re-used Failure to meet organisational goals Loss of reputation Loss of funding	Business Continuity Corporate/Cultural Memory Compliance Enabling Research Reputation Revenue
Organisation does not move important digital/digitized objects into a preservation system	Data loss/corruption Unable to provide access to digital objects Loss of context/documentation Loss of reputation Loss of funding	Accountability Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research Reputation Revenue
Do not adequately consider the preservation needs of complex digital objects, including new publication formats	Data generated by the cultural and creative industries will be lost or inaccessible Loss of context/documentation Loss of reputation Loss of funding	Corporate/Cultural Memory Reputation Revenue Technology

What Opportunities do preserved digital materials create?

Digital Preservation can…	Key Motivators
help retain the archival and historical value of rich and diverse collections, ensuring they continue to be accessible for the long-term	Corporate/Cultural Memory
earn the trust of the public through sustained access to documentary heritage which guarantees the integrity of digital holdings	Accountability Reputation
demonstrate a commitment to delivering on a public mandate, for present and future generations	Accountability Corporate/Cultural Memory
maintain access to strategically important assets	Corporate/Cultural Memory
demonstrate that the organization is meeting its obligations and mandate through documentary evidence of compliance to legislation	Accountability Compliance
help ensure that cultural and creative data, including the outputs of industry remains accessible, reusable and understandable	Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research
create greater scope for innovation and reuse by using cultural and creative data at scale	Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research Revenue
maintain access to digital outputs of cultural and creative industries which are essential for innovation, research, development	Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research Revenue
transmit opportunities to future generations by ensuring the right cultural and creative data is available to the right people at the right time in the right format, for as long as necessary	Business Continuity Corporate/Cultural Memory Revenue
instil trust in cultural and creative data by demonstrating a complete cultural record	Accountability Authenticity

What do Libraries need to enable Digital Preservation?

All organisations require the same things to enable effective digital preservation.

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Executive Guide on Digital Preservation for Museums and Galleries

Museums and galleries care for and curate objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance, providing curatorial context for their collections. Whilst traditionally collectors at their core, many of these institutions will be more used to collecting physical rather than digital objects, so an organizational culture supportive of digital preservation is critical.

You may also want to check Archives and Libraries specific Risks.

What is Digital Preservation?

Having the information required to install or perform an artwork according to an artist’s concept and specifications, technological context and historical accuracy.
Having the information required to curate and display a digital object or collection in a way that provides an accurate and meaningful depiction of the object(s) and our cultural heritage.

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

Risks	Possible Consequences	Key Motivators
Preservation processes do not adequately consider rendering and display.	Unable to correctly render files as originally intended Additional work required to address issues, including consultation with experts/the artist Loss of reputation Loss of funding	Authenticity Costs Reputation Revenue
Digital objects/collections are not captured in a suitable preservation system	Digital objects are unusable and un-displayable Loss of context/documentation Loss of reputation Loss of funding	Authenticity Corporate/Cultural Memory Reputation Revenue
Absence of appropriately skilled and invested people responsible for digital preservation	Incorrect/inadequate preservation Preservation does not occur Loss of ability to access/render digital objects Loss of context/documentation Loss of reputation Loss of funding	Authenticity Business Continuity Corporate/Cultural Memory Costs Reputation Revenue
Absence of a documented workflow for the creation/acquisition and then maintenance of digital files	Incorrect/inadequate preservation Preservation does not occur Loss of ability to access/render digital objects Loss of context/documentation Loss of reputation Loss of funding	Authenticity Business Continuity Corporate/Cultural Memory Costs Reputation Revenue

What Opportunities do preserved digital materials create?

