Provides an introduction to digital storage best practices for long-term preservation, including terminology, hardware, and configurations.

Erin O’Meara is head of the Office of Digital Innovation and Stewardship at the University of Arizona Libraries. Her research interests include ethnographic approaches to data management and recordkeeping, digital preservation,and archives leadership. She has previously worked at Gates Archive, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Oregon. O’Meara received her master of archival studies from the University of British Columbia in 2004. While at UBC, she conducted research for the InterPARES 2 Project pertaining to archaeological records managed in Geographic Information Systems.

Kate Stratton is the collection development archivist at Gates Archive in Seattle, Washington, where she oversees donor relations and acquisitions. Prior to joining Gates Archive in 2013, Stratton worked at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. She earned a master of science in library science from the School of Library and Information Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2010.

Introduction - 1
Storage for Digital Preservation - 2
Currently Available Storage Options - 9
Storage in Practice - 16
Conclusion and Recommendations - 21