The
Digital Preservation Capability Maturity Model© (DPCMM) which was first
introduced in 2007, offers 15 digital preservation elements and
corresponding metrics that are based on selected specifications of
international standards (ISO 14721 and ISO 16363) and best operational
practices. These elements can be used to assess an organization's
readiness, benchmark against standards and peer organizations, and
articulate preservation objectives. Once the current state
capabilities have been established an incremental digital preservation
capability improvement strategy and multi-year plan can be charted.
Over the
last seven years DPCMM has been used in a variety of different
organizational settings in the United States
and Canada,
primarily in state archives. Charles Dollar will present the first
paper that describes the origin and structure of DPCMM. Lori Ashley's paper
will review the results of the use of DPCMM in two state archives for
planning purposes as well as a web enabled digital preservation
capability self-assessment tool used by the US Council of State
Archivists. Milovan Misic's
paper will describe the development and implementation of an ICA initiative to
adapt the DPCMM self-assessment tool to mobile technology that makes it
available in virtually any part of the world.
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