| Term: | preservation |
| Definition: | an activity within archiving that maintains specific items over time so that they can still be accessed and understood through changes in technology ( Lord, Philip and Alison Macdonald. 2003. e-Science curation report: Data curation for e-Science in the UK: an audit to establish requirements for future curation and provision. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/e-ScienceReportFinal.pdf) |