Network drives → Archivematica + Fedora
Archives and Records Council Wales / National Library of Wales
Digital preservation is often out of reach for small local authorities. To address this across Wales, the Archives and Records Council Wales — led by the National Library of Wales — built a shared, centralised solution, moving public records off vulnerable local network drives. After comparing options including Preservica Cloud, the consortium chose Archivematica for its open standards and freedom from licensing fees. Local archives package transfers with the BagIt-based 'Exactly' tool and upload them to a central Archivematica pipeline run by the National Library; finished AIPs land in a Fedora repository while local authorities keep intellectual control via their own catalogues. A model consortial deployment.
Original source
Case Study: Archives and Records Council Wales Digital Preservation Consortium
The National Archives (UK)
The archived copy opens a snapshot on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, preserved for when the original moves or disappears.
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