ترجمه مقاله سیاست حفاظت دیجیتال (2011)

This document was created to describe the need and strategies for preserving Dartmouth College Library’s digital resources. Rapid growth in both the number of digital resources and the proportion of the Library’s budget used to obtain them necessitates that proactive steps be taken to preserve these materials. These digital preservation activities ensure that faculty, staff, students, and other users will have ongoing access to the Library’s expanding digital collections. This policy provides a broad set of guidelines for digital preservation, from which procedures can be developed with confidence that they will meet accepted standards, make effective use of resources, and support the mission and goals of the Library. Objectives of the policy are to: Describe the challenges associated with digital preservation. Explain why a digital preservation policy is necessary. Outline principles on which digital preservation actions will be based. Define the scope of digital preservation activities, including sources and types of digital content that will be preserved. Describe specific preservation strategies that will be performed to ensure the long-term preservation of digital materials. These strategies include life cycle management of resources owned by the College and the negotiation of third-party preservation agreements for licensed resources. Identify stakeholders responsible for components of the digital preservation strategies. Define a schedule for regular policy review. Define terms, identify standards, and list resources that will inform digital preservation activities.