Introduction to Digital Preservation: File Access
Introduction to Digital Preservation: File Access
Resources to learn about the importance of maintaining secure internal access to files by centering long term usability.
When preserving digital content, staff should maintain up to date information and context about the content to ensure that it can be opened, viewed, understood, and used in perpetuity. This can be a challenge when managing many file types, data structures and staff permissions.
These resources will provide information related to management steps for file access, metadata, security, and documentation needed to allow long term access to files.
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Digital Heritage
Community
Center for Digital Scholarship and CurationCategory
Digital Preservation, Digital Stewardship CurriculumSummary
These slides cover digital preservation file access concepts. Part of the Digital Stewardship Curriculum Module 3: Save It.
Digital Heritage
Community
Sustainable Heritage NetworkCategory
Digital Preservation, Digitization Planning
Digital Heritage
Community
Center for Digital Scholarship and CurationCategory
Digital Preservation, Archival Processing, Digital Stewardship CurriculumSummary
These slides are an introduction to normalizing digital files. Part of the Digital Stewardship Curriculum Module 3: Save It.
Digital Heritage
Community
Center for Digital Scholarship and CurationCategory
Digital Preservation, Digital Stewardship CurriculumSummary
This document is a set of instructions for converting a file to PDF/A. Part of the Digital Stewardship Curriculum Module 3: Save It.
Digital Heritage
Community
Center for Digital Scholarship and CurationCategory
Digital Stewardship Curriculum, Digital PreservationSummary
This worksheet is an action plan for digital preservation file access. Part of the Digital Stewardship Curriculum Module 3: Save It.