Adrian Brown is the Director of the Parliamentary Archives and has lectured and published widely on all aspects of digital preservation. He was previously Head of Digital Preservation at the National Archives where his team won the International Digital Preservation Award in 2007.

• 1. IntroductionIntroduction Who is this book for?Minimum requirementsSome digital preservation mythsThe current situationA very brief history of digital preservationA note on terminologyGetting the most from this bookNotes 2. Making the case for digital preservationIntroductionUnderstanding the driversDeveloping a policyDeveloping a digital asset registerDeveloping a business caseNext stepsKey pointsNotes 3. Understanding your requirementsIntroductionIdentifying stakeholdersTalking to stakeholdersModelling your processesLearning from other people’s requirementsDocumenting your requirementsHow to use your requirementsConclusionKey pointsNotes 4. Models for implementing a digital preservation serviceIntroductionOptionsThe current marketApproaches to procurementImplementationOperating a digital repositoryTrusted digital repositoriesA digital preservation maturity modelCase studiesKey pointsNotes 5. Selecting and acquiring digital objectsIntroductionThe selection and transfer processStarting points for selection and transferApproaches to selectionLegal considerations for selectionTechnical considerations for selectionStandards and methods for transferTransfer agreementsPreparing for transferCompleting the transfer processConclusionKey pointsNotes 6. Accessioning and ingesting digital objectsIntroductionDefining an accession processCreating or acquiring a Submission Information PackageQuarantineCharacterizationValidating the SIPEnhancing SIP metadataIngest: generating an AIPNormalization and other transformationsAutomating accessionFirst aid for digital accessionsCase studiesKey pointsNotes 7. Describing digital objectsIntroductionThe role of metadataMetadata standardsDeciding on metadata standardsSources of metadataStoring and managing metadataAssociating metadata and dataInteroperabilityCase studiesKey pointsNotes 8. Preserving digital objectsIntroductionThe goals of preservationThe nature of digital informationThe challenge: threats to preservationPreservation strategiesManaging change: the concept of multiple manifestationsBitstream preservationLogical preservationConclusion: preservation in practiceKey pointsNotes 9. Providing access to usersIntroductionWhat do we mean by access?Finding digital objectsOptions for access: technical considerationsOptions for access: conditions of accessOptions for access: online versus on-site accessUnderstanding user expectationsAccess and reuseAccess systems in practiceDesigning a front endCiting digital records: persistent identifiersCase studiesKey pointsNotes10. Future trendsIntroductionPreservation tools and servicesPreservation-as-a-ServiceRepresentation information registriesStorageTraining and professional bodiesCertification schemesNew paradigmsCurrent and future researchDigital preservation in the developing worldMoving to the mainstreamConclusionNotes AppendicesCreating a digital asset registerDigital preservation maturity modelSystems, tools and services

"This book shares useful, practical knowledge in the important area of digital preservation. It provides knowledge of the process for a broad audience, effectively serving as a practical handbook for those specialists drowning in information about digital preservation and needing a clear, practical overview to help them get started. Because of the clarity and practical guidance offered, the book is valuable for the interested non-specialist too, and I would recommend it a must-read for those studying information management."

Adrian Brown is the Director of the Parliamentary Archives and has lectured and published widely on all aspects of digital preservation. He was previously Head of Digital Preservation at the National Archives where his team won the International Digital Preservation Award in 2007.

• 1. IntroductionIntroduction Who is this book for?Minimum requirementsSome digital preservation mythsThe current situationA very brief history of digital preservationA note on terminologyGetting the most from this bookNotes 2. Making the case for digital preservationIntroductionUnderstanding the driversDeveloping a policyDeveloping a digital asset registerDeveloping a business caseNext stepsKey pointsNotes 3. Understanding your requirementsIntroductionIdentifying stakeholdersTalking to stakeholdersModelling your processesLearning from other people’s requirementsDocumenting your requirementsHow to use your requirementsConclusionKey pointsNotes 4. Models for implementing a digital preservation serviceIntroductionOptionsThe current marketApproaches to procurementImplementationOperating a digital repositoryTrusted digital repositoriesA digital preservation maturity modelCase studiesKey pointsNotes 5. Selecting and acquiring digital objectsIntroductionThe selection and transfer processStarting points for selection and transferApproaches to selectionLegal considerations for selectionTechnical considerations for selectionStandards and methods for transferTransfer agreementsPreparing for transferCompleting the transfer processConclusionKey pointsNotes 6. Accessioning and ingesting digital objectsIntroductionDefining an accession processCreating or acquiring a Submission Information PackageQuarantineCharacterizationValidating the SIPEnhancing SIP metadataIngest: generating an AIPNormalization and other transformationsAutomating accessionFirst aid for digital accessionsCase studiesKey pointsNotes 7. Describing digital objectsIntroductionThe role of metadataMetadata standardsDeciding on metadata standardsSources of metadataStoring and managing metadataAssociating metadata and dataInteroperabilityCase studiesKey pointsNotes 8. Preserving digital objectsIntroductionThe goals of preservationThe nature of digital informationThe challenge: threats to preservationPreservation strategiesManaging change: the concept of multiple manifestationsBitstream preservationLogical preservationConclusion: preservation in practiceKey pointsNotes 9. Providing access to usersIntroductionWhat do we mean by access?Finding digital objectsOptions for access: technical considerationsOptions for access: conditions of accessOptions for access: online versus on-site accessUnderstanding user expectationsAccess and reuseAccess systems in practiceDesigning a front endCiting digital records: persistent identifiersCase studiesKey pointsNotes10. Future trendsIntroductionPreservation tools and servicesPreservation-as-a-ServiceRepresentation information registriesStorageTraining and professional bodiesCertification schemesNew paradigmsCurrent and future researchDigital preservation in the developing worldMoving to the mainstreamConclusionNotes AppendicesCreating a digital asset registerDigital preservation maturity modelSystems, tools and services

