The Digital Preservation in Chimborazo: A Pending Responsibility

Abstract

Currently, every public or private institution generates digital information that by legal mandate, social responsibility, cultural and historical value must be preserved in the long term by means of techniques, methods or appropriate models that allow a technical way to have digital information accessible and informationally useful in a near and far future. In the world and in Ecuador there is a legal basis that motivates and demands that this responsibility is fulfilled, as well as several models of digital preservation that could be applicable. This research intends to know the current state of preservation of digital information of public and private institutions of Ecuador, specifically Chimborazo, valued by means of a validated survey of 68 items, applied to 63 public and private institutions, which measures 4 aspects globally accepted and of fundamental compliance, these are: (A) Organizational infrastructure, (B) Administration of digital objects, (C) Infrastructure management and security risks, and (D) Management of aspects of integrity in institutions, aspects that allow a guarantee of an acceptable level of integrity and security of digital information and its correct preservation. After a statistical analysis it is determined that there is a very low percentage of companies that apply some formal method and in the same way a very low compliance with the minimum aspects necessary for an adequate digital preservation.