Overview: All digital content lives in some kind of computer storage, whether internal or external. One of the objectives of digital preservation is to ensure that digital content is preserved (understandable, readable, available) across generations of technology. There have been organizations preserving digital content - in particular national archives and data archives with a mandate to do so - since computers could store content beginning in the 1960s.
In addition to providing a practical and engaging resource to assist TDL members and the broader DP community to preserve their digital collections, ensuring that TDL members are able to make the best use of the DP storage services and options that TDL provides has been a motivation for the TDL Decision Tree partnership with the DPM Workshop. See online information about S3 and glacier storage options and contact TDL for more information and guidance.
An emerging community standard, the Digital Preservation Storage Criteria, In the context of the TDL Decision Tree project, the DP Storage Criteria provide a community-based resource to assist TDL members and the broader DP community to understand DP storage and to make optimal use of available storage options.
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The Digital Preservation Storage Criteria Game is a great - and fun way to learn about and use the DP Storage Criteria. Consider planning a DP gameroom event! |
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How much storage will you need? Your Digital Content Review (DCR) results should help you to identify the types and relative size of the storage that will be needed for your digital content you have selected to be preserved. Always remember to opt digital content into your DP program. Selecting digital content to preserve carries long-term requires long-term commitments of resources - human, technological, and funding.
How do you determine your storage requirements and level of DP services required? Adopting a Levels of Digital Preservation Commitment metric will help you to right-size your DP storage needs for your digital collections.
Question for your team/organization: How does TDL DP Storage address your needs? Contact TDL [fill in how] for more information and assistance.
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