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UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Preservation Plan for Digital Images
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The University of Alabama (UA) Libraries DigiPres group will determine the need to normalize or migrate
files pending loss of access due to obsolescence. Decisions will be made on a cost/benefit basis with
consideration for the needs of our stated audience.
High Level Policies
Security and Business Continuity Policies
Recommendations for Authors and Creators
Division of Digital Content
1. Level I support is for content digitized in formats and with methods supporting the current
archival standards, and for which we have digital rights management permissions and documented
access permission. This is our most dedicated level of support. It includes collection of technical
and administrative metadata, bit-level preservation, and commitment to migrate content as formats
change over the years.An example would be a manuscript collection digitized by Digital Services.
2. Level II support is for content which may not have been digitized in currently supported archival
formats, but for which The University of Alabama Libraries has committed long term access
support, and for which we have digital rights permissions and documented access permissions. An
example would be Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
3. Level III support is for content which needs to undergo regular change, and hence is not
appropriate for inclusion in LOCKSS however, it is to our benefit to offer bit-level preservation for
this content until it needs to change. An example of this would be software necessary for either
migration or emulation.
4. Level IV support is for content which may not have been digitized in currently supported archival
formats, but for which The University of Alabama Libraries has committed short term access
support, and for which we have digital rights permissions and documented access permissions. An
example would be Undergraduate Research Papers.
5. Level V support is for content for which The University of Alabama Libraries has not committed
access support, but which is currently managed by Digital Services, and for which we have digital
rights permissions. An example would be files digitized at the patron request.
Support
Level
Example
Committed
to sustain
access
Migration
Support
Emulation
Support
Long
Term
Retention
Bit-Level
Preservation
Annual
Review
Local
Backups
Level I
Manuscript
collection
digitized by us
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Level II
Electronic
Theses and
Dissertations
Possibly Possibly Possibly Yes Yes Yes Yes
Level III
Open source
software for
rendering
archival
content
No No No No Yes Yes Yes
Level IV
Undergraduate
Research
Papers
No No No No No Yes Yes
Material
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