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2004 Information Format Trends : Content, Not Containers
OCLC (Online Computer Library Center)
(Date Created: 2004)
- This is a follow up document to the 2003 Five Year Information Format Trends report. It is an enlightening report regarding the concept of "format agnostic" users of library and web based material. It explores the idea that users don't care about what type of document (book, URL, file, text etc) the information is, rather the content is of greater significance. Projected shifts in the volume of content are also discussed. Of particular interest is the rise of social publishing such as blogs and wikis and the syndication of digital content. Such shifts have implications for the planning and implimentation of digital preservation strategies.
- http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/2004infotrends_content.pdf
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5th Meeting of the Memory of the World International Advisory Committee Final Report
UNESCO "Memory of the World" Programme International Advisory Committee
(Date Created: Jun 2001)
- This is the final report of the 5th Meeting of the Memory of the World International Advisory Committee. The meeting was held in Cheongju City, Republic of Korea on 27-29 June 2001.
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001236/123628eo.pdf
- Addressing Selection and Digital Preservation as Systematic Problems
Bearman, David
In: Preserving the Digital Heritage: Principles and Policies
(Date Created: Nov 2005)
- This paper presented at the Preserving the Digital Heritage Conference, Den Haag, Netherlands 4-5 November 2005, begins with a description of the current issues and problems in regards to selection and the digital preservation of these materials. The author argues that the solutions to these issues should be based on international digital preservation infrastructure rather than at the national or institutional level. The systematic solutions proposed include legal reforms, network infrastructure and new economic models.
- http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/publ/pdf/2735.pdf
- See pp. 26-44 in this link to the proceedings.
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Aspects of Digital Preservation and Archiving Forum
Research Libraries Group
In: RLG DigiNews
(Date Created: 15 Jun 1999)
- This is a brief write-up of the Digital Preservation and Archiving Forum which took place 20-21 May 1999 at Emory University. It is mainly a list of words of wisdom.
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file3
535.html#rlg-news
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Avoiding Technological Quicksand : Finding a Viable Technical Foundation for Digital Preservation
Rothenberg, Jeff
In: CLIR Reports
(Date Created: 15 Jan 1998)
Reviewed by: Reality and Chimeras in the Preservation of Electronic Records
- This report to the Council on Library and Information Resources discusses digital preservation strategies and recommends emulation as the best possible solution to the digital preservation challenge. Rothenberg advocates the development of specifications to build an emulator for a digital document and its associated software, which are stored with the document. The work of building the emulator is not done until the document needs to be accessed.
- http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/rothenberg/contents.html
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Building a National Strategy for Digital Preservation: Issues in Digital Media Archiving
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
(Date Created: Apr 2002)
(United States of America)
- A collection of papers commissioned by the Library of Congress and the Council on Library and Information Resources as a background to developing the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. Topics of the papers covered "six principal areas in which the LC faces collection-management issues: large Web sites, electronic books, electronic journals, digitally recorded sound, digital film, and digital television."
- http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub106abst.html
- Also available in PDF format at http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub106/pub106.pdf
- Building a State Government Digital Preservation Community: Lessons on Interorganizational Collaboration
Kwon, Hyuckbin; Pardo, Theresa A.; Burke, Brian G.
(Date Created: Mar 2008)
(United States of America)
- This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities surrounding community building and collaboration for digital preservation of state government information. It is based on collaborative workshops sponsored by NDIIPP, Library of Congress in April and May 2005.
- http://www.ctg.albany.edu/publications/working/building_community/buil
ding_community.pdf
- CTG Working Paper No 08-2008
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Building on Our Strengths : Digital Archiving, Preservation and Access : Report of the Digital Archiving, Preservation and Access Task Force
DAPA Task Force
(Date Created: 25 Mar 2005)
(United States of America)
- This report surveys digital preservation needs and proposes to use the technical architecture of an 'institutional repository' to meet digital archiving needs and to offer repository services to members of the George Mason University community
- http://u2.gmu.edu:8080/dspace/bitstream/1920/16/1/dapa_final_report.pd
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- Building Preservation Partnerships : the Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
LeFurgy, William
(Date Created: Jun 2005)
(United States of America)
- This article describes the background and early development of the Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program.
