Following last month\u2019s blog post, this month\u2019s post will discuss the current work that is being done by the Digital Initiatives & Standards Committee (DISC) and what the next steps are for creating a digital preservation guide for the State of Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DISC has partnered with state records organizations, including the Ohio Electronic Records Committee<\/a>, the Ohio History Connection<\/a>, and the Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board<\/a>. In conjunction with these partnerships, DISC has established three subcommittees to determine standards and best practices for electronic records. The Microfilm committee has been tasked to determine the cost-effectiveness and long-term reliability of microfilm. Initial findings include: a significant price increase in microfilm supplies, a lack of product options, the impracticality of microfilm accessibility, and the obsolescence of microfilm equipment and repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If local governments decide to forego microfilm as a document preservation option and go the route of digital preservation, the Microfilm Subcommittee recommends the following to be considered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Minimum Standards Subcommittee has been meeting and working on coming up with digital standards, which include the following objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Security Subcommittee has discussed best practices for the security of electronic records. The following recommendations have been proposed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each of the three subcommittees will be compiling a report to address\/review with the entire Digital Initiatives and Standards Committee this year. DISC hopes to have an Archives & Records Administration Permanent Electronic Records Guideline released in 2027. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following last month\u2019s blog post, this month\u2019s post will discuss the current work that is being done by the Digital Initiatives & Standards Committee (DISC) and what the next steps are for creating a digital preservation guide for the State of Ohio. DISC has partnered with state records organizations, including the Ohio Electronic Records Committee, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,79,53,21,78],"class_list":["post-3157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-digital-preservation","tag-metadata-standards","tag-microfilm","tag-records-retention","tag-security"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
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