Simon Tanner will discuss the strategic perspectives towards being able to effectively finance digital preservation. The audience and other stakeholders define the economic factors by which digital information is valued, used and ultimately retained. In looking to finance digital preservation there are a number of different issues to consider including business planning, risk management, possible revenue streams and a clear cost benefit relationship. Simon will explore all these issues and offer a means of developing a cost and benefit justification for digital preservation to help secure the financial underpinning needed to make institutional digital preservation a realistic proposition.