Large-Scale digital preservation initiatives and collaborations as a strategy for addressing technology obsolescence in preservation of Africana digital news content.

Abstract

Working together to produce sustainable content while being mindful of technology obsolescence may support preservation sustainability of Africana digital news content. This paper demonstrates how Large-Scale digital preservation initiatives (LSDIs) and collaborations can become a solution to technology obsolescence in preservation of born digital Africana news content as a form of back up with for original content using cloud based solutions.