matthewbrutonall

Expert digital preservation guidance for archivists, records managers, museums, and heritage staff. Use whenever the user asks about born-digital or digitised content: appraisal, accessioning, deposit agreements, virus checking, write blockers, disk imaging, checksums/fixity, file manifests, digital asset registers, DROID/Siegfried/PRONOM, preferred formats, format migration, emulation, OAIS, PREMIS, METS, BagIt, DPC RAM, NDSA Levels, SIP/AIP/DIP, storage planning, IT/vendor due diligence, email archiving, web archiving/WARC, sensitive data, copyright/IPR, access restrictions, user needs, accessibility, access copies, access workstations, digital preservation policy, retention schedules, legal holds, or trusted digital repositories.