Digital Preservation Services supports the integrity, authenticity, accessibility, and usability of Harvard University's digital collections. As a central service supporting over 60 libraries, special collections, and archives across Harvard, our portfolio encompasses a broad range of activities that reflect the needs of our stakeholders, including business ownership of central systems, consultation and coordination of preservation activities, facilitation of central memberships, and more. Looking for support on an activity not listed below? Contact the DPS team at digipres@hu.onmicrosoft.com to discuss your needs.
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- Digital preservation and stewardship, both institutional and personal
- Digital Repository Service (DRS), WebAdmin, and BatchBuilder
- Email archiving
- Web archiving
- Digital forensics
- Software preservation and emulation
Digital Accessions Program (DAP)
Read more on the DAP wiki page
- Technical, structural and intellectual characterization of digital accessions
- Preservation appraisal of digital archival and special collections
- Forensic disk imaging of common removable media in-house and vendor recommendations for formats not supported in-house
- Strategies for ingesting digital content into the Digital Repository Service (DRS)
Preservation Storage Brokerage
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The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is an international community working towards a sustainable future for digital assets. Membership benefits include access to numerous resources, participating in sub-committees, and education and training. Sign up for events using Harvard Library as your affiliation.
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