The repository shall have Preservation Policies in place to ensure its Preservation Strategic Plan will be met.

This is necessary in order to ensure that the repository can fulfill that part of its mission related to preservation.

Preservation Policies; Repository Mission Statement.

Repository policies show how the repository fulfills the requirements of the repository’s preservation strategic plan. For example, a preservation strategic plan may contain a requirement that the repository ‘comply with current preferred preservation standards’. The preservation policy might then require that the repository ‘monitor current preservation standards and ensure repository compliance with the preferred preservation standards’. In another example the repository may be required by the strategic plan to keep its data understandable. The preservation policy might then include information about the expected level of understandability by the repository’s Designated Community for each Archival Information Package.

See the Preservation Policy and Collection Strategy Policy for a description of ingest requirements. Also, see the page on Preservation and Storage for specific details on the preservation environment.

Article III of the Governance Manual stipulates that Sustaining Members have significant responsibilities. These responsibilities are further detailed in Expectations of Sustaining Member Participation.