1. Digital Preservation in Estonia - Results of the Analysis by PwC
Koit Saarevet, 1 June 2017

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6. Goals of the analysis Map the current state Identify problems
Propose solutions
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7. When and how January – July 2016 Interviews with experts
Case studies of 10 agencies
A study of international experience
Analysis and proposing solutions

8. Problems 1: Agencies Don’t see benefit in archiving
Low maturity of disposition and transfer
The interval between the creation and transfer of digital records is too long

9. Problems 2: Process
Effort required in digital transfers is too large, especially:
Creating archival descriptions
Quality-checking records
Multitude of different ERMS in use hinders standardisation

10. Problems 3: Datasets Systems lack archival functionality No standards
Designers ignore archiving
Quality of semantic descriptions is uneven
RIHA approval process does not support archiving
Administration System for the State Information System RIHA

11. Solutions 1: ERMS
More communication (incl. with IT people & heads of agencies)
Reducing the number of ERMS
Automated archiving

12. Solutions 2: Datasets Identifying the datasets with archival value
More involvement in RIHA approval process
Creating functional requirements for archiving in information systems
Archiving old systems with E-ARK Database Preservation Toolkit
Only a few IS have AV
Administration System for the State Information System RIHA

13. Conclusions for NAE Communicate and train more
Improve instructions and standards
Automate more
Devote more attention to datasets

14. Koit Saarevet koit.saarevet@ra.ee 5143473
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Koit Saarevet