Evviva Weinraub Lajoie
Services Manager
Digital Preservation Network
David Pcolar
Technical Manager
Digital Preservation Network
The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) has made significant progress in technical, legal, and service definition since our last update. A status update and overview of development needed for a ‘soft launch’ release later in 2015 will be presented by the DPN Services and Technical managers. Our initial pilot, completed in the fall of 2014, provided an exercise of the technical infrastructure and several non-technical objectives. Reflecting on that experience, DPN is moving forward with refinement of the deposit process, drafting of legal and service level agreements, preparation of materials and application of metadata, and other work needed to ensure long-term preservation. We will also discuss breakthrough concepts related to Succession Rights language for deposit agreements to ensure future access to preserved content.
