Development of digital preservation environments by the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)

This article provides an overview of work undertaken by JISC to encourage development of digital preservation environments for data in the UK. Work done to date by JISC has shown how important collaboration is for digital preservation and the importance of not focussing on digital preservation as an end in itself but as a means to an end: longevity for and ongoing access to essential resources of value to many difference user communities.