Dear All,
In celebration of World Digital Preservation Day 2019, it is my pleasure to announce the updated DPC Technology Watch Report ‘Preserving Email (2nd Edition)’ by Christopher J Prom is now open to the public.
Following on from the popular 2011 report and the successful Task Force on Technical Approaches for Email Archives, this report reviews the current state of email preservation and offers recommendations for information professionals (such as organizational leaders, records managers, IT professionals, librarians, archivists and curators) who seek to preserve email for its cultural, legal or administrative value.
Whatever choices that people and repositories make, this report describes the key policies, implementation strategies, procedures, tools, and services that can be drawn upon when developing an email preservation programme. Ultimately, it presents a hopeful message: by implementing appropriate technical standards, capture methods, and processing tools, every archivist, curator, records manager, or other information professional can take practical steps to preserve email for its legal, administrative, or historical value.
For more information and to download the report, please see the DPC Website: https://www.dpconline.org/knowledge-base/tech-watch-reports
This most recent DPC Technology Watch Report was released after a six month DPC Member-only preview. If you would like to gain early access to high-quality, cutting edge guidance in digital preservation, we would love to have you join us. More information about the Digital Preservation Coalition and how to join us can be found on our website: https://www.dpconline.org/about.
All the best,
Sara