title: How do users discover digital preservation tools? Report on a survey of professionals
creators: Amber Cushing Tess Burchmore Sarah Conroy Phoebe Doyle Niamh Hegarty Rebecca Kelly Payton Kufeldt Morgan McGann Cian Ormond Gerard Quine
abstract: While information is available that charts the development of digital preservation tools and their use via case studies, less is known about how users discover and adopt digital preservation tools in different contexts.  This study reports on a short survey of 68 professionals who utilize digital preservation tools, and how they discover and adopt those tools. Findings suggest that the role of community is important when discovering and adopting tools. Findings were then applied to digital preservation education to inform the ways in which tools are taught in formal digital preservation education programs.
keywords: digital preservation tools surveys