Digital Preservation

For more detailed information about our department, visit the Digital Imaging & Preservation Services site.

For all of the Virginia Tech Digital Libraries Platform policies, See the Digital Library Policy and Documentation site.

The purpose of our preservation system is to preserve all digital assets produced by the Viriginia Tech Libraries, which largely includes scholarly communications and content produced in library projects.

Scholarly communication examples include:

• ETDs
• BTDs
• Published works, including articles, essays, books, collaborations, etc.
• White papers
• Conference materials, including posters and presentations
• Data sets
• Digital Videos, such as Event Capture files
• Other scanned images

Digitized content examples include:

• Digitized objects, such as scanned or photocopied images
• Born-digital objects, such as text files or excel files

Specific repositories include:

• VTechWorks (including Special Collection and Event Capture)
• VTechData
• Odyssey
• Image Base

Nathan Hall: Associate Director of Digital Imaging and Preservation Services

Alex Kinnaman: Digital Preservation Coordinator

Luke Menzies: Digital Preservation Technologist

The Imaging & Preservation Department is a part of the Research & Informatics Department and collaborates with several other departments, sub-departments, studios, and groups regularly, including:

• Data Management & Curation
• Data Transformation Studio
• Digital Libraries & Repositories
• Special Collections
• Scholarly Communication
• Information Technology Services