![]() ![]() The NLNZ collects a variety of digital items, including unpublished materials (photographs, cartoons, private papers, and oral histories) and published materials (websites, electronic publications, and music). The work is highly collaborative and often requires input from several stakeholder groups, including digital preservation analysts, policy analysts, curators, and arrangement and description librarians. Following an initial technical analysis by digital archivists, unpublished digital collections are appraised if a decision is made to retain them, then they are arranged (if necessary) and described. The NDHA encompasses several ingest and access delivery components and utilizes the Ex Libris digital preservation software, Rosetta, where collections are stored for long-term retention. Since the mid-1990s the National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) has been actively acquiring born digital heritage collections, and in 2008 it went live with its National Digital Heritage Archive (NDHA). Introduction 1.1 The Organizational Context ![]() ![]() In this particular case, applying such principles enabled staff to identify how existing tools and processes could be improved, in addition to highlighting the complex and labor-intensive nature of documenting provenance and original order for born digital collections. It is an excellent example of what happens when one attempts to apply traditional archival theory in the digital world. However, what happens when one tries to apply such traditional archival principles to actual born-digital collections? This article will outline the process, the challenges, and the lessons learned while applying the National Library of New Zealand’s archival and digital preservation policies on one particular unpublished, born-digital collection of theater and performing-arts papers. These principles are so well established and inherent that it has generally been assumed archivists would apply them to ALL formats in their collections, including those that are born digital. Few archivists would dispute the need to maintain archival integrity and adhere to the principles of provenance and original order when working with heritage collections. ![]()
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