The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has made the next in its series of Technology Watch Reports on Preserving Born-Digital Design and Construction Records by Aliza Leventhal and Jody Thompson, available on general release today.
Published by the DPC in association with the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), Preserving Born-Digital Design and Construction Records aims to support archival professionals, as well as active designers and facilities managers. It offers those considering acquisition, preservation and access with approaches which account for both the technical and cultural components of the broad range of born-digital design and construction records created throughout the course of designing, building, and maintaining a built space.
As well as summarising some key projects, events and publications to date, the report also includes a series of case studies demonstrating how practitioners are currently tackling the challenge and draws out some useful recommendations.
Jenny Mitcham, the DPC’s Head of Good Practice and Standards who commissioned the report on behalf of the NDA, says: “This is still a fairly new area for many digital archivists and the report will be a huge help to those who are starting to think about the preservation of these complex records.”
The Technology Watch publication series is just one of the ways the not-for-profit DPC supports the digital preservation community. An international advocate for digital preservation, the Coalition helps its members around the world to deliver resilient long-term access to digital content and services through community engagement, targeted advocacy work, training and workforce development, capacity building, good practice and standards, and through good management and governance.
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