Todd Grappone
Associate University Librarian for Research and Development
University of California, Los Angeles
Edson Smith
Data Management Strategist
University of California, Los Angeles
Mary Elings
Assistant Director and Head of Technical Services at The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
In the fall of 2018, the University of California (UC) libraries, the largest university research library in the world, formed a multi-campus working group charged both with developing a practical, shared vision of digital preservation for library content, and with outlining a roadmap to guide the UC libraries in advancing that shared vision. The initial incarnation of the group was charged with conducting a survey of notable exemplars, detailing current digital preservation best practices in the field, and investigating the state of digital preservation at each individual UC campus. This talk will detail the group’s activities, methodology, and findings, and describe how they will inform an overall digital preservation strategy within the UC system.