Making the Pieces Fit: Integrating Preservation into a Digital Material Ecosystem
In 2014, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Libraries implemented the Rosetta preservation software to take a more proactive approach to the preservation of digital materials for which UNL Libraries are stewards. A significant part of this process was determining how to integrate this new software into the Libraries’ current workflows and ecosystem for digital materials. This included considering the varied origins of digital materials; determining the purpose of collections and whether preservation was necessary and, if so, a priority; considering deposit strategies; understanding the rights related to the materials, including whether or not they should be accessible and to whom; and implementing policies that outline in which systems digital materials of certain types should reside.

This poster will illustrate UNL Libraries’ progress toward implementing Rosetta in its digital material ecosystem. A diagram presenting the relevant technical ‘pieces’ and accompanying explanatory text will demonstrate how preservation—more specifically, Rosetta—fits into the puzzle of digital material storage, access, and management. In addition, the poster will reflect on the challenges encountered attempting to fit all of the pieces together.
["Thoegersen, Jennifer"]
["digital preservation", "libraries", "implementation"]