Digital preservation for Australian Government - Module 4: Digital Preservation

This module explores the risks facing digital information and the strategies used to preserve it over time to increase digital preservation awareness and skills in Australian Government agencies. By undertaking this learning experience, you will gain an understanding of digital preservation principles, practices and tools, including how to manage risks such as media degradation, format obsolescence and loss of context, and apply preservation strategies to help ensure digital information remains authentic, accessible and usable into the future, despite changes in technology, file formats and systems.

​This module is designed to support agency implementation of the Building trust in the public record policy.

This learning experience has been provided by the National Archives of Australia. © Commonwealth of Australia 2023  

Participant benefits

• Understand basic concepts and terminology related to digital preservation.
• Understand strategies most commonly used for digital preservation.
• Be aware of how digital preservation is part of your agency’s information management practices and supports ongoing continuity of its digital information assets.

Suitable for

Information and Records Management Specialists and Information Governance Practitioners and ICT Teams who support information and records management systems. It is also beneficial for staff whose role involves creating, managing or maintaining information and digital records.

Considerations

​Everyone has a role in managing government information well. This module is to help you meet your recordkeeping obligations with confidence, including implementing the Building trust in the public record policy.

Category and User level

This learning experience is part of the Digital Preservation Skills for Australian Government Program and aligns with the Working in Government Craft at the Practitioner level.