The document discusses strategies for preserving digital archives as a living collection. It notes challenges such as insufficient knowledge, partial representation of collections, limited resources, and discontinuous preservation efforts. It recommends strategies like sharing knowledge through a community of experts, having a selection strategy to determine essential building blocks, efficiently allocating ongoing resources across the whole organization, and maintaining continuity by preserving content from the past, present and into the future. The goal is to securely access digital archives and keep digital collections alive to ensure long-term preservation.

1. Preserving Digital Archives
Strategies for a
Living Collection
Trilce Navarrete Hernandez
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ICN July 9th, 2009

2. Today:
• National Facts / International Facts
• Digital archives
• Strategies for a Living Collection
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3. Preservation issues:
Objects:
Plastics hold up well for the
decade or so during which a
consumer uses most
products. But that is a
problem for museums that
collect plastic art (slate.com
1/07/2009)
Duane Hanson's 1974 sculpture Drug
Addict, observed by a museum guest
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4. Preservation issues:
Digital archives:
Insufficient knowledge
Partial representation of collection
Limited resources
Discontinuous effort
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5. Preservation issues:
WHY?
Secure access to digital archives  to
guarantee use of (digital) collections
Keeping digital collections alive to ensure
preservation
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6. Background:
Registration is ongoing, 2007 NLD estimates:
Registered  there is a record of the object = 83%
Automated  the recorded object is in digital format = 57%
Digitized  there is a digital image of the object = 37%
Documented  the object has context information = 34-54%
Online  information about the object can be found online =
31%
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7. Background:
Preservation is growing, 2007 NLD estimates:
Information plan  = 6%
Digitization plan  = 8%
Sustainability strategy  = 21%
Digital activities budget line  = 29%
“Investment is about the future. Preservation of
valuable assets is a form of investment” BRTF
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8. Background:
Estimated long term costs, 2008 UK estimates:
Acquisition and ingestion  = c. 42%
Storage and preservation  = c. 23%
Access  = c. 35%
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9. Adopting media technology:
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10. Adopting media technology:
Adapting to media technology
requires active preservation
remains open for change
thrives on sharing community
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11. Strategies for a Living Collection:
Knowledge: shared  community of experts
Selection: strategy  building blocks
Resources: ongoing  efficient allocation in entire
organization
Continuity: content  from past, present and into
the future
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12. Resources:
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13. Thank you … !
T.NavarreteHernandez@uva.nl
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