2. Embracing the Digital Agenda Canberra September 2007 Natalie Ceeney Chief Executive The National Archives

3. “In 2006, an estimated 161 billion gigabytes of digital content was produced, equivalent to 1.6 billion PCs or laptops – all with their hard drives full. We face major challenges in ensuring it will be available and accessible in 10,20 or 50 years time.” Gordon Frazer, Managing Director, Microsoft UK, July 2007 “Increasingly, people expect to find, use and learn from information online. They expect it to be personalised and connected to their wider lives. They expect to have it immediately” The National Archives Vision, July 2007 “When enough people can collect, reuse and distribute public sector information, people organise around it in new ways, creating new enterprises, and new communities” Ed Mayo and Tom Steinberg: The Power of Information, June 2007

4. 1. Lead and transform information management 2. Guarantee the survival of today’s information for tomorrow 3. Bring history to life for everyone Our Vision

5. Leading and Transforming Information Management Established ourselves as policy lead in digital IM across UK government (as coordinator) Leading new thinking on digital records management (‘what is a record now anyway?’) Actively researching ways of making digital information accessible (mash-ups, web brokering of information requests) Revisiting our thinking on EDRM – ‘next generation’ approaches Actively engaging with IT and digital partners in public and private sector

6. Guaranteeing the survival of today’s information for tomorrow Developing in-house Digital Preservation solution for ingest and preservation of digital records (“Seamless Flow”) Developing Shared Service Digital Preservation Infrastructure for central government (Intermediate Archive for business records) Active web-archiving programme Active research work to solve ‘web asset’ challenge (I.e. ensure that web publications and information remain readable long after the item is taken down)

7. Bringing History to Life for everyone Very active digitisation programme with partners – 66 million documents delivered digitally in 2006/7 For every original file delivered, 100 delivered digitally Award winning broadband and online schools programme Refitting reading rooms to better enable digital access (already digital camera friendly) New web search tool, with ‘personalisation’ and complete web design in development phases E-enabled official publications and legislation Historical web access tools (paliography and latin tutorials, research guides, online exhibitions)