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Mind the Gap: Digital Preservation Needs in the UK

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  Yes No Don't know
Is there a high level commitment to digital preservation in your organisation? 52% 33% 16%
Is there adequate funding allocated to digital preservation in your organisation? 20% 54% 25%
Are there clear responsibilities for digital preservation in your organisation? 33% 55% 12%
Does your organisation have a digital preservation strategy, or any other policy or strategy document which specifically refers to digital preservation? 18% 77% 8 5%

Includes 43% who replied that a strategy was being created

8 - Includes 43% who replied that a strategy was being created

Table 1: Commitment to digital preservation (source: 2005 DPC survey). Also available in HTML


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Degree of influence
%age
No influence over formats
31
Not aware of any influence over formats
22
No data acquired from outside organisation
16
Able to influence formats
25
Limited influence over formats
6

Figure 2: Influence over formats of externally sourced data (Source: 2005 DPC survey)

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