StepsIdentify - what digital content do you have? Select - what portion of that content will be preserved? Store - what issues are there for long term storage? Protect - what steps are needed to protect your digital content? Manage - what provisions are needed for long-term management? Provide - what considerations are there for long-term access?

Step 5: ManageWhat provisions are needed to sustain long-term management of preserved digital content?

Organization Technology Resources

Three essentials:

Organizational policy goals Complies with best practices Creates commitment Limits expectations Anticipates challenges Builds a team

Technology: Good software tools… are written in a well-documented language can be used on a wide variety of platforms come with support from the

creators/developers are modular in design support batch processing and workflows come with licenses that support secondary

use

Resources

Funding for sustainability:

a percentage of your budgetor

a percentage of your time

StepsIdentify - what digital content do you have? Select - what portion of that content will be preserved? Store - what issues are there for long term storage? Protect - what steps are needed to protect your digital content? Manage - what provisions are needed for long-term management? Provide - what considerations are there for long-term access?

Step 6: ProvideWhat considerations are there for long-term access to preserved digital content?

Long-term access vs. Current access

Access to preserved digital content Who is allowed to have access to content? Are access policies equal for all content? How are exceptions/special requests handled? How do users request/get access? What options (if any) do users have?

Qualities of effective preservation access Delivery technology

Current Reliable

Metadata Accurate Complete Coherent presentation

Dissemination rules Equitable Consistent

That’s it! The End

Any more questions?