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Broad Introductory Resources

The "Digital Preservation 101" section provides a gentle introduction to the concepts of preserving your digital information. The guidance is basic and is meant to be a place to get started. There are four organizing steps to consider when preserving your personal digital information: Identify; Decide; Organize; and Copy. We'll discuss each in detail and provide some resources to help you get started.

Slides: [File:Intro_digpres_121510.ppt]. Slides from a December 15, 2010, webinar presented by Lisa A. Gregory, Jennifer Ricker and Amy Rudersdorf of the North Carolina State Library.
Tutorial: Cornell/ICPSR Tutorial
Video: NDIIPP: Why Digital Preservation is Important for You
Video: NDIIPP: Why Digital Preservation is Important for Everyone
Webinar: ALA Preserving Your Personal Digital Memories webinar
Webinar: WebJunction An Introduction to Digital Preservation webinar. A December 15, 2010, webinar presented by Lisa A. Gregory, Jennifer Ricker and Amy Rudersdorf of the North Carolina State Library.
Videos - Team Digital Preservation [1](how many to include, if any?)

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	"Digital Preservation 101" is a gentle introduction to the concepts of preserving your ~~personal~~ digital information. Our photo albums, letters, home movies and paper documents are a vital link to the past. Personal information we create today has the same value. The only difference is that much of it is now digital. Chances are that you want to keep some digital photos, e-mail, and other files so that you—and your family—can look at them in the future. But preserving digital information is a new concept that most people have little experience with. These resources provide some tips to help make your personal "born digital" information last. The guidance is basic and is meant to be a place to get started. There are organizing ~~four~~ steps to consider when preserving your personal digital information: Identify; Decide; Organize; and Copy. We'll discuss each in detail and provide some resources to help you get started.		The "Digital Preservation 101" section provides a gentle introduction to the concepts of preserving your digital information. The guidance is basic and is meant to be a place to get started. There are four organizing steps to consider when preserving your personal digital information: Identify; Decide; Organize; and Copy. We'll discuss each in detail and provide some resources to help you get started.

	*Slides: [File:Intro_digpres_121510.ppt]. Slides from a December 15, 2010, webinar presented by Lisa A. Gregory, Jennifer Ricker and Amy Rudersdorf of the North Carolina State Library.		*Slides: [File:Intro_digpres_121510.ppt]. Slides from a December 15, 2010, webinar presented by Lisa A. Gregory, Jennifer Ricker and Amy Rudersdorf of the North Carolina State Library.

NDSA:Digital Preservation 101: Difference between revisions

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Broad Introductory Resources

Identify where you have digital materials

Decide which digital items are most important

Organize the materials

Make copies and store them in different places