Digital preservation in the tertiary education sector: management implications
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess the future of long‐term curation and preservation of digital assets with particular reference to Further Education (FE) in the UK.
Design/methodology/approach
Reviews current requirements of digital preservation and the efforts underway to support them. Drawing on other recent work and the author’s experience in a recent development project it subsequently comments on these efforts in the context of FE.
Findings
Argues that the long‐term curation and preservation of digital assets produced by further education colleges should not be the responsibility of those colleges.
Research limitations/implications
Written with direct reference to the UK; how the suggested solution would be applied elsewhere remains undeveloped.
Practical implications
National memory institutions should strive to establish collaborative curatorial practices with the FE sector.
Originality/value
Suggests that the preservation of digital assets in the FE sector requires a different approach than the HE sector.
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Citation
Robertson, R.J. (2006), "Digital preservation in the tertiary education sector: management implications", Library Review, Vol. 55 No. 3, pp. 173-178. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242530610655975
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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