Chapter 3. Assessment

Authors

  • Erin Baucom

Abstract

Chapter 3 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 55, no. 6), “Planning and Implementing a Sustainable Digital Preservation Program,” covers a series of assessments that help organizations determine their current digital preservation abilities and their goals for the future. The assessments include a digital media inventory, determining personnel, technology, organizational infrastructure, and financial resources available using existing tools such as the National Digital Stewardship Alliance’s Levels of Preservation. Also included are strategies for how to map the assessments to certifications like TRAC and models like DPCMM to create goals for your program.

Author Biography

Erin Baucom

Erin Baucom is an assistant professor and the digital archivist at the University of Montana. She is responsible for developing strategies, workflows, and policies for ingest, management, and preservation of born-digital materials acquired by the archives. She provides digital asset management instruction to the students, faculty, and staff of the university. She earned her master’s degree in library science with a concentration in archives and records management from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2016. She also holds a BA in history from Old Dominion University.

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Published

2019-08-13

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 6 (2019): August/September

Section

Chapters