- http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/library/resources/pubs/docs/buildin
g_lefurgy2005.pdf
- Library Trends, Vol. 54, no. 1 (Summer 2005)
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Carrying Authentic, Understandable and Usable Digital Records Through Time
Bikson, T.; RAND-Europe; Rothenberg, J.
(Date Created: 6 Aug 1999)
- This report to the Dutch National Archives and Ministry of the Interior presents the results of a study to define a strategy and framework for the long-term management and preservation of digital governmental records. A "testbed" in which specific digital preservation techniques can be prototyped and evaluated is proposed.
- http://www.digitaleduurzaamheid.nl/bibliotheek/docs/final-report_4.pdf
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Change the Metaphor : The Archive as an Ecosystem
Coleman, David; Martin, Julia
In: JEP - The Journal of Electronic Publishing
(Date Created: Apr 2002)
- This article introduces a new metaphor for the processes in managing the preservation of digital archives, that of the ecosystem, and likens the survival of data against technological change to the processes of evolutionary adaptation - "an ongoing process of selection -- of media platforms, of preservation structures, of migratory patterns " to avoid "data extinction".
- http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0007.301
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Changing Trains at Wigan: Digital Preservation and the Future of Scholarship
Ross, Seamus
(Date Created: Nov 2000)
(United Kingdom)
- This article, derived from a keynote address and published as part of the NPO Preservation Guidance Occasional Paper Series, looks at the emergence of digital documentary materials for scholarly and evidentiary purposes. It examines the challenges and issues to their effective preservation from a case study perspective and contains an extensive footnoted bibliography.
- http://www.bl.uk/blpac/pdf/wigan.pdf
- Original version at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/cedars/OTHER/SRoss.htm. Also available by post from the British Library National Preservation Office, npo@bl.uk
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Contracting Out for Digital Preservation Services : Information Leaflet and Checklist
Simpson, Duncan
(Date Created: Oct 2004)
- Intended to complement the Digital Preservation Coalition's Directory of Digital Preservation Repositories and Services in the UK, this guidance leaflet is designed for smaller organisations who lack the infrastructure to enable digital preservation to be undertaken in-house. The guidance leaflet is intended to provide a source of practical guidance and a checklist of issues to consider before drawing up a service contract.
- http://www.dpconline.org/docs/guides/outsourcing.pdf
- Developing Digital Preservation Programs: the Cornell Survey of Institutional Readiness, 2003-2005
Buckley, Ellie; Kenney, Anne R.
In: RLG DigiNews
(Date Created: 15 Aug 2005)
- This article discusses the results of a survey conducted from 2003 to 2005. The results are also compared to those of a previous RLG (Research Libraries Group) survey conducted in 1998. The survey covered areas such as the availability of digital preservation policies, types of file storage media used, storage practices, actions taken to preserve the life of digital content, depository arrangements and funding. The latest survey results shows an increasing awareness of digital preservation issues and a correlation between the acquisition of digital content and digital preservation practices. Another observation was that there was a shift in emphasis from technology to organisational concerns when looking at safeguarding digital materials.
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070511/viewer/file3
612.html#article0
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Digital Archiving without Preservation is Just Storage: Education is the First Step to Achieving Preservation Goals
Kriegsman, Sue; Mandell, Lee
(Date Created: Apr 2004)
- This paper was presented at the IS&T 2004 archiving conference (San Antonio, Texas;April 20, 2004). The paper looks at digital preservation from the perspective of four sectors - industry, digital laboratories, home consumers and collection managers - and emphasises the important role of education as a step in achieving an understanding and knowledge of digital preservation.
