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.
Consultation
Contact the DPS team for assistance with topics including but not limited to:
- 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
Preservation Storage Brokerage
- Digital Preservation Services (DRS)
- University of Southern California (USC) storage
- Internet Archive Vault
Email Archiving
- Using ePADD for email archiving
- Email archiving resources
Web Archiving
- Using Archive-It for web archiving
- Web archiving resources
Memberships
The below institutional memberships are facilitated by Digital Preservation Services. Explore membership benefits through links to the organizations or contact DPS to find out more about how to get involved.
BitCurator Consortium (BCC)
Software Preservation Network (SPN)
The Software Preservation Netword (SPN) is a member-based organization that advances collective efforts to preserve software. Colleagues throughout Harvard have worked with SPN since its inception in 2016. In 2021, Harvard University became a consortium member - uniting library units across the institituion to engage in software preservation activities.
Harvard colleagues can attend quarterly SPN meetings, engage in working groups, and help plan events. Interested in getting updates on this work or becoming part of the consortium membership? Email the group list and request to be added.