Hoppla - Digital Preservation Support for Small Institutions

Abstract

Digital information is of crucial value to a range of institutions, from memory institutions of all sizes, via industry and SME down to private home computers containing office documents, valuable memories, and family photographs. While professional memory institutions make dedicated expertise and resources available to care for their digital assets, SMEs and private users lack both the expertise as well as the means to perform digital preservation activities to keep their assets available and usable for the future. This demo presents the Hoppla archiving system1 providing a digital preservation solution specifically for small institutions and small home/office settings. The system combines bit-stream preservation with logical preservation. It hides the technical complexity and outsource required knowledge and expertise in digital preservation.