- http://www.imaging.org/ist/store/epub.cfm?abstrid=30283
- Digital Collections Summit 2006 : Final Report
Collections Council of Australia Ltd
(Date Created: 19 Aug 2008)
(Australia)
- This is the final report (66 p.) of Digital Collections Summit convened by the Collections Council of Australia in 2006 which enabled information sharing by archives, galleries, libraries and museums. The report also incorporates feedback received in respect of
the Australian Framework and Action Plan for Digital Heritage Collections arising from the Summit and released as an Exposure Draft in 2007.
- http://www.collectionscouncil.com.au/Portals/0/Digital_Collections_Sum
mit_FinalReport_v1.0x.pdf
- Digital Curation
Yakel, Elizabeth
(Date Created: 2007)
- This article discusses and defines "digital curation" as an umbrella term that includes digital preservation, data curation, electronic records management, and digital asset management.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10650750710831466
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/10650750710831466
- Also available in PDF and from OCLC Systems & Services ISSN: 1065-075X Volume: 23 Issue: 4, 2007 pp: 335 - 340
- Digital Curation and Preservation : Defining the Research Agenda for the Next Decade : Report of the Warwick Workshop : 7- 8 November 2005
Digital Curation Centre
(Date Created: 2006)
- This workshop was sponsored by the British Library, the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and JISC, and was held November 2005. The workshop was organised around several topics which were covered by breakout groups. The topics were Curation Services and Technologies; Drivers and Barriers (policy issues); and Data Life Cycle Management (process issues). This report brings the results of all the groups together, outlining a number of policy development topics and the common research areas.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/workshops/digital-curation-and-preservatio
n-defining-research-agenda-next-decade
- Digital Curation Centre : a Vision for Digital Curation
Atkinson, Malcolm; Buneman, Peter; Burnhill, Peter; Giaretta, David; Lyon, Liz; Ross, Seamus; Rusbridge, Chris
(Date Created: Jun 2005)
(United Kingdom)
- This paper presented at From Local to Global: Data Interoperability — Challenges and Technologies, Mass Storage and Systems Technology Committee of IEEE Computer Society, 20–24 June 2005, Sardinia, Italy describes in detail the purpose and goals of the Digital Curation Centre (DCC). Topics covered include research and development activities, services, publications and outreach activities.
- http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20100215095141/http://www
.dcc.ac.uk/docs/publications/DCC_Sardinia_paper_final.pdf
- Archived by the UK Web Archive
- Digital Curation Centre : Externally Moderated Reflective Self-Evaluation : Report
Brophy, Peter; Frey, Jeremy
(Date Created: Sep 2006)
- The Digital Curation Centre was established in 2004. This report evaluates the activities, outputs and achievements of the Centre since then based on a model of self evaluation and moderated by independent external advisers. The report is based on information gathered from a staff survey, community survey, feedback from workshop participants, focus groups and interviews with experts. The report concludes that
the DDC be retained and its activites expanded with the integration of changes suggested in the report.
- http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20100215095059/http://www
.dcc.ac.uk/docs/DCC_Evaluation_Report_Final.pdf
- Archived by UK Web Archive
- A Digital Decade: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going in Digital Preservation?
McGovern, Nancy Y.
In: RLG DigiNews
(Date Created: 15 Apr 2007)
- This article considers progress in digital preservation over the previous ten years.
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file1
37.html#article3
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Digital Electronic Archiving : The State of the Art and the State of the Practice
Carroll, B. C.; Hodge, G.; Information International Associates Inc.
(Date Created: 26 Apr 1999)
- The Executive Summary and Main Report are available at: http://www.icsti.org/99ga/digarch99_ExecP.pdf and http://www.icsti.org/99ga/digarch99_MainP.pdf, respectively. This study was undertaken to provide information on the state of the art and practice in digital electronic archiving policies, models and best practices. The study is international in scope and includes a variety of data types applicable to scientific and technical information including data, text, images, audio, video and multimedia, and a variety of object types such as electronic journals and monographs, satellite imagery, biological sequence data and patents. Several "cutting edge" projects are identified for more detailed analysis.
