Building a digital preservation program involves assessing current activities and training appropriate staff. This session reports on the NEH-funded Digital Assessment Training program (https://tinyurl.com/nehdat2018), a collaborative project that approaches digital preservation assessment and training through case-study assessments, shadowing opportunities, and workshops. Attendees will gain an understanding of the challenges of digital preservation and the ways that assessment can make those challenges more manageable, and will be introduced to newly-released, free resources for assessing digital preservation of digital collections.
