Blog Topic: Preservation

Preserving digital collections is essential to safeguarding cultural memory. Discover how JSTOR’s Digital Stewardship Services help libraries and archives maintain accessible, durable, and meaningful collections for generations to come.

We've gathered some of the most reliable grants that prioritize digitization, collection development, preservation, access, open educational resources (OER), and new technologies.

An archivist explores how AI can help surface hidden histories, improve metadata, and support digital stewardship while emphasizing the need for human expertise in shaping archival narratives.

Highlighting key 2025 grant opportunities for libraries to digitize, preserve, and describe collections, including funding for audiovisual materials and community archives. Deadlines and award amounts vary, offering multiple pathways for support.

The recent removal of news archives like MTV News raises concerns about preserving valuable digital content. Media companies must plan for digital preservation to ensure access to historically significant materials. Portico outlines key steps, including secure storage, regular backups, and engaging experts to safeguard content. A new Portico pilot project is exploring long-term preservation of local news content. Collaboration is essential to protecting the cultural and social history that journalism provides.

ITHAKA innovates with Project Odyssey using generative AI to help libraries process digital collections efficiently by automating metadata creation, addressing bottlenecks, and reducing backlog.

Portico preserves underrepresented digital content to safeguard diverse narratives and cultural heritage for future generations. Join us in maintaining a richer historical record.

Discover the essence of digital preservation and its importance for safeguarding cultural heritage and scholarly assets. Learn how Portico sets the gold standard in preserving complex digital formats for future generations.

Explore how Skidmore College digitizes its special collections in this insightful blog post detailing David Seiler's efforts in leading the transition to the digital age.

Portico has earned its reputation as a trusted guardian of digital content for publishers, with over 1,000 publishers and 1,000 libraries worldwide relying on its time-honored preservation approach. Portico centers long-term content management and organizational commitment, as well as a dedication to addressing the needs of future scholars.