- http://web.archive.org/web/20040715012747/http://www.icsti.org/Dig_Arc
hiving_Report_1999.pdf
- Archived by the Internet Archive
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Digital Information Will Never Survive By Accident
Beagrie, Neil
(Date Created: 02 Aug 2004)
(United Kingdom)
- This interview discusses the general issues facing the preservation of digital heritage. The interview touches on issues such as international cooperation, data integrity, and areas that need to be addressed in order to manage digital heritage in the future.
- http://www.sap.info/archive/interviews/int_Interviews_Digital_Informat
ion_Will_Never_Survive_by_Accident_02.08.2004.html
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Digital Preservation : a Time Bomb for Digital Libraries
Hedstrom, Margaret
(Last Updated: 16 Oct 1995)
- This paper discusses the challenges and requirements of digital preservation, some current preservation strategies and their limitations and four areas for research and development: storage media, migration, conversion, and management tools.
- http://www.uky.edu/%7Ekiernan/DL/hedstrom.html
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Digital Preservation : Best Practice for Museums
Au Yeung, Tim
(Date Created: 15 Mar 2004)
- This paper features a literature review of best practice guides analysing areas including costs, intellectual property rights (IPR) and storage media. Also included is a set of recommendations based on the guides and a checklist which provides a framework for the implementation of a digital preservation strategy within the museum context. A bibliography is also included.
- http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/contenu_numerique-digital_content/prese
rvation_numerique-digital_preservation/guides-bestpractice-eng.jsp
- Also available in .pdf format.
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Digital Preservation : Practical Experiences
Sharpe, Robert
(Date Created: Jan 2005)
- Written from the perspective of a software development company, this is a good article on the major digital preservation issues, including data selection, ingest, future-proofing the records, Open Archival Information System (OAIS) and storage. Examples are also given of several digital preservation projects in which the company has been involved.
- http://www.tessella.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/digitalpreservation
1.pdf
- Digital Preservation : Saving for the Future
Grindley, Neil
(Date Created: Feb 2009)
(United Kingdom)
- In this magazine article Neil Grindley of JISC describes the importance of preserving digital information and outlines some of the major projects and activities addressing various aspects including LOCKSS, PLANETS, INSPECT, UKWAC, POWR, DRAMBORA, DCC etc. that JISC is involved with.
- http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=20
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- Research Information, February/March 2009
- Digital Preservation : Will Your Files Stand the Test of Time?
Anderson, Cokie
(Date Created: 2005)
- This article canvasses various file formats and storage media and gives an oveview of their sustainability and vulnerabilities. The article proposes that preservation planning is the key to ensuring digital longevity.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/07419050510620226
- Also available in pdf. Library Hi Tech News incorporating Online and CD Notes, Vol. 22, no. 6 (2005) and by subscription online at Emerald Fulltext - http://iris.emeraldinsight.com
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Digital Preservation Coalition
Jones, Maggie
In: RLG DigiNews
(Date Created: 15 Feb 2004)
(United Kingdom)
- An interview with Maggie Jones, Coordinator of the UK Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC). It provides background information, goals and objectives and some information about future directions of the organisation.
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070511/viewer/file3
683.html#article1
- Digital Preservation Coalition : Building a National Infrastructure for Preserving Digital Resources in the UK
Jones, Maggie
(Date Created: Jan 2006)
(United Kingdom)
- This article is an introduction to the history, achievements, challenges to and structure of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC).
- http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a902690946~db=all~ord
er=page
- Serials Librarian, Vol. 49, no. 3 (January 2006). Available via subscription.
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Digital Preservation Conference: Report from York, UK
Beagrie, Neil; Dale, Robin
In: RLG DigiNews
(Date Created: Dec 2000)
- This is a review of the Preservation 2000 conference and Information Infrastructures for Digital Preservation workshop held in York, UK in December 2000.
