Digital Preservation is happy to report on updates to the Digital Preservation Framework for this past quarter (July to September 2025). The Framework is available through GitHub, and the updated File Format Preservation Action Plans are also available as Linked Open Data. No new formats were added this quarter. Instead, we’ve focused our efforts on … Continue reading Digital Preservation Framework Updates, July – September 2025

The Digital Preservation Unit is happy to report a list of updates to the Digital Preservation Framework for this past quarter (April to June 2025). All updates are available through GitHub, and the updated File Format Preservation Action Plans are additionally available as Linked Open Data. New Formats Nine new formats were added: Together, this … Continue reading Digital Preservation Framework Updates, April – June 2025

This post was written by Mackenzie Beasley, Digital Preservation Specialist. Former Deputy Archivist Debra Steidel Wall had a vision to document all digital preservation procedures and share our practices so that no unit at NARA would ever have to start from scratch again. And while it began as a vision, it’s now a reality with … Continue reading NARA’s Digital Preservation Standard Operating Procedure Library

This post was written by Mackenzie Beasley, Digital Preservation Specialist. The Digital Preservation Unit is happy to report a list of updates to the Digital Preservation Framework for this past quarter (January to March 2025). New Formats Nine new formats were added: Together, this brings our total to 751 file formats. Updated Record Category Preservation … Continue reading Digital Preservation Framework Updates, January – March 2025

This post was written by Amanda May, former Senior Digital Preservation Specialist In 2025, the Digital Preservation Unit will be conducting its fourth biennial ISO 16363 self-assessment. This international standard for auditing and certifying trustworthy digital repositories is an important way for us to understand how well our digital repositories – the Electronic Records Archives … Continue reading 16363 Reasons to Trust

As we’ve already demonstrated on this blog, the Digital Preservation Unit loves file formats! But we’re not the only ones – we’re lucky to be joined by colleagues across NARA who share our format fixation and produce public resources on file formats. For Valentine’s Day, we wanted to share the love and talk a little … Continue reading We <3 File Formats: File Format Resources at NARA