Digital Preservation can…	Key Motivators
demonstrate the fulfilment of a legal obligation to display and therefore preserve collection objects in perpetuity	Accountability Corporate/Cultural Memory
prevent interruptions to service and loss of earnings through resilient processes and sustained access to information which enable hardware and software updates, upgrades, obsolescence, failures and stoppages	Business Continuity Costs
enable tracking of unauthorized changes, copies and access leading to greater trust and assurance	Authenticity Reputation Security
enable robust and trusted iterations and audit trails, review and update to remain in line with the latest standards and best practices, safeguarding organizational reputation.	Accountability Compliance Reputation
create efficiencies in workflow and processes, as well as potentially creating income through data re-use	Business Continuity Revenue
maintain the cultural and monetary value of the collection, by sustaining access to it	Corporate/Cultural Memory Reputation
instil confidence in the ability to preserve digital collections	Accountability Reputation
cut the costs of viewing rooms open to the public by moving some collections into deep storage	Costs Technology
help visitors to gain a deeper understanding of our cultural heritage creating new learning experiences with existing data	Corporate/Cultural Memory
reach new audiences by creating new learning experiences with existing data	Corporate/Cultural Memory
ensure the collection remains relevant and accessible to generations to come by creating digital copies	Corporate/Cultural Memory
be an investment in a high-quality service which enhances audience experience	Reputation

What do Museums and Galleries need to enable Digital Preservation?

All organisations require the same things to enable effective digital preservation.

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What is Digital Preservation?

Planning and developing strategy and policy to sustain access to digital materials for as long as is required,
Liaison with data creators, data users, solution providers, IT departments, records managers, marketing teams, policy makers and more,
A function which requires different areas of an organization and its stakeholders to work together with strong, enabling leadership,
Actively monitoring, planning, administering and managing digital materials, systems and workflows to ensure their longevity beyond the limits of technology obsolescence and degradation,
Assigning the appropriate level of preservation activity for a given set of digital materials,
Capturing all necessary associated contextual documentation and metadata,
Ensuring the continued integrity and authenticity of digital materials,
Only keeping what is required through careful and informed appraisal and selection,
Using appropriate standards to make digital materials more robust and resilient,
Adding value to an organization’s digital materials over time,
Keeping up with changes in the shifting technological landscape,
Assisting access through the provision of supporting documentation and , where appropriate, for end users,
A set of activities within any organization – as essential as the power grid or plumbing,
A cross-organizational business culture - digital preservation should be ‘business as usual’,
Providing appropriate access, which adheres to contextual security and sensitivity requirements,

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

Risk	Potential Consequences	Key Motivators
Data safety and security are compromised.	Data loss/corruption Disruption of business/organisation’s functions Confidence loss Damage to reputation Loss/reduction in funding/revenue Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements	Authenticity Business Continuity Compliance Reputation Revenue Security
Technologies used become obsolete; this may apply to elements such as hardware, software and file formats.	Unable to provide access to digital objects Required to maintain expensive legacy systems Disruption of business/organisation’s functions Unable to provide audit trails Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements	Accountability Authenticity Compliance Costs Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research Technology
The bits and bytes making up the digital information degrade over time.	Data loss/corruption Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements	Authenticity Compliance Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research
Insufficient contextual information (metadata) to understand the information and for it to be useful.	Unable to provide access to digital objects Disruption of business/organization’s functions Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements	Authenticity Business Continuity Compliance Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research
Lack of supporting legislation to facilitate preservation, particularly relating to copyright/IPR, privacy and legal deposit.	Unable to carry out necessary preservation actions Data loss Unable to provide access to digital objects Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements	Business Continuity Compliance Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research
Rate of data creation outstrips capacity for storage, processing and preservation.	Important digital objects are not captured within the preservation system Data loss/corruption	Accountability Business Continuity Compliance Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research Security Technology
Insufficient funding available to allow sustainable preservation procedures and systems to be established.	Data loss/corruption Unable to carry out necessary preservation actions Unable to provide access to digital objects Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements	Business Continuity Compliance Costs Revenue Technology
Insufficient staffing/skills to be able to carry out successful preservation.	Unable to carry out necessary preservation actions Data loss Unable to provide access to digital objects Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements	Business Continuity Compliance Costs Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research

What Opportunities do preserved digital materials create?

