To: RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
I am pleased to announce the release of a new Factsheet from the Keeping Research Data Safe (KRDS) project on the costs and benefits of digital preservation. The Factsheet is available for download as a PDF from http://www.beagrie.com/KRDS_Factsheet_0910.pdf
If you are attending the iPRES 2010 conference in Vienna next week there will be print copies available on the JISC stand.
The A4 four-page factsheet is intended to be suitable for senior managers and others interested in a concise summary of our key findings. It will be relevant to all repositories and institutions holding digital material but of particular interest to anyone responsible for or involved in the long-term management of research data.
The factsheet covers the following major areas:
- Cost issues in digital preservation (what costs most, impact of fixed costs, declining costs over time);
- Benefits from digital preservation (benefits taxonomy, direct benefits, indirect benefits, near-term benefits, long-term benefits);
- Institutional issues (repository models and structures, key cost variables, data collection levels).
The Keeping Research Data Safe studies have been funded by JISC and conducted by a partnership of the following institutions: Charles Beagrie Ltd, OCLC Research, the UK Data Archive, the Archaeology Data Service, the University of London Computer Centre, and the universities of Cambridge, King’s College London, Oxford and Southampton.
Neil Beagrie
Charles Beagrie Ltd
Digital Access and Preservation
Management and Research Consultancy
Website: www.beagrie.com
Blog: www.blog.beagrie.com
