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Preventing/Mitigating Disaster
Data Protection
It is likely that much crucial data is stored electronically in your institution. This may include collection descriptions, financial information, scanned collections, or "born-digital" collections. The provision of backups to replace or reconstruct data is crucial to preventing a serious loss of data. Issues to consider include storage of backups (onsite and/or offsite), frequency of backups, the number of backups to be created for each type of data, and maintenance of backups (e.g., periodically checking backups for deterioration).
See a Data
Protection Checklist (PDF, 228k).
Take a few moments to reflect on the scenario below. Click on Show Answer to see how the damage might have been prevented or lessened.
Data Protection Checklist
(PDF, 228k)
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