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Description: Digital Preservation is a series of thought-provoking videos produced by the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program at the Library of Congress, highlighting its efforts to develop a national strategy to collect, preserve and make available significant digital content for current and future generations. Learn more about digital preservation at the Library of Congress by visiting http://www.digitalpreservation.gov

"You've Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media is intended for anyone who doesn't know where to begin in managing born-digital materials. It errs on the side of simplicity and describes what is truly necessary to start managing born-digital content on physical media, and it presents a list of the basic steps without expanding on archival theory or the use of particular software tools. It does not assume that policies are in place or that those performing the tasks are familiar with traditional archival practices, nor does it assume that significant IT support is available."