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Understanding
Digital Preservation
-- the capabilities to ensure the readability and usability of digital information that must be retained for longer than 10 years.
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1.
How important is
digital preservation
to your organization?
(Required.)
not important
somewhat important
important
very important
Comments? Feel free.
2.
Which of the following strategies are currently used in your organization to retain digital information for longer than 10 years? (check as many as apply)
“Near line,” active storage
Off-line storage
Cloud
Tape drives
Optical drives
Other (please specify)
3.
What are the three most important factors in determining the importance of
digital preservation
to your organization? (please check 3)
Business Risk
Reputational Risk
Legal Risk
Preservation of business/organization history or assets
Reducing Storage Costs
Compliance/Regulatory Requirements
Security Risk
Customer Privacy
Customer Service
Business Value of the information
Technology Risk
Product Innovation
Other (please specify)
