ARCHIVING

Description: Starting from the question 'What is a digital record?' - this course will unpack various aspects of Digital Archiving, which will include digital sentencing, retention, and disposal. Consideration is given to the different systems where digital records may be found, and how different systems and repositories can add or detract from the integrity and authenticity of that record.

Digital Preservation and Continuity emphasises the long-term preservation of records, risk management around digital records, and technical metadata for digital archiving while also touching on the notion of interoperability in assessing your agency's digital information governance maturity.

Level: Practitioner | Records and Information Management

Learning Outcome: At the end of this workshop, you should be able to:

• Understand the differences between digital archiving, preservation, perpetuation, data archiving and data backups
• Explain what preservation is and the four stages and processes involved in digital preservation
• Explain the different types of preservation activities and introduce some common standards
• Understand what digital continuity is and introduce the Digital Preservation Capability Maturity Model (DPCMM)

Description: Why preserve physical records? Can they last for eternity?

Here we are in the digital era, yet we can’t escape the fact that we still need to preserve physical records.  To ensure that this happens we need to understand how to maintain the condition and integrity, have appropriate storage to manage pests and moulds, manage disasters and digitise where appropriate.

Level: Practitioner | Records and Information Management

Learning Outcome: At the end of this workshop, you should be able to:

• Define what archives are
• Know the definitions and glossary related to Archiving
• Understand the Storage conditions for Archiving Physical Records
• Know the conservation elements and condition reporting