ent and 
access to information and/or other resources under its purview. 
Discussion 
The repository’s or its parent organization’s mission statement should explicitly address 
preservation. If preservation is not among the primary purposes of an organization that 
houses a digital repository then preservation may not be essential to the organization’s 
mission. In some instances a repository pursues its preservation mission as an outgrowth of 
the larger goals of an organization in which it is housed, such