Organizational policies
Organizational policies refer to the way an organization approaches digital preservation. Whether an organization chooses to have a wide role in digital preservation including the education of creators, collaborative projects and broad collection policies or a narrower role focusing only on existing digital objects is related to organizational mandate and existing policies. An institution's organizational policy should define the role the institution sees for itself and be consistent with the public image it presents to peer organizations and to the public.
Organizational policies should reflect a model of best practices like that of the OAIS model and/or the Trusted Digital Repository report.
Consult Checklists for creating a preservation policy under “Organizational.”
Recommended web links
Digital Preservation Management. The Cornell University Library's Digital Preservation Management Tutorial will introduce you to the basic tenets of digital preservation. It is particularly geared toward librarians, archivists, curators, managers and technical specialists.
ERPANET Digital Preservation Policy Tool (PDF format). ERPANET provides a useful tool for understanding digital preservation policy development, particularly the broad scope of the areas that a policy covers.
Digital Preservation Policy Framework: Development Guideline Version 2.1, produced by Nancy Y. McGovern and republished by CHIN. It helps provide a framework for digital preservation policies.
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