Digital Preservation for Museums: Recommendations

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1. Recommendations

Overview

Action Recommendations

• Establish policy documents
• Inventory existing digital holdings
• Assign staff member responsibilities
• Consolidate and reduce the number of media types
• Prioritize the relative importance of each format type
• Ensure persistent identifiers
• Develop a timetable for evaluating holdings
• Identify a metadata standard

Broader Recommendations

• Implement a technology watch
• Establish collaborative links with other institutions
• Identify and endorse standards and formats
• Adopt automated lifecycle management system
• Secure rights from copyright holders

Part 2. Checklist

• Organizational Policies
• Media
• Formats
• Metadata
• Intellectual Property Rights

Bibliography