The long-term preservation and management of digital records is a major concern facing archives. Preserving digital records involves various challenges, including policy questions, institutional roles and relationships, legal issues, intellectual property rights, and metadata and other technical issues. This article summarises the findings of a study to describe the state of play in the UK in the effective long-term management of digital records, both 'born digital' and those digitised as part of a work process. The findings provide information on what exists on the ground and analyses the specific needs of archives, with particular emphasis on archives run by local authorities.
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