Design Records: Niche and Ubiquitous
Born-Digital Records Specialization
Born-Digital Design Records: Merging Specialties
Acquisition Strategies and Policies
Appraising Without Certainty
The Cal Poly Use Example
Using the Deed of Gift to Address Uncertainty
Initial Transfer from Donor to Organization
Accession Descriptions
Transferring Records
State of Organization on Transfer
Describing Born-Digital Material
Infrastructure Supporting Description
Preparing Files for a Digital Preservation System (OAIS)
SIP Structure and Additional Content
Transfer and Ingest into a Digital Preservation System
Understanding Characterization and File Format Identification
Further Processing with a Digital Preservation System
Digital Preservation Storage at the Cal Poly
Challenges to Access
Technology-Related Challenges
Defining Users of Born-Digital Design Records
Access in the Reading Room: Software Dependence and Emulation
Need for Custom Development
Conclusion
Appendix A: CCA Format Policy Registry
Appendix B: CCA Submission of Digital FilesQuestionnaire
Bibliography