One of my first tasks when I began in my role as a Digital Preservation Officer at the University of Melbourne (in March 2016) was to interview 40-odd research support staff, in order to analyse the university’s capability to support digital preservation, and to identify the improvements required for effective long-term sustainability of digital assets. 

One of the questions I asked during the interview process was:

What does digital preservation mean to you?

To celebrate the very first International Digital Preservation Day in 2017, I’ve put together a few of the responses to this question in a short video.

What does digital preservation mean to you? from Jaye Weatherburn on Vimeo.

To find out more about what the University of Melbourne Digital Preservation Project team has been up to, head to the project blog, and read all about International Digital Preservation Day here.