Ithaka S+R has just issued a very useful report "The State of Digital Preservation 2018: A Snapshot of Challenges and Gaps" which was developed based on a series of interviews with leaders in the field and authored by Oya Rieger, who is well know to the CNI community. The report can be found at
The State of Digital Preservation in 2018 - Ithaka S+R
Our cultural, historic, and scientific heritage is increasingly being produced and shared in digital forms. The ubiquity, pervasiveness, variability, and fluidity of such content raise a range of questions about the role of research libraries and archives in digital preservation in the face of rapid organizational and technological changes and evolving organizational priorities. Ithaka S+R is interested in exploring the current landscape of digital preservation programs and services in order to ...
and that page also includes an option to download a PDF version of the report.
There will be a presentation and discussion of this work at the upcoming December 2018 CNI Membership meeting in Washington DC.
Clifford Lynch Director, CNI
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