"Digital preservation is a commitment by the organization to actively steward a set of resources into the foreseeable future. Our digital repositories are the manifestations of that commitment." University Libraries, 2023
"Digital Preservation is about making the best use of your resources to mitigate the most pressing preservation threats and risks." (Guiding Digital Preservation Axiom #9) Trevor Owens, The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation (©2018)
Link to this site: http://go.osu.edu/DigiPresEthos
As an outgrowth of the Digital Preservation Ethos Environmental Scan project (http://go.osu.edu/DigiPresEthos-EnviroScan) it was determined to review and refresh the University Libraries' 2013 Digital Preservation Policy Framework. Below is the outcome of that refresh.
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August 2021: Digital Preservation Ethos Framework [pdf] (Daniel W. Noonan, Digital Preservation Librarian and Matt McShane, Digital Preservation Intern in consultation with the Digital Preservation and Access Workgroup)
August 2013: Digital Preservation Policy Framework [pdf] (Tschera Connell, Head of Digital Content Services, Perter Peter Dietz, Systems Developer/Engineer and Daniel W. Noonan, Electronic Records/Digital Resources Archivist)
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[7] Data and information in a format that must be digitized to make it digitally accessible.
Digital Preservation Ethos Environmental Scan (2019 - current)
The documentation for the environmental scan begun in 2019 has moved to http://go.osu.edu/DigiPresEthos-EnviroScan
Recommend Readings
A list of recommended articles, books and technical reports concerning digital preservation and related activities can be found at: Recommended Readings