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The project resulted in a report which has been published jointly by the East of
England Regional Archive Council (EERAC) and Museums, Libraries and Archives East of England (MLA East of England). The report
describes the pilot project which was designed to investigate the issues which
would need to be resolved if a regional digital repository were set up, and the
costs which would arise from this. The report presents the results of two years'
work and is probably the first realistic attempt to point the way
forward.
Taking as its starting point the anticipated needs of
local authorities, the report looks in detail at the processes and costs
involved in preserving and managing digital records of the types routinely dealt
with by local authority records managers and archivists, including privately
deposited material. The two local authorities involved in the project were
Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire County Councils, and the expertise in digital
preservation was provided by the UK Data Archive, which is one of the longest
established digital repositories in the country and the only one approved by TNA
for the deposit of electronic Public Records.
The report is available by post from info@mlaeastofengland.org.uk
and can also be downloaded in PDF format from: www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/publications/darp2006.pdf
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