Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) have released a new Create, Capture and Control Standard. This Standard applies to all Victorian Government agencies covering the creation and capture, preservation and control of records. Learn more about it here
A new study Technological Protection Measures and Digital
Preservation: Evidence from video games analyses the impact of copyright the preservation of digital materials. While it focuses on video game preservation, the approach and findings are relevant to understanding the impacts of Technical Protection Measures (TPMs) on all types of digital material, including images, audiovisual works and electronic records that institutions are required to preserve to fulfil their mission.
The DIY Open GLAM Toolkit is designed to help cultural organisations open up their digital collections for wider access. Developed from insights gained through GLAM-E Lab collaborations, this toolkit provides the essential resources needed to identify, prepare, and publish collections under public domain or other machine-readable licenses.
The National Preservation Institute (NPI) provides an extensive collection of resources for those involved in preservation, digitisation, and cultural resource management. Here’s a quick guide to their Useful Links page.
This Toolkit by the Digital Preservation Coalition brings together many good examples of digital preservation policy, providing information to assist in the construction of a policy. It will help guide you from initial research and preparation phases, to drafting your policy, gathering feedback and, finally, polishing and communicating the finished policy.