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070511/viewer/file1
073.html#feature2
- RLG DigiNews Vol 4: No 6
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Digital Preservation for Museums : Recommendations
Au Yeung, Tim
(Date Created: Oct 2004)
(Canada)
- This paper extends a section of a previous publication, Digital Preservation Best Practice for Museums. The document contains two main sections, action recommendations and broader recommendations. It also contains a checklist to help in the creation of digital preservation policies for museums.
- http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Digital_Content/Preservation_Recommendat
ions/index.html
- Also available in PDF format via http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Digital_Content/Preservation_Recommendations/pdf.html
- Digital Preservation in the Tertiary Education Sector : Management Implications
Robertson, R. John
(Date Created: 2006)
(United Kingdom)
- Description from abstract - The purpose of this paper is to assess the future of long-term curation and preservation of digital assets with particular reference to Further Education (FE) in the UK.
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00242530610655975
- Library Review, Vol. 55 Issue 3, (2006), pp. 173 - 178. Available via subscription.
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Digital Preservation Resources Guide
Information Management Branch, Government and Program Support Services Division, Alberta Government Services
(Last Updated: Feb 2005)
- This is an annotated list of selected international, Canadian, European, Australian, and U.S. sites and other resources. It was developed to provide a cross section of the various kinds of resources on digitial preservation and it includes hyperlinks to relevant web sites.
- ISBN: 077853118X
- http://www.im.gov.ab.ca/publications/pdf/DigitalPreservationResGuide.p
df
- Digital Preservation: The Uncertain Future of Saving the Past
Hoorens, Stijn; Rothenberg, Jeff
(Date Created: 2008)
- This research brief discusses the uncertainty of business models underlying digital preservation and four of the key drivers: How future research will be communicated; Who preserves what?; Who pays for what?; and What is being demanded of archiving and preservation services?
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9331.pdf
- RAND Research Briefs
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Digital Resources for Cultural Heritage : a Strategic Assessment Workshop on Current Status and Future Needs
Allen, Nancy; Bishoff, Liz; Spinazze, Angela
(Date Created: 08 Jun 2004)
- This is a report of a workshop held 25-26 August, 2003 in Washington DC and hosted by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). It features various recommendations on infrastructure, collaboration and funding to assess progress on and plan for the development and use of digital cultural resources.
- http://www.imls.gov/pdf/LibraryBrochure.pdf
- Directory of Digital Preservation Repositories and Services in the UK : 2nd ed.
Simpson, Duncan
(Date Created: Jun 2005)
(United Kingdom)
- This is an updated version of the Directory first issued in 2004. It is a listing of predominately UK resources that provide services in digital storage and preservation. It includes public and not for profit resources and resources from the private sector. The type of resources include archives such as the UK Web Archiving Consortium, data services such as AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service), support services and consultancies. The entry for each resource includes location, scope of the service, volume and type of material held, and contact details.
- http://www.dpconline.org/docs/guides/directory.pdf
- Distributed Preservation in a National Context : NDIIPP at Mid-point
Smith, Abby
In: D-Lib magazine
(Date Created: Jun 2006)
(United States of America)
- This article describes the progress of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) after five and a half years. The article focusses on the initiative's strategic investment in technical infrastructure, enabling infrastucture such as copyright and remaining challenges.
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june06/smith/06smith.html
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DOI : a 2003 Progress Report
Paskin, Norman
In: D-Lib magazine
(Date Created: Jun 2003)
- In July 2003 the International DOI Foundation (IDF) published the 3rd edition of the DOI Handbook. This article discusses the history, development, usage, current issues, funding and metadata implications of DOI (Digital Object Indentifier).
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june03/paskin/06paskin.html
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From Double Fold to Double Bind
Thomas, Sarah
(Date Created: May 2002)
- A general description of digital preservation issues as part of the long-term role of the research library.
