British Library, UK
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The British Library has a dedicated cross directorate Digital Preservation Team (DPT) which has an international reputation in the field. It is currently composed of 8 full time staff and is expected to be 12 strong by summer 2007.
The key areas of focus for the DPT include:
- Technology, analysis and support for the design and implementation of the National Digital Library
- Production of preservation plans for new content streams of digital materials which will be stored in the National Digital Library
- A risk assessment of all digital collections held by the BL
- Implementation of a digital preservation testbed environment to facilitate technology watch activities
- Collaboration with national and international initiatives such as PREMIS
Digital preservation projects currently underway at the BL include:
-Planets http://www.planets-project.eu
-Life2 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ls/lifeproject/
-Preserv http://preserv.eprints.org
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