title: Building a Future for our Digital Memory A National Approach to Digital Preservation in The Netherlands
creators: Marcel Ras
abstract: In 2015 the national Network for Digital Heritage was established. This network is based on three pillars: to make the digital heritage wider visible, better usable and more sustainable preserved. A series of collaborative projects are in progress since Summer 2015, framed within three working programs, all with their own but integrated set of dedicated actions in order to create a national infrastructure in the Netherlands, based on an optimal use of existing facilities. In this paper the focus is on the activities related to the sustainable preservation of the Dutch national digital heritage. What are the developments and where are we now, with the program running for a year and the first results are delivered.