Cost of action, inaction
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COSTS of DIGITAL PRESERVATION
- activity/roles/process
- storage
- skills (FTE)
- production
- estimate (guesstimation)
- skills upkeep
- size of collection (economies of scale)
- accounting principles (how do we count and measure) are the measures
- counting the intangible
COST OF ACTION
- new opportunities ( exploitation, business improvement, re-use, protection of patents, ..., collaboration
- legal and regulatory
- storage
- FTE
- future funding
- increase reputation
- institutional investment
INACACTION
- duh! you lose stuff
- security breach
- break of IPR
- lose donors/donations
- loss of reputation
- fines
- proliferation of data (back-log, data-bloat) a clinical condition with the only cure being planning