Are you a local government agency dealing with a tsunami of digital records and you have no idea how to ensure their long-term preservation? Do you feel overwhelmed with distinguishing the difference between a content management system and a digital preservation system?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, let Legacy Digital Solutions help you create a digitization plan to ensure that your electronic vital records are being properly preserved and ensure their accessibility to future generations.

Why is digital preservation important? Preserving digital records requires a little more work than their paper counterparts because of how quickly technology changes. Storing electronic records on a thumb drive or CD will not ensure their viability for long-term access. CDs only have a lifespan of 7-10 years. As a matter of fact, most computers no longer have a CD drive. In order to ensure that your records with a long-term retention period will be accessible in 10+ years, you need to be proactive and have a digital preservation plan.

It’s not enough to ingest your digital records into a preservation system; you also need to add metadata. Metadata allows for the efficient retrieval of data from the preservation system. Without metadata, you just have a group of random, unorganized records. The metadata provides organization and allows for easy and efficient record retrieval.

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