title: Working with your IT department (some responses arising from this question on twitter:Backup versus preservation: "I had useful discussions about 'for the long-term' and what issues that might throw up as a starting point.""often it comes down to language - avoid the word archiving. means 1 thing to IT & another DP professionals"Ten IT skills you need to have to work with digital preservation - written by Dave Thompson"Am going to go all Bruce Lee 'adjust to the object'. What drives IT? Delivery, efficiency, user needs etc."