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The University of the Highlands\' Digital Archive (UHA-DA), an institutional repository established in 2015, holds a diverse collection of research data, theses, and digitized historical documents related to the Scottish Highlands. UHA-DA operates with a small team and faces ongoing challenges in securing consistent funding for advanced digital preservation infrastructure. Recent advancements in AI-driven data corruption detection software offer a potential solution to improve data integrity, but integrating such technology requires significant upfront investment and ongoing maintenance costs. The university\'s IT department also plans to migrate all systems to a new cloud-based infrastructure within the next three years, potentially impacting the repository\'s existing storage solutions. Given these constraints and the need to adhere to ISO 16363:2012 principles for trustworthy digital repositories, what is the most appropriate initial preservation planning strategy for UHA-DA to ensure the long-term accessibility and integrity of its digital objects?
Implement a risk-based preservation strategy that prioritizes digital objects based on their significance, community value, and technical vulnerability, coupled with format migration planning for key file formats and documented preservation workflows.
Immediately adopt the latest AI-driven data corruption detection software across the entire repository, regardless of cost, and delay format migration planning until the IT department completes the cloud migration to ensure compatibility.
Focus solely on creating multiple geographically dispersed backups of all digital objects without any format migration or metadata enhancement, assuming that hardware redundancy is sufficient for long-term preservation.
Defer all preservation actions until after the cloud migration is complete, assuming the new cloud infrastructure will automatically address all digital preservation needs, and allocate all available resources to metadata enrichment projects.

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