1. Hydra Digital Preservation Interest Group (Hydra DPIG) Chris Awre University of Hull

2. Hydra DPIG What is Digital Preservation? – “Digital preservation is the active management of digital content over time to ensure ongoing access”. (loc.gov)

3. The role of Hydra DPIG in the Hydra community (1) Status of discussion issue from Scope & Objectives.Scope & Objectives – Is digital preservation and object durability a compelling Hydra functionality, and something we want to invest in? It is not important that Hydra core support Digital Preservation It is important that Hydra partners can make use of Hydra components in their Digital Preservation workflows Continues….

4. The role of Hydra DPIG in the Hydra community (2) Status of discussion issue from Scope & Objectives. (..Continued)Scope & Objectives – Is digital preservation and object durability a compelling Hydra functionality, and something we want to invest in? It is important that Hydra can interface smoothly to existing tools and application from Digital Preservation communities such as – Long-term preservation ( bit preservation and functional preservation) » Active management of preserved master preservation objects – Characterization / validation tools – Tools for preservation planning » Risk management – Migration / Normalization tools – Emulation tools – Audit functionality

5. Hydra DPIG History of Hydra DPIG – Proposal from the Hydra Power Steering Group April 2014 Proposal – Kick-off meeting in June at the Open Repositories, 2014 in Helsinki a Charter for DPWG was agreedCharter for DPWG – At the Hydra Connect II meeting it was agreed to proceed as a Hydra Interest Group with monthly Skype meetings.meeting monthly Skype meetings

6. Highlights from DPIG Skype Conference (1) November 2014 – Ongoing Digital Preservation activities December 2014 – Report from conference ‘Investing in Opportunity: Policy Practice and Planning for a Sustainable Digital Future’ (DPC and 4C)‘Investing in Opportunity: Policy Practice and Planning for a Sustainable Digital Future’ January 2015. January 2015 – Ongoing Digital Preservation activities Continues….

7. Highlights from DPIG Skype Conference (2) March 2015 – Presentation of Chronos, the Hydra based system from the Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark. April 2015 – Discussion of Scope & Objectives for the Hydra Digital Preservation Interest Group.Scope & Objectives Continues….

8. Highlights from DPIG Skype Conference (3) May 2015 – Presentation of the HydraDAM2 with focus on the digital preservation actions. June 2015 – Presentation of the Academic Preservation Trust (APTrust) and status of The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) where APTrust is one of the nodes.Academic Preservation Trust (APTrust)The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) Continues….

9. Highlights from DPIG Skype Conference (4) August 2015 – Presentation of the final report from the JISC project "Exploring Archivematica for research data preservation""Exploring Archivematica for research data preservation" September 2015 – Presentation and discussion of two different strategies for long-term preservation. Use case is mail accounts

10. Hydra DPIG Images by Jørgen Stamp from www.digitalbevaring.dk Remember to mark your calendar out for the next Hydra Digital Preservation Interest Group Conference, October 8 th 2015