Digital Preservation can…	Key Motivators
demonstrate a commitment to transparency and accountability by sustaining an accurate digital record	Reputation Accountability Authenticity Corporate/Cultural Memory
an investment in distinctiveness, competence and competitiveness by providing access to legacy data and digital systems which are essential for innovation, research, development	Reputation Enabling Research
protect investment by maintaining clear audit trails	Costs Accountability Compliance
capture potential by providing greater scope for innovation and reuse of data	Revenue Enabling Research
transmit opportunities to future generations by ensuring the right data is available to the right people at the right time in the right format, for as long as necessary	Revenue Business Continuity Corporate/Cultural Memory
provide efficiencies of scale through shared services, resources and systems	Business Continuity Costs Technology
provide cost efficiencies through planned disposal and deletion which results in reduced storage requirements	Business Continuity Costs Technology
provide cost and operational efficiencies by allowing the consolidation of legacy systems	Business Continuity Costs Technology
provide cost efficiencies through the greater automation of processes	Business Continuity Costs Security Technology

What do organizations need to enable Digital Preservation?

All organisations require the same things to enable effective digital preservation.

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Executive Guide on Digital Preservation for Business

Unless they are vendors of storage or digital preservation services, profit making business do not have collection as their core mandate, and tend to be driven by market share, reputation, profit, branding and their perceived trustworthiness within their own market. This may mean that it is often harder to make the case for digital preservation in business archives, but digital materials play a crucial role in a company’s distinctiveness, competence and competitiveness.

What is Digital Preservation?

Managing the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the organization’s records to ensure efficient and accurate access,
Applying retention periods correctly, avoiding unnecessary risks.

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

Risks	Potential Consequences	Key Motivators
Existing storage systems do not protect records from unauthorised change or corruption	Data loss/corruption Disruption of business/organisation’s functions Confidence loss Damage to reputation Loss/reduction in funding/revenue Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements	Authenticity Business Continuity Compliance Reputation Revenue Security
Staff fail to comply with organizational policy and processes in relation to management of records (reliability, authenticity, usability etc.),	Important digital objects not captured in preservation system Necessary documentation/metadata not created/captured Disruption of business/organisation’s functions Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements	Authenticity Business Continuity Compliance Costs Reputation
Inability to provide evidence of compliance with regulations	Loss of reputation and stakeholder confidence Fines/sanctions	Compliance Costs Reputation
Business processes rely on file formats and storage media that are becoming obsolete	Data loss/corruption Disruption of business’s functions Increased costs	Business Continuity Costs
Inability to produce reliable and authentic records necessary to pursue or defend legal claims	Undermines ability to reach resolution Unsatisfactory or expensive settlements	Authenticity Compliance Costs
Loss of corporate memory	Unable to rely on past evidence to inform current decision-making Insufficient resources to support branding and marketing	Authenticity Business Continuity Corporate/Cultural Memory Reputation Revenue
The archive team do not have the tools required for effective search and retrieval of digital holdings	Unable to provide access to information required to support business processes Loss of productivity/revenue	Business Continuity Costs Revenue
Inability to reuse valuable information	Unable to provide access to information required to support business processes Loss of productivity/revenue Limits innovation Fall behind market/competitors	Business Continuity Costs Reputation Revenue
Volume of data continues to grow without action being taken	Data loss/corruption Disruption of business’s functions Increased costs now and in the future Loss of productivity/revenue	Business Continuity Compliance Costs Reputation Security

What Opportunities do preserved digital materials create?

