1. MANAGING DIGITAL CONTENT OVER TIME MODULE 2: SELECT Created for the Digital Education Outreach Program by: Cynthia Coombs, State Library of WA Marg Ludlow, State Library of NSW Kate Pulford, State Library of SA Sam Wells, Northern Territory Library

2. 2 SELECT What portion of that content will be preserved? STORE What issues are there for long- term storage? PROTECT What steps are needed to protect your digital content? MANAGE What provisions are needed for long-term management? PROVIDE What considerations are there for long-term access? The digital preservation lifecycle

3. 3 At the end of this module you will have an understanding of: sustainable selection processes digital assets the gap between where we are now and where we need to be Purple-Orange-Blue (cropped), Jim, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0Jim

4. 4 Untitled, Marcin Wichary, CC BY 2.0Marcin Wichary

5. 5 Why select? $$$$$$$$ Mission Quality Access

6. 6 Process Review your digital content Define and apply selection criteria Document and preserve selection decisions Implement decisions Stairs to a lookout point in Mallorca, Friedrich Haag, CC BY 4.0 Friedrich Haag

7. 7 SELECTion criteria Collection development policy Departmental criteria Core record/content types Research criteria Uniqueness Fragility Value Preserved elsewhere

8. 8 Prioritise THE INVENTORY SignificantEasiest Most requestedNewest/Oldest Externally fundedMandate

9. 9 Considerations during review Stop if or when the answer is Untitled,Coeus, CC BY 3.0

10. 10 Exercise A man performing exercises in a frame with weights and pulleys lithograph by E. Parry & Co., Wellcome Library, CC BY 4.0

11. 11 Digital preservation is not just a technical process

12. 12 Dream team skills A good mix of skills might be: Analytical Review and understand content Determine relationships and significance Make sound and consistent judgements Interpersonal Communicate clearly and compellingly Technical Determine feasibility of preservation and access

13. 13 SELECT is an ongoing process Filling the gaps in your inventory Gathering additional information Improving and developing donor liaison for digital collecting

14. 14 Documentation Passt 1 Willi Heidelbach, CC BY 2.0 Willi Heidelbach

15. 15 SELECT deliverables Defined selection criteria Expanded inventories of content to preserve Agreements with producers, for example: retention schedules acquisition lists submission agreements

16. 16 What we’ve covered today: sustainable selection processes a deeper understanding of our digital assets understanding of the gap between where we are now and where we need to be SELECT What portion of that content will be preserved ? STORE What issues are there for long-term storage? PROTECT What steps are needed to protect your digital content? MANAGE What provisions are needed for long-term management? PROVIDE What considerations are there for long-term access?

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