Emulation involves recreating the behaviour of old hardware environments on a current computer, which enables obsolete software to be installed and run.

The National Archives of Australia's Preservation Policy will drive the development of strategies to address our collection’s inherent preservation challenges.

The National Archives of Australia has two main strategies for preserving records: provide controlled storage conditions for all record formats, treat formats and records most at risk

Strategy 2030 sets out the vision for a transformed and trusted National Archives.

Preserving information and records means ensuring they remain accessible and usable. The lifespan of your records depends on how they are managed and preserved.

An information management strategy helps your agency align its information management practices and meet the requirements of an information governance framework

Advice for the preservation and storage of photographic prints and film.

Preserving Archival Digital Records Transferred from Commonwealth Agencies

The Data strategy 2023-2025 focuses on four strategic objectives that embed data as a fundamental business enabler. The four strategic objectives produce deliverable actions with responsibilities across the National Archives.

An important aspect of digital continuity is digital preservation. Many records have retention periods longer than the life of the systems they are captured in.

Advice on the preservation and storage of gramophone discs.

The Preservation Digitisation Standards set out the National Archives standards for digitisation of physical records of archival value in all formats.

How to preserve objects made from wood, textiles, plastic, metal or other materials.

We provide specialised services for preserving and exhibiting archival documents, including training, materials testing and preparing loan items for exhibition.

There are a variety of methods for preserving maps and plans.

This is a cabinet minute from 1983, outlining the Commonwealth's strategy to stop the Franklin Dam in Tasmania.

How to store and preserve information to make sure it can be easily found, used and managed over time.

The main purpose of the National Archives of Australia‘s descriptive work is to facilitate public access to the archival records it holds.

Store business information securely and preserve it in a useable condition for as long as required for business needs and community access.

Evolving National Archives sets out the vision for a National Archives that is open, valued and trusted.