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Caring for digital publications

Learn about how we care for digital publications that are sent to us through legal deposit.

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Keeping electronic publications secure

Understand how the Library manages the security of the electronic (also called digital) publications we collect under legal deposit.
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Preserving digital objects

Technical information about how we store and preserve born digital and digitised items in the National Digital Heritage Archive.
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Email legaldeposit@dia.govt.nz

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