title: Preserving the Fruit of Our Labor: Establishing Digital Preservation Policies and Strategies at the University of Houston Libraries
creators: Santi Thompson Annie Wu Drew Krewer Mary Manning Rob Spragg
abstract: To develop a comprehensive digital preservation program for maintaining long-term access to the Libraries’ digital assets and align our practices with national standards and guidelines, the
  University of Houston (UH) Libraries formed the Digital Preservation Task Force (DPTF) to assess previous digital
  preservation practices and make recommendations on future efforts. This paper outlines the methodology used, including the task force’s use of existing models and evaluation criteria, to
  successfully generate new policies and select Archivematica as our system to process and preserve our digital assets. It concludes with recommended strategies for the implementation of the
  policies and preservation operations.
keywords: digital preservation policy; system evaluation; archivematica