Planning for Digital Preservation in Organizations
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This document outlines the key areas of digital preservation that were discussed at a 2019 workshop in Mexico City. The presenter used the Levels of Digital Preservation as an assessment tool to help understand the risks in each area of digital preservation, including storage, integrity, control, metadata, and content.
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