"This book shares useful, practical knowledge in the important area of digital preservation. It provides knowledge of the process for a broad audience, effectively serving as a practical handbook for those specialists drowning in information about digital preservation and needing a clear, practical overview to help them get started. Because of the clarity and practical guidance offered, the book is valuable for the interested non-specialist too, and I would recommend it a must-read for those studying information management."

Adrian Brown is the Director of the Parliamentary Archives and has lectured and published widely on all aspects of digital preservation. He was previously Head of Digital Preservation at the National Archives where his team won the International Digital Preservation Award in 2007.

• 1. IntroductionIntroduction Who is this book for?Minimum requirementsSome digital preservation mythsThe current situationA very brief history of digital preservationA note on terminologyGetting the most from this bookNotes 2. Making the case for digital preservationIntroductionUnderstanding the driversDeveloping a policyDeveloping a digital asset registerDeveloping a business caseNext stepsKey pointsNotes 3. Understanding your requirementsIntroductionIdentifying stakeholdersTalking to stakeholdersModelling your processesLearning from other people’s requirementsDocumenting your requirementsHow to use your requirementsConclusionKey pointsNotes 4. Models for implementing a digital preservation serviceIntroductionOptionsThe current marketApproaches to procurementImplementationOperating a digital repositoryTrusted digital repositoriesA digital preservation maturity modelCase studiesKey pointsNotes 5. Selecting and acquiring digital objectsIntroductionThe selection and transfer processStarting points for selection and transferApproaches to selectionLegal considerations for selectionTechnical considerations for selectionStandards and methods for transferTransfer agreementsPreparing for transferCompleting the transfer processConclusionKey pointsNotes 6. Accessioning and ingesting digital objectsIntroductionDefining an accession processCreating or acquiring a Submission Information PackageQuarantineCharacterizationValidating the SIPEnhancing SIP metadataIngest: generating an AIPNormalization and other transformationsAutomating accessionFirst aid for digital accessionsCase studiesKey pointsNotes 7. Describing digital objectsIntroductionThe role of metadataMetadata standardsDeciding on metadata standardsSources of metadataStoring and managing metadataAssociating metadata and dataInteroperabilityCase studiesKey pointsNotes 8. Preserving digital objectsIntroductionThe goals of preservationThe nature of digital informationThe challenge: threats to preservationPreservation strategiesManaging change: the concept of multiple manifestationsBitstream preservationLogical preservationConclusion: preservation in practiceKey pointsNotes 9. Providing access to usersIntroductionWhat do we mean by access?Finding digital objectsOptions for access: technical considerationsOptions for access: conditions of accessOptions for access: online versus on-site accessUnderstanding user expectationsAccess and reuseAccess systems in practiceDesigning a front endCiting digital records: persistent identifiersCase studiesKey pointsNotes10. Future trendsIntroductionPreservation tools and servicesPreservation-as-a-ServiceRepresentation information registriesStorageTraining and professional bodiesCertification schemesNew paradigmsCurrent and future researchDigital preservation in the developing worldMoving to the mainstreamConclusionNotes AppendicesCreating a digital asset registerDigital preservation maturity modelSystems, tools and services

"This book shares useful, practical knowledge in the important area of digital preservation. It provides knowledge of the process for a broad audience, effectively serving as a practical handbook for those specialists drowning in information about digital preservation and needing a clear, practical overview to help them get started. Because of the clarity and practical guidance offered, the book is valuable for the interested non-specialist too, and I would recommend it a must-read for those studying information management."