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6W50-45WFVFN
-4&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221 &_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=3d13b3889b5523f009bb3d1a9ca18 b23
- Journal of Academic Librarianship, Vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 104-108
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DPC Forum with Industry: Future R & D for Digital Asset Preservation
Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
(Date Created: Jun 2002)
(United Kingdom)
- This web page provides links to a summary meeting report and presentations by speakers from both the public and private sectors, as presented at the Digital Preservation Coalition forum with industry, held at Prospect House, London on 5th June, 2002. Topics covered long-term trends and research and development issues for preservation and access to digital material in both government and industry.
- http://www.dpconline.org/events/future-rad.html
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Editor's Interview : National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Campbell, Laura
In: RLG DigiNews
(Date Created: 15 Jun 2003)
(United States of America)
- In this interview, Laura Campbell, Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress, relates the development and implementation of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP). Topics covered include funding, proposals, objectives, and stakeholders.
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070513/viewer/file3
453.html#feature1
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Editor's Interview with Clifford A. Lynch
Lynch, Clifford A.
In: RLG DigiNews
(Date Created: 15 Aug 2004)
(United States of America)
- This wide ranging interview touches on many aspects of digital preservation including stewardship, technical aspects and current and future research. It also discusses developing issues such as preservation of courseware, weblogs and the concept of deep time preservation. The CNI (Coalition for Networked Information) and its focus on digital preservation is also discussed.
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file3
518.html#article0
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Emerging Technologies for the Cultural and Scientific Heritage Sector
Dobreva, Milena; Donnelly, Martin; Ross, Seamus
(Date Created: Feb 2004)
(United Kingdom)
- This report is a substantial (216 pages) annual report summarising the six technologies stated as having a major impact on cultural heritage projects. It is written at an intermediate level, and captures the basic technological issues , approaches by workers in the sector, with many interesting references to case studies from various organisations. Topics include XML and its family of technologies, virtual communities and collaborative technologies such as blogs.
- ISBN: 92-894-5276-5
- http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_116140_en.pdf
- DigiCULT Technology Watch Report 2. Available in PDF at the DigiCULT website, also in hard copy ISBN 9289452765.
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Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Information
Rothenberg, Jeff
(Last Updated: 22 Feb 1999)
- This paper is an expanded version of the article "Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Documents" that appeared in the January 1995 edition of Scientific American (Vol. 272, No. 1. pp 42-7). It discusses the fragility of digital material and strategies for preserving access.
- http://www.clir.org/pubs/archives/ensuring.pdf
- ERCIM News. Special Theme: Digital Preservation
European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
(Date Created: 31 Jan 2010)
- This issue of ERCIM News focuses on digital preservation projects funded by the European Commission. Nearly 40 pages of articles (co-ordinated by Ingeborg Solvborg and Andreas Rauber) showcase work from a number of projects including PLANETS, SHAMAN, CASPAR and more. It includes 27 articles grouped under topics: Introduction to the theme; Frameworks and systems; Tools; Testbeds; OAIS and other standards; Knowledge management for digital preservation; and Surveys. Also included is a keynote by Patricia Manson, Digital Preservation Research: an evolving landscape.
- http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/images/stories/EN80/EN80-web.pdf
- ERCIM News, ISSN 0926-4981, No. 80 January 2010.
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ERPANET : a European Platform for Enabling Digital Preservation
Ross, Seamus
(Date Created: 2004)
- The Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network (ERPANET), was established in 2001 and aims to improve the knowledge and practices of digital curation across European institutions. This article describes the work and services of ERPANET, including assessment and advisory services, workshops and seminars and case studies. ERPANET is collaborative in nature and examples of these activities are also included.
- http://ninetta.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/03055720410531022
- Also available in PDF version and in VINE. Digital Preservation and Libraries, Part Two, Vol. 34, no. 2, 2004, pp. 77-83, ISSN O305-5728
- Excuse Me : Some Digital Preservation Fallacies
Rusbridge, Chris
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: Feb 2006)
- This article argues against several assumptions in digital preservation. These include that digital preservation is expensive, that file formats become obsolete quickly and that the preserved object must remain faithful to the original.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue46/rusbridge/
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Fading Bits of History
James, Michael S.
(Date Created: 9 Jul 2001)
- In this news article for US ABCNEWS.com, Michael S. James brings the risks to digital information of instability of data storage media and hardware and software obsolescence into the wider public view. The article includes quotes from Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive.
- http://web.archive.org/web/20070610044716/http://www.thearchivecompany
.com/Forms/Fading+bits+of+history.htm
- Fifth Blackbird : Some Thoughts on Sustainable Digital Preservation
Lavoie, Brian F.
In: D-Lib magazine
(Date Created: Mar 2008)
- This article discusses the formation and work of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and aims to raise awareness of the problem of economically sustainable digital preservation.
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march08/lavoie/03lavoie.html
- Foundations for a Successful Digital Preservation Program : Discussions from Digital Preservation in State Government: Best Practices Exchange 2006
Allen, Christy E.
In: RLG DigiNews
(Date Created: 15 Jun 2006)
(United States of America)
- This article details the activities and discussions of participants of the forum Digital Preservation in State Government: Best Practices Exchange, held 27-28 March 2006. It includes information on collaboration and partnerships, establishing policies, standards and procedures and stakeholder support such as government digital preservation mandates.
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070511/viewer/file1
724.html#article0
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Future Digital Heritage Space : An Expedition Report
DigiCULT Consortium
(Date Created: Dec 2004)
- Using the analogy of an expedition, this extensive report covers several themes, one of which is persistent and perpetual access to digital heritage. The report outlines what can be expected in the next 10-15 years within the context of ICT systems and applications. The report also gives recommendations which may be useful for ensuring the creation of a successful future digital heritage space. Other themes include large scale and distributed information systems, creat/re-create 3D/VR/AR, intelligent and contextual cultural information (interoperable heritage resources).
- http://www.digicult.info/downloads/dc_thematic_issue7.pdf
- Also available as html.
- Grand Challenge: Sustainable Knowledge Infrastructure. Strategy for American Innovation
Blue Ribbon Taskforce on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access
(Date Created: 15 Apr 2010)
(United States of America)
- This submission (9 p.) to the US Office of Science and Technology Policy by the Blue Ribbon Taskforce on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access in response to a Request For Information on the Grand Challenges of the 21st century faced by the US, proposes "Ensure that the knowledge of today is available for use tomorrow" . It sets out the arguments for development of cyber-infrastructure in support of preservation and access of digital data and the relevance to research and development.
- http://brtf.sdsc.edu/biblio/Grand_Challenge_BRTF.pdf
- Highlighted Web Site: RLG DigiNews
Entlich, Richard
In: RLG DigiNews
(Date Created: 15 Apr 2007)
(United States of America)
- This article reviews the online newsletter, RLG DigiNews which had digital preservation as a major focus and which ceased publication with this final issue on April 15, 2007
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file1
37.html#article4
- Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ): Special Issue Digital Preservation
NISO
(Date Created: 22 Jun 2010)
- This special issue of Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ) published by NISO Spring 2010, Vol 22 No 2 has feature articles on metadata, UDFR, preservation planning and trustworthy digital repositories. Additional papers on selecting formats, considerations in audiovisual format standards, risk assessment, and a selection of conference reports and other brief articles plus some reports..
- http://www.niso.org/publications/isq/2010/v22no2/
- PDF available for download for members and subscribers only , some free articles.
- International Data Curation Education Action (IDEA) Working Group : A Report From the Second Workshop of the IDEA
Davidson, Joy; Hank, Carolyn
(Date Created: Mar 2009)
- This article reports on the workshop held on December 4, 2008, in Edinburgh, Scotland, following the 4th International Digital Curation Conference which brought together an international audience of educators and researchers working in the areas of digital and data curation training and curriculum development.
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march09/hank/03hank.html
- D-Lib Magazine, Vol.15, No 3/4 March April 2009
- iPRES2007 - Special issue
(Date Created: 