#  Digital Preservation 

 



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   ![Image of the first file preserved in the DRS, deposited October 23, 2000.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11066/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/library-preservation/files/digpres.jpg?itok=_LIMRy5r) 

 

This image was adapted from the first file deposited for preservation to the DRS.
##  **Digital Preservation at Harvard Library**

 The core teaching and research missions of Harvard University are increasingly dependent upon digital content. Digital materials are inherently fragile and dependent for their long-range viability on technologies that change continuously. One of the key challenges of the twenty-first century is how to preserve the usefulness of this digital content for future generations of scholars.

 In response to these challenges, Harvard Library developed the [Digital Repository Service (DRS)](/digital-preservation-repository) in 1999. In 2008, a more formal digital preservation program was established, [building on years of digital preservation projects and initiatives conducted at Harvard University](/program-history-and-significant-milestones).



 



 

 See also:- [ Digital Preservation ](/hlps-tags/digital-preservation)