Why is long-term digital preservation a problematic area? This chapter defines parts of the problems in a simpel way.
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Future Proof – Protecting our digital future,is an initiative of the State of New South Wales in Australia. Among other things, it describes the risks of digital preservation and 10 strategies to manage digital business information.
A film from the U.S. Library of Congress about why digital preservation is important and what the biggest dangers for digital material are.
Library of Congress, USA, provides advice to private individuals for preserving digital material such as photos, sounds, movies, email, etc..
DigitalPreservationEurope(DPE) has made a short movie about the problems with digital preservation, "Digital Preservation and Nuclear Disaster". The movie is published on YouTube.
A new animation from DPE, "Team Digital Preservation and the Aeroplane Disaster" is released. The movie is on YouTube.
The third animation from DPE "Team Digital Preservation and the Deadly Cryptic Conundrum" was published on YouTube in November 2009.
Animation number four from DPE "Team Digital Preservation and the Arctic Mountain Adventure".
Animation number five "Team Digital Preservation and the Planets Testbed".
Animation no 6: "Team Digital Preservation and the Metafor Common Information Model".
Some examples from the real world to illustrate the problems with digital preservation.
Unsorted links to sources dealing with digital preservation in general.
