Open Access21st Century Technical Infrastructure for Digital Preservation
Author(s) -
Nathan Tallman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
information technology and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-5226
pISSN - 0730-9295
DOI - 10.6017/ital.v40i4.13355
Subject(s) - digital preservation , leverage (statistics) , sustainability , function (biology) , cultural heritage , business , computer science , engineering management , world wide web , engineering , political science , ecology , machine learning , evolutionary biology , law , biology
Digital preservation systems and practices are rooted in research and development efforts from the late 1990s and early 2000s when the cultural heritage sector started to tackle these challenges in isolation. Since then, the commercial sector has sought to solve similar challenges, using different technical strategies such as software defined storage and function-as-a-service. While commercial sector solutions are not necessarily created with long-term preservation in mind, they are well aligned with the digital preservation use case. The cultural heritage sector can benefit from adapting these modern approaches to increase sustainability and leverage technological advancements widely in use across Fortune 500 companies.