Digital Archival

Digital preservation can be defined as the long-term, error-free storage of digital information, with means for retrieval and interpretation, for the entire time span the information is required to be retained.  However, business organizations continue to face significant challenges in meeting their LTDP needs, especially those organizations whose primary mission is to preserve and provide access to permanent records.

Looking at your identified industry for your paper, what considerations would have to be made in developing a long-term archival plan for a company within that industry?

—-Identified industry is retail industry—-

Read the following learning materials. (Read before answering)

Banks, & Pilette, R. (2000). Preservation: issues and planning. American Library Association, (pp. 166 – 183.)

Bountouri, Gratz, P., & Sanmartin, F. (2018). Digital Preservation: How to Be Trustworthy. In Digital Cultural Heritage (pp. 364–374). Springer International Publishing.

Harvey. (2005). Preserving digital materials. K.G. Saur, (pp. 182-199).

Brandis, Dzombeta, S., Colomo-Palacios, R., & Stantchev, V. (2019). Governance, Risk, and Compliance in Cloud Scenarios. Applied Sciences, 9(2), 320–341.

deMaine. (2016). Preparing Law Students for Information Governance. Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 35(2), 101–123.

Ward, & Carter, D. (2019). Information as an asset – Today’s Board Agenda: The value of rediscovering gold. Business Information Review, 36(2), 53–59.