Digital Preservation Tools for Repository Managers 2: institutional and lifecycle preservation costs

The 5-module JISC KeepIt course on Digital Preservation Tools for Repository Managers was designed by repository managers. Each module consists of a mix of short presentations and hands-on exercises to learn about the basics and gain practice with each of the tools covered. Module 2 covers lifecycle costs for managing digital objects, based on the LIFE approach, and institutional costs. Tools include Keeping Research Data Safe (KRDS) a model, method and survey for assessing the institutional costs for managing and looking after research data, and LIFE, a tool for evaluating and predicting the costs of managing a digital object over its full lifecycle. Materials here include presentations on these tools, and a short introduction to the module. Details of the exercises are contained within the presentations, and supplementary materials to support the practicals are provided, so the full course module can be experienced by other users