Chapter 2 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 57, no. 4), “Creating Adaptable Digital Preservation Workflows,” introduces what a workflow is. It then moves on to discuss why documenting current digital preservation practices as a workflow is important. It also provides a method for documenting workflows, alone or in a team setting, and includes references to other potential documentation methods.
Author Biography
Erin Baucom
Erin Baucom is an associate 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 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.
