A high-level policy that defines an organization's commitment to digital preservation is an essential component of an effective and sustainable program. Developing an explicit digital preservation policy is a requirement for complying with prevailing community standards and practice (e.g., the TRAC requirements, the procedural accountability requirement of a trusted digital repository, but not every organization should have to develop their policy froim scratch. Here's a proposed model document for an organization's digital preservation policy framework to use as a starting point and some examples of digital preservation policies that have been developed by organizations:
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- Cornell University Library
- Library and Archives of Canada
And some other community sources pertaining to digital preservation policies:
- JISC-sponsored report on digital preservation policies
- ErpaNet
And some digital preservation strategies developed by organizations:
Several digital preservation research and development projects focus on developing machine-actionable policies using varying approaches:
- PLEDGE (these results use the REI policy language and are in part reflected in iRODS)
- PLANETS (developing a preservation planning policy engine)
Please add to these resources and/or share your own policies.