Digital Preservation can…	Key Motivators
enable better cooperation with regulatory bodies by sustaining access to reliable records as evidence of actions.	Accountability Compliance
allow an organization to defend decisions and attribute responsibility by sustaining access to reliable records as evidence of actions for legal, regulatory and IPR cases	Accountability Compliance
enable the organization to respond more efficiently to legal holds by sustaining access to reliable records	Accountability Compliance
demonstrate increased transparency through improved access to records for stakeholders,	Accountability
inspire brand evolution through an understanding of corporate history enabled by access to a complete set of reliable records	Reputation Corporate/Cultural Memory
inform business initiatives today through an understanding of previous decisions and rationale enabled by access to a complete set of reliable records	Business Continuity Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research
protect against financial losses by enabling the provision of evidence for legal and regulatory cases	Costs Compliance
add value and create opportunities for the business by leveraging corporate memory as an asset	Corporate/Cultural Memory
provide cost efficiencies through planned disposal and deletion according to specified retention schedules, which results in reduced storage requirements	Business Continuity Costs Technology

What do Businesses need to enable Digital Preservation?

All organisations require the same things to enable effective digital preservation.

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Executive Guide on Digital Preservation for Archives

Archives have a core mandate to collect, preserve and provide access to a political, social, and cultural historic record. This means that archival institutions are likely to understand digital preservation and the reasons for doing it.

You may also want to check the statements associated with Libraries and Higher Education and Research.

What is Digital Preservation?

Part of an ongoing stewardship mission to ensure to the future of libraries and archives as memory organizations,
Necessary for libraries and archives to tell the unbroken story of our communities and societies.

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

Risks	Potential Consequences	Key Motivators
Lack of collaboration behind different departments/areas of the organization	Unable to establish a sustainable, fit for purpose digital preservation programme Efforts duplicated in different departments/areas Inefficient use of resources	Business Continuity Costs
Executive level support for digital preservation is not persistent	Unable to establish a sustainable, fit for purpose digital preservation programme Data loss/corruption Unable to provide access to digital objects Unable to meet legal/regulatory requirements	Accountability Business Continuity Compliance Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research Reputation Revenue
Failure to engage with stakeholders at all stages of the record life-cycle	Lack of support for digital preservation work System/procedures do not support user needs Do not capture necessary documentation Unable to provide access to digital objects in a useable format	Accountability Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research Reputation
Failure to maintain preservation system and processes.	Preservation system/processes become redundant/ineffectual Data loss/corruption Unable to provide access to digital objects High cost of replacing/extracting data from outdated systems	Costs Reputation Technology

What Opportunities do preserved digital materials create?

Digital Preservation can…	Key Motivators
hold governments to account by maintaining a clear and permanent audit trail	Accountability Compliance
make available a dynamic, powerful information asset which represents an accurate social and cultural record	Corporate/Cultural Memory Enabling Research
demonstrate a commitment to core statutory function for collection, for present and future generations	Business Continuity Compliance

What do Archives need to enable Digital Preservation?

All organisations require the same things to enable effective digital preservation.

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WDPD Event Pack

Are you running a World Digital Preservation Day activity?

The World Digital Preservation Day Event Pack is a great way to prepare what you need for your event.

Put together your World Digital Preservation Day Event Pack:

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Warm up your event attendees with World Digital Preservation Day BINGO as an icebreaker
Direct your event attendees to these useful resources on digital preservation:
- The Digital Preservation Handbook, a great place to start for getting started with digital preservation
- Topical notes on digital preservation, designed for non-digital preservationists
- Technology Watch Reports, a deeper more technical dive into digital preservation matters (new French translations to come on #WDPD2024)
- The Bit List of Digitally Endangered Species
- The Executive Guide on Digital Preservation, to help talk to others in your organisation about digital preservation
- And many more!
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Digital materials are listed as of Concern when an active member of the digital preservation community has expressed a legitimate concern but the concern has not yet been assessed by the Bit List Council. They will be assessed for inclusion in the subsequent year.

Items of Concern
Digital materials are listed as Of Concern when an active member of the digital preservation community has expressed a legitimate concern but the concern has not yet been assessed by the BitList Council. They will be assessed for inclusion in the subsequent year.
Action: To be assessed by BitList Council within 12 months Assessment Proposed: November 2023	Items of concern: - Webinar recordings on specific platforms; ... (click here to submit a nomination for an at-risk item!)

Who does what: A guide to digital archives for the historic environment in the UK

As the number of historic environment repositories that curate digital archaeological archive grows, it can sometimes be confusing for a potential depositor to know which is the most appropriate for them. This guide is intended to help clarify who curates and accepts digital archives. Those organisations covered in this document are members of the Bedern Group and have signed up to the Bedern Declaration.

All the Bedern Group organisations are committed to the preservation of their digital collections and the provision of access to them. They accept archives from different parts of the UK, covering a wide chronological range, that record the influence of humans on the landscape and the development of material culture.

In line with traditional archive practice, all the archives have appropriate rights management procedures in place for both deposition and reuse, and retention and embargoes. While the archives have different architectures they all follow a migration approach to preservation, use core reference models such as the OAIS archival system and other agreed standards of recording.

The archives accept the full range of data types currently used in recording the historic environment; specific file formats that are accepted within the individual organisation are subject to change as technologies change, and a depositor should refer to the organisation’s guidelines.

Catalogues to all the data held by the organisations are freely available on line, but accessibility of the data sets themselves will differ between organisations from free open access online to access via enquiry staff. Some services will be chargeable.

Agency	Digital Archive	Physical Documentary Archive	Material Archive	Geographical Remit	Digital Collecting Remit	Access and data delivery	Contact details for deposit enquires
Archaeology Data Service (ADS)				UK, international works by UK based researchers	All digital outputs from AHRC funded works, research, commercial and community works. Some HE-funded work	Catalogue online; all data delivered online; open access with terms and conditions	collections@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk
Historic England (HE)				England and territorial waters	Outputs from HE and HE-funded projects, with priority for national or regional coverage and major monuments	Catalogue online; some images online	robert.dickinson@HistoricEngland.org.uk
Historic Environment Scotland				Scotland and territorial waters. International for aerial photos	Digital outputs from research, commercial and community works	Catalogue online; images online	collections@rcahms.gov.uk
Museum of London				Greater London (32 Boroughs and the City)	No longer collecting digital material	Catalogue online; some images online	?
Northern Ireland Department of the Environment (NI DoE)				Northern Ireland and territorial waters	Digital outputs from research, commercial and community works	Catalogue online; scanned file content online	? John.Murphy3@doeni.gov.uk
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW)				Wales and territorial waters	Digital outputs from research, commercial and community works	Catalogue online; Images, drawings, and text documents online	gareth.edwards@rcahmw.gov.uk

Lower Risk

Digital materials are listed as Lower Risk when it does not meet the requirements for other categories but where there is a distinct preservation requirement. Failure or removal of the preservation function would result in re-classification to one of the threatened categories.

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There are no entries classified as Lower Risk this year.

By compiling and maintaining this list over the coming years, the DPC aims to move entries down into this category - celebrating great digital preservation endeavors as we do so.

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What is Digital Preservation?

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

What Opportunities do preserved digital materials create?

What do Higher Education and Research institutions need to enable Digital Preservation?

What is Digital Preservation?

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

What do Libraries need to enable Digital Preservation?

What is Digital Preservation?

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

What do Museums and Galleries need to enable Digital Preservation?

What is Digital Preservation?

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

What do organizations need to enable Digital Preservation?

What is Digital Preservation?

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

What Opportunities do preserved digital materials create?

What do Businesses need to enable Digital Preservation?

What is Digital Preservation?

What are the Risks of not preserving digital materials?

What Opportunities do preserved digital materials create?

What do Archives need to enable Digital Preservation?

Put together your World Digital Preservation Day Event Pack:

Digital materials are listed as of Concern when an active member of the digital preservation community has expressed a legitimate concern but the concern has not yet been assessed by the Bit List Council. They will be assessed for inclusion in the subsequent year.

Items of Concern

There are no entries classified as Lower Risk this year.

By compiling and maintaining this list over the coming years, the DPC aims to move entries down into this category - celebrating great digital preservation endeavors as we do so.

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