This document discusses common principles for digital preservation between archives and conservation. It outlines key points from the UNESCO Charter including the threats to digital heritage, the need for action, and strategies for digital continuity. Common challenges are assessing digital preservation needs, prioritizing long-term strategies, and creating a digital preservation plan. Successful stewardship requires selection policies, documentation, knowledge sharing, and relationship building.

1. Getting the Whole Picture
finding a common language between digital
preservation and conservation

2. Digital Capture

3. Archimedes Palimpest

4. Social Media

5. Common Principles
• Assessment
• Documentation
• Treatment Approach
• Stabilisation
• Communication

6. UNESCO Charter key points
• Access to the digital heritage
• The threat of loss
• Need for action
• Digital continuity

7. UNESCO Charter key points
What do we need?
• Strategies and policies
• Selection
• Roles and responsibilities
• Partnerships and co-operation

8. Knowledge Networks
• Body dot points
http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/nlasp/index

9. Responsible Stewardship
Challenges
• Assess digital preservation needs
• Long-term priorities
• A digital preservation plan

10. Significance – It’s all gone !

11. Significance – It’s all gone !
http://www.kottke.org/12/05/how-pixar-almost-deleted-toy-story-2

12. Significance – It’s all gone !

13. Stewardship
One size does not fit all

14. Policies
• Selection, significance, etc. plus
procedures and guidelines
• Shared responsibility & knowledge
bases
• Support, trust and relationships
• Network building, virtual teams

15. Curatorship
Kodak Research Laboratory, Harrow, England.
Gelatin silver print reproduction of Joseph
Nicéphore Niépce's View from the Window at Le
Gras. 1826 reproduction March 1952. Gelatin
silver print. 20.3 x 25.4 cm.
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce's View from the Window at Le
Gras. 1826 Gelatin silver print and watercolor. 20.3 x
25.4 cm March 20-21, 1952.

16. Moving Forward
UNESCO to NLA Strategic Directions
• Models and preserving access
• Implementation Principles
• Research and standards
development
• Working with others

17. Mediapedia
“there is nothing more
ephemeral than long term
media formats”
Jean-Claude Carriere , filmaker

18. Relationships and Trust
• Proactive, planning, documentation,
selection and significance
• Partnerships and cooperation
• Off-site backup
• Technical advice and support

19. Mediapedia
http://www.nla.gov.au/mediapedia

20. A Mixed Media Archive

21. Resources and Links
National Library of Australia Staff Papers
http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/nlasp/index
NLA Behind-the-Scenes Blog
http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/
Personal Digital Archiving with the
Library of Congress
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/
Digital Curation Resource Guide
http://digital-scholarship.org/dcrg/dcrg.htm
Questions?