title: Risk Management for Digital Long-Term Preservation Services
creators: Stefan Hein Karlheinz Schmitt
abstract: This article presents an ingest level system which has been developed as part of the Digital Preservation for Libraries (DP4lib) project. The purpose of the system and its implementation is to facilitate automatic technical quality checking of digital materials. It represents an essential part of the risk management system within the long-term preservation processes of the German National Library (DNB). Initial practical experience is reported upon, demonstrating that a significant step has been taken towards ensuring the long-term usability of digital materials.
keywords: digital preservation risk management ingest-level quality management lisbon