Help & Community

For more information about HUL's Digital Preservation Program, or to seek advice on formats suited for long-term preservation, especially for content that will be deposited to the DRS, please contact Andrea Goethals ( or call 5-3724).

For more information about the DRS, see the DRS & Delivery Services section of this site. To become a DRS depositor, see the Depositing section. If you need to ask a question about the DRS, please contact the DRS support team.

Additional Resources at Harvard

The following centers at Harvard can provide guidance or other services for particular types of digital content or for particular stages in the preservation of digital content:

Audio Preservation Studio (APS), Loeb Music Library, Harvard College Library

• The APS provides services to preserve, reformat and reproduce audio material, primarily for the Harvard College Library, but will accept projects from other Harvard units. For more information see: Audio Preservation Studio.

Dataverse Network, The Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS)

• The IQSS provides software and services to archive, store, preserve, and facilitate access and analysis of data sets free of charge. For more information see: The Dataverse Network Project.

Imaging Services, Harvard College Library

• IS can provide reproduction and reformatting services for Harvard libraries as well as advice on reformatting formats and projects. For more information see: Imaging Services.

Records Management Office (RMO), Harvard University Library

• The RMO provides guidance to Harvard faculty, students, staff and alumni on the donation and transfer of digital material, as well as the management and preservation of electronic records. For more information see: Records Management Office.