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nestor e.V. – competence network for digital preservation

Logo nestor

The competence network nestor focuses on the long-term preservation and availability of digital resources in Germany. The term “nestor” is a composite of “network” and “storage”. The competence network sees itself as a point of contact for issues relating to long-term digital preservation.

The nestor office is located at the German National Library. The office coordinates the planning and implementation of nestor’s activities. It is also the point of contact for queries from within Germany and abroad.

nestor members

nestor was set up as a BMBF (German Federal Ministry for Education and Research) sponsored project (2003–2009) and has been continued on an independent basis by the former project partners together with other organisations since July 2009. The infrastructure established during the project is still being maintained and expanded.

The members are:

  • Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
  • Federal Archive
  • Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen
  • German National Library
  • hebis Verbundzentrale
  • Hochschulbibliothekszentrum des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • Göttingen University/Göttingen State and University Library
  • Humboldt Universität Berlin
  • Institut für Deutsche Sprache
  • Institut für Museumsforschung (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz)
  • Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg
  • Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
  • Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz)
  • TIB – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek
  • University Library of the University of Regensburg
  • ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences
  • ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

Further information about the members is available here.

Knowledge promotes preservation

Libraries, archives and museums are increasingly facing the task of archiving digital publications and other digital resources reliably in the long term.
However, digital data is unstable. The task of storing it and making it available for a long time to come (long-term preservation) is technically possible but complex. Planning and ongoing maintenance are essential if access to digital data is to be preserved in the long term.

Individual institutions can undertake long-term preservation if they have access to

  • existing knowledge,
  • proven strategies and
  • successfully tested tools.

nestor generates and collects such knowledge and makes it available to institutions.

More information about nestor publications is available here.

The nestor working groups

The nestor working groups are a platform for representatives of a wide variety of institutions to discuss certain aspects of digital long-term preservation. The working groups usually meet several times a year to address the following topics:

  • AV Media WG
  • Archive Standard WG
  • Community Survey WG
  • Documentation of Digital Long-Term Preservation WG
  • Emulation WG
  • Format Recognition WG
  • Research Data WG (with DINI)
  • SIP Definition WG
  • Personal Digital Archiving WG
  • Certification WG

Further information about the working groups is available here.

Further information

Contact

nestor-Geschäftsstelle
VL-nestor@dnb.de

Last changes: 23.03.2023
Short-URL: https://www.dnb.de/EN/nestor

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