The document discusses preservation services at Harvard Library. It outlines the mission statement of Harvard Library Preservation Services which is to ensure the longevity and usability of Harvard's renowned collections. It then lists the categories that will be covered in a needs assessment survey, including collection overview, environment, security, emergency preparedness, storage/handling, reformatting, digital preservation, and treatment of general and special collections. The remainder focuses on digital preservation, outlining the aims to keep digital content safe, useful and accessible over time through services like the Digital Repository Service. It provides details on how content is stored safely across multiple locations and formats, and kept usable through integration with library systems, persistent identifiers, metadata and monitoring for obsolescence.

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Preservation Services
at Harvard Library
Franziska Frey"
Malloy Rabinowitz Preservation Librarian"
Head of Preservation and Digital Imaging Services"
Harvard Library
Mission Statement
Harvard Library Preservation Services
enables the University to fulfill its
responsibility to ensure the longevity and
usability of Harvard’s renowned collections.

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Needs Assessment
Survey Categories
1) Collection Overview
2) Environment
3) Security
4) Emergency Preparedness for Collections
5) Storage and Handling
6) Reformatting
7) Digital Preservation
8) Treatment of General/Circulating Collections
9) Special/Non-Circulating Collections
Digital Preservation Aim:
Keep the Bits …
… safe … useful to people
Digital Repository Service (DRS)
Long-term preservation repository
§ Professionally managed bundle of services
§ Hardware + Software + People + Policies & Procedures
§ Preserves content for Harvard’s libraries, archives &
museums
§ Provides content now and in the future to researchers at
Harvard and worldwide
Safe Bits
§ 4 copies, automatically replicated to 3 different
geographic locations
§ Automated continuous process to check for corrupt
bits
§ Restricted access to content
§ 3 different storage types
Ø 2 different on-line storage systems plus next-generation
tape media

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Usable Bits
§ Full integration with Harvard Library’s central infrastructure
§ Suite of delivery services, collection management
applications
§ Persistently discoverable
Ø Catalogs & search engines
Ø Persistent names
§ Extensive metadata
§ Monitored for format obsolescence
A Peek Inside
§ 46 million files, 160 TB
§ Many formats―images, audio, text, digitized books, web
sites, biomedical image stacks, soon email and video
§ Diverse content―musical scores, poetry readings,
architectural plans, drawings, photographs, illuminated
medieval manuscripts, historical diaries, archaeological
objects, scientific specimens, posters, etc.