Your source for digital preservation competence!

«On the record» is a consulting company with many years of experience in managing and preserving digital information. The expertise covers technical aspects (e.g. systems analysis and integration, software development, data processing) as well also conceptual challenges like preservation actions, file format analysis, and packaging.

Let's collaborate to identify, organize and preserve your valuable digital records!

Digital Preservation

Ensuring that valuable records are properly preserved, guaranteeing integrity and authenticity as well as keeping the information accessible over time.

E-Archives

Communicating and connecting the digital records in the context of archival collections, promoting their use by the various target communities and the public.

Archives and Human Rights

Supporting organizations worldwide in securing and preserving archives that are at risk, be it because of armed conflicts, natural desasters or political threats.

About

Andreas Nef

Andreas has worked the past twenty years in various roles in the larger field of archives and digital preservation. As Technical Lead/CTO and together with his former colleagues, he has built strategies, developed tools and created solutions for managing and preserving digital records.

Apart from inhouse solutions, it has always been an important part to (re-)use and integrate with existing solutions, preferrably open-source. Being part of the larger community and sharing knowledge is important, for example as a member of the METS Editorial Board.

Almost as long-lasting is his involvement in the context of archives and human rights. Originally seconded to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the engagement for archives at risk and ensuring preservation of important records in critical situations has become a core competence. This is often done in collaboration with Swisspeace as an Associated Expert, or also as expert for Justice Rapid Response. He contributes also as executive member of the ICA's Section on Archives and Human Rights.