Take the Digital Preservation Cosmos Quiz!
Use the rubric below to determne a recommended course of action:
- 5 or lower
- You can skip this tutorial or do us a favor and send along suggestions for improving this site.
- 6 - 12
- You should continue with the tutorial.
- 13 or higher
- You not only need this tutorial, you should also consider signing up for the digital preservation workshop.
1. Are you digitizing materials or do you plan to do so in the next two years?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
2. Has your organization moved from maintaining paper-based institutional records to relying on digital ones?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
3. Does your staff use email?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
4. Do you use electronic methods to disseminate policies and procedures?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
5. If you have acquired disks or cds as part of your collection, have you tested their usability within the past year?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
6. Do you have any data still stored on 5 1/4 inch floppies?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
7. Does your institution license e-journal content? (If no, skip to question 8)
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
7a. Are you canceling or considering canceling print subscriptions?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
7b. Are you relying solely on the publisher to maintain these files over the long term?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
7c. If you cease licensing, are you guaranteed access to materials covered by the past agreement?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
8. If you are at an academic institution, do faculty store research results on their own computers?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
9. If you have a website, do you back it up regularly?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable
10. Have you implemented digital preservation policies and practices at your institution?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Not applicable