1. STORE IT SAFELY Photo by Cennydd via flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cennydd/2687237902/

2. Make multiple copies… …and keep them in different places Adapted from: Copy Copy Copy by David Goehring (CarbonNYC) via flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonny c/3063453222/ By fuzzcat via flickr: www.flickr.com/ photos/fuzzcat/32487111/ By mootown on flickr www.flickr.com/ photos/lidocaineus/5862115831/

3. Use open/standard file formats where possible…

4. …theyre more likely to be readable in the future By comedy_nose (flickr) ID: Project 365 #30: 300109 Never Say Die By Marcin Wichary on flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/ mwichary/2356656000/

5. Organise your files so that you and others can find and access things when you need them By twechy on flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/twechy/6829994084/ By austinevan on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/austinevan/1225274637/

6. Dont keep everything 113 Gb 42,699 Files 3,466 Folders By Practicalowl (flickr ID): Rubbish bins, http://www.flickr.com/photos/practicalowl/2084873604/, Be selective about what you keep and what you throw away By Lindsay Lloyd-Smith

7. Store it safely Make multiple copies and keep them in different places Use open/standard file formats where possible Organise your files so that you and others can find things when you need them Dont keep everything. Be selective about what you keep and what you throw away

8. Open Access Teaching Materials for Digital Preservation Produced by Anna Collins (2012) for the JISC- funded PrePARe project This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License