Digital Curation/Preservation

The DSL is firmly committed to best-practice digital stewardship through all phases of a project. The Lab’s staff and affiliates can assist with the procurement and selection of digital assets (including datasets and text) necessary to a project. They will also help faculty and staff gain access to and customize the digital platforms necessary for the effective dissemination their scholarly research.  To ensure the long-term sustainability of faculty work, the DSL can arrange the support necessary to develop and execute data management plans and to preserve archival versions of digital assets according to established standards. The University’s digital infrastructure includes backup storage on separate and secure servers and the necessary redundancies. Policies for the maintenance and storage of project material and the use of state-of-the-art backup hardware ensure that digital projects and datasets produced by BSU faculty are sustained in the face of technological innovation.