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Illinois Collections Preservation Network
Preservation Unit
44 Library, MC-522
UIUC Library
1408 West Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-244-1626
Conservation Lab
Oak St. Library Facility
OSLF, 2nd Floor
809 South Oak Street
Mail Code 527
Champaign, IL 61820
217-265-4198
The mission of the Digital Preservation Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University Library is to ensure continued access and use of digital materials stewarded by the library which have been identified as candidates for long-term preservation. Digital preservation procedures and policies implemented and applied are documented and continually evaluated for internal effectiveness, efficiency and alignment with the greater Digital Preservation community.
The term digital preservation does not represent a single discreet action. As defined by the American Library Association, in short: “Digital preservation combines policies, strategies and actions that ensure access to digital content over time.” (http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/preserv/defdigpres0408. Accessed 5/29/12)
These policies, strategies and actions are designed to ensure access to born digital content - content that originated in a digital form - as well as digital materials created through reformatting actions despite media failure or inevitable technological change.
The Preservation unit coordinates a comprehensive strategy to provide a reliable preservation services for the Library’s many formats of digital collections. The Preservation Unit manages the following digital reformatting services:
In addition, the Preservation unit coordinates the following digital preservation repository services:
For general questions about digital preservation at the University of Illinois, contact Preservation Librarian Kyle Rimkus, rimkus@illinois.edu.
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Last modified by: Kyle Rimkus on 11/5/12