Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre Seminar-5 Digital preservation: an overview Abstract “As a speciality, digital preservation has to be one of the most interesting areas ever to emerge in the domain of information science.” — “The Preservation of Digital Materials,” Library Technology Reports 44:2(2008). Digital preservation is a process of storing and preserving objects so that they can be used and reused in the future. Digital preservation is done in sequential steps to ensure that the information is not only preserved but can be used again. There are various reference models which provide a set of guidelines to perform the digital preservation, such as OAIS. Some of the major issues which are faced in the area of digital preservation are long term preservation, retrieval, and degradation. To solve these issues literature has provided some preservation goals such as availability, authenticity, and viability. In this seminar, we will discuss what digital preservation is, its need, the issues over it, and the strategies that have been made to overcome these issues. We shall also discuss the reference model OAIS, preservation metadata, the planning tools for digital preservation like PLATO and PLATTER. We will conclude the seminar with the discussion on best practices for digital preservation, the major initiatives taken, and also what could be future trends emerging through digital preservation. Speaker – Harsha Rathi Date- 12.10.2017 Time- 2 p.m. Venue - Room no. - G-21 All are cordially invited. Coordinator- Dr Biswanath Dutta -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.