Preservation Strategies

Digital preservation management activities in the BDEARS initiative include:

1. Development and maintenance of reliable options for the ingest of new materials into the repository, based on community standards or best practices;
2. Provision of reliable data management services for timely access to deposited content.
3. Development and maintenance of secure, geographically replicated archival storage for deposited content;
4. Conducting BDEARS management and administrative activities in such a manner as to further the programme's mission of preserving deposited content;
5. Monitoring and remaining active in community preservation activities, best practices and standards; and
6. Developing local preservation planning activities that will anticipate and respond to changes in the preservation environment (e.g. format migration or emulation strategies).