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A Digital Decade: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going in Digital Preservation?
Added 27 April 2007
http://www.rlg.org/e...ge_ID=21033#article3
A Digital Decade: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going in Digital Preservation?
Categories:
- Digital curation
- General
- Long-term preservation
A DRIVER’s Guide to European Repositories
Added 21 January 2008
http://dare.uva.nl/document/93898
This Driver’s guide is a practical guide to be used by repository managers and institutions for setting up and develop a repository and extra services. In this guide five essential aspects for realizing and amplifying repositories are described: the business plan, intellectual property rights, storing research data, curation of data and the long-time conservation of data. The authors have chosen for workable solutions that are applicable on local and national level.
Categories:
- Institutional repositories
- Long-term preservation
- Reports
A national framework supporting local creation: New Zealand's institutional repository story
Added 20 October 2006
http://www.ifla.org/...s/151-Carnaby-en.pdf
The purpose of this paper is to outline the steps the New Zealand Government has taken to strengthen the national information infrastructure and describe how a national framework of institutional repositories, which connects content repositories of all kinds, contributes to New Zealand’s Digital Strategy.
This paper has looked at Institutional Repositories for the research sector in the context of New Zealand’s Digital Content Strategy and reflects that while progress in developing institutional repositories in the research sector in New Zealand is still relatively immature.
Categories:
- Institutional repositories
- National libraries
- Trusted repositories
A PORTAL FOR DOCTORAL E-THESES IN EUROPE; Lessons Learned from a Demonstrator Project
Added 13 August 2007
http://igitur-archiv...l-Report%2bAnnex.pdf
For the first time various repositories with doctoral e-theses have been harvested on an international scale. This report describes a small pilot project which tested the interoperability of repositories for e-theses and has set up a freely accessible European portal with over 10,000 doctoral e-theses1. Five repositories from five different countries in Europe were involved: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK.
Categories:
- Academic research
- Institutional repositories
- Portals
- Reports
Academic Research in the Netherlands Online (ARNO)
Added 16 March 2004
http://www.uba.uva.nl/arno
The ARNO project (Academic Research in the Netherlands Online) aims to develop and implement university document servers to make available the scientific output of participating institutions. The ARNO project is funded by IWI (Innovation in Scientific Information Supply). Project participants are the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Tilburg University and the University of Twente. The project continues to build on earlier IWI projects in the area of electronic publishing and on international initiatives such as "The Open Archives Initiative".
Contact: Renze Brandsma,
Categories:
- Academic research
- Digital libraries
- Electronic publishing
- Institutional repositories
- Research libraries
Addressing the uncertain future of preserving the past : Towards a robust strategy for digital archiving and preservation
Added 9 November 2007
http://www.rand.org/...nical_reports/TR510/
Storing and curating authentic academic literature and making it accessible for the long term has been a time-honoured task of national libraries.his document examines key determinants of the sustainable digital preservation of scholarly records, with specific reference to developing a robust approach to the archiving of such records at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Netherlands.
Categories:
- Best practice for digital preservation
- Long-term preservation
- National libraries
agora8
Added 28 July 2006
http://www.agora8.org
agora8 is an online resource for Contemporary Time-Based Art Practices - Performance, Installation, Video art.
agora8 adopts a particular behaviour towards archival culture that generates a re-animation and examination of art practices in context.
agora8 engages with works that happened in other places in other times, while simultaneously providing access to an audience that could not be physically present in the space and time of production.
Contact: Kenny McBride,
Categories:
- Academic research
- Digital curation
Alternative File Formats for Storing Master Images of Digitisation Projects
Added 26 March 2008
http://www.kb.nl/hrd...0Masters%202%201.pdf
This document is the end result of a study regarding alternative formats for storing master files of digitisation projects of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) in The Hague, the Netherlands. The study took place in the context of reviewing the KB's storage strategy. The magnitude of digitisation projects is increasing to such a degree – the estimate is a production of 40 million images (counting master versions only) in the next four years – that a revision of this strategy is deemed necessary. Currently, master files are stored in uncompressed TIFF file format, a format used world wide. 650 TB of storage space will be necessary to store 40 million files in this format. The objective of the study was to describe alternative file formats in order to reduce the necessary storage space. The desired image quality, long-term sustainability and functionality had to be taken into account during the study.
Categories:
- Best practice for digital preservation
- Digitisation
- Format validation
- Long-term preservation
AMeGA - Metadata Generation Research Project
Added 8 July 2004
http://ils.unc.edu/mrc/amega.htm
The goal of the AMeGA project is to identify and recommend functionalities for applications supporting automatic metadata generation in the library / bibliographic control community. The project is being conducted in connection Section 4.2 of the Library of Congress Bibliographic Control Action Plan, that is providing leadership to libraries and other information centers in this new millennium.
The Activity Plan's charge for section 4.2 is to "Develop specifications for a tool that will enable libraries to extract [and harvest] metadata from Web-based resources in order to create catalog records and that will detect and report changes in resource content and bibliographic data in order to maintain those records. Communicate the specifications to the vendor community and encourage their adoption."
Contact: Jane Greenberg,
Categories:
- Metadata
- Technology
ARCHISIG - Conclusive and Secure Long-Term Archiving of Digitally Signed Documents
Added 16 March 2004
http://www.archisig.de
In the 'ArchiSig' project, archiving concepts and technologies are taken up and extended in a way that will allow secure and conclusive long-term archiving of digitally generated and signed data for 30 years or more. This involves the development of system architectures with new technical components and organizational concepts to guarantee the security of digital signatures. The solutions have to be practical, cost effective and in accordance to legislation in order to allow their deployment in various areas of the society.
Contact:
Categories:
- Long-term preservation
Archives Hub (Gateway to Archives at Universities and Colleges in UK)
Added 16 March 2004
http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk
The Archives Hub provides a single point of access to descriptions of archives held in UK universities and colleges. At present these are primarily at collection-level, although where possible they are linked to complete catalogue descriptions. The Archives Hub forms one part of the UK's National Archives Network, alongside related networking projects. A Steering Committee which includes representatives of the Public Record Office, the Historical Manuscripts Commission and the other archive networks guides the progress of the project. There is also a Contributors' and Users' Forum which provides feedback to aid the development of the service
Contact:
Categories:
- Collection-level description
- Portals
ARELDA Project of the Swiss Federal Archives
Added 16 March 2004
http://www.bundesarchiv.ch/
The Swiss Federal Archives is responsible for the safe-keeping of their records. Concepts and techniques are developed and realized to preserve the documents which are a part of Switzerland's cultural assets. The preservation of records comprises 3 phases: preventative conservation of all documents, bulk conservation of individual fonds and restoration of endangered or damaged documents. The Swiss Federal Archivesi aim is to prevent damage through use backup copies (microfilm, digital copies) of records are made. Acidic paper is treated in bulk within the framework of Papersave Swiss. The preservation of new forms of media presents the archives with a great challenge. The Swiss Federal Archives participates in the archiving of audio-visual media with an in-house group of specialists FAGAM and as a member of Memoriav. The Swiss Federal Archives has been recording digital data since 1982. The special department ARELDA is entrusted with such recordkeeping and supports or advises the records management team of the Federal Archives as well as the departments of the Federal Administration. In addition, this special department strives for long-term solutions for permanent archiving within the framework of the e-government project ARELDA.
Contact: Peter Keller,
Categories:
- Archives
- Long-term preservation
Asolo Memorandum - LONG TERM DIGITAL PRESERVATION: AN INTERNATIONAL FOCUS
Added 19 January 2007
http://www.ndk.cz/do...orandum.pdf/download
MEMORANDUM - Integrated conclusions of the International expert meeting held in Asolo, September 29, 2006
Categories:
- Long-term preservation
ASSESSMENT OF UKDA AND TNA COMPLIANCE WITH OAIS AND METS STANDARDS
Added 6 March 2008
http://www.data-arch...cations/oaismets.pdf
Hilary Beedham, Julie Missen, Matt Palmer, Raivo Ruusalepp.
The main focus of the work has been to compare the systems and processes that are currently in place at the UKDA and TNA with the OAIS reference model. Each of these organisations has a responsibility for the preservation and dissemination of electronic records of national importance but each implements systems which predate the development of the model. Consequently, the aims of the project were to determine whether each organisation is compliant with the model and to present the work in a report that can be used by other, similar, organisations to aid their own exploration into their compliance with
the reference model.
Categories:
- Digital curation
- Long-term preservation
- OAIS
- Reports
Audata (Consultancy in Information Management)
Added 16 March 2004
http://www.audata.co.uk
Audata Ltd. is a unique consultancy working at strategic and practical levels to provide Information Management solutions, ranging from professional records management through the development of policies and procedures; to EDMS, biometric solutions and digital preservation. Audata Ltd. was founded in April 1998.
Contact:
Categories:
- Consultancy
- Information management
Audio Tape Digitisation Workflow Online Guide
Added 7 March 2008
http://www.jazzpoparkisto.net/audio/
This workflow is mainly aimed to address newcomers in the world of audio tape digitisation. Hence we try to keep it short and simple, knowing that the full spectrum of technical knowledge and skills can only be achieved by further studies and practical training. Therefore for each point of the workflow you will find a list of useful literature and links. We recommend that you consult these sites for additional information specifically related to the topic under discussion.
Categories:
- Audio-visual media
- Best practice for digital preservation
- Digitisation
Audit Checklist for Certifying Digital Repositories
Added 3 August 2006
http://www.rlg.org/e...itorieschecklist.pdf
This draft report is the first guide for determining whether a digital repository can be certified as a trusted location for digital collections. Developed by a task force of experts assembled by RLG and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the draft is available for public comment. Please see a copy below and comment by January 2006.
Contact: Robin Dale,
Categories:
- Digital curation
- Long-term preservation
- OAIS
- Trusted repositories
Australian Partnership for Sustainable Resources
Added 1 October 2004
http://www.apsr.edu.au
The APSR project will establish a centre of excellence for the management of digital collections. It has an overall focus on the critical issues of the access continuity and the sustainability of digital collections. It will encourage the development of skills and expertise and will actively provide international linkages and national services.
Contact: Tom Ruthven,
Categories:
- Long-term preservation
- Sustainability and costs
Authorʹs Rights (Tout de Suite series)
Added 5 November 2008
http://www.digital-s.../ts/authorrights.pdf
This publication is designed to give journal article authors a quick introduction to key aspects of author's rights and to foster further exploration of this topic though liberal use of relevant references to online documents and links to pertinent Web sites.
Categories:
- Copyright and licensing
- Electronic publishing
