Northwestern University

Northwestern University will create tools for tracking content in distributed digital preservation systems, leading to improved management and preservation of content and collections at cultural heritage organizations nationwide. The project builds on a previous IMLS-funded planning grant in which research was conducted in partnership with the University of California San Diego. The project will result in the creation of a curation toolkit which will make the digital preservation selection process more efficient. The project team will also work with developers from digital preservation services to develop standards that will increase interoperability between local repositories and distributed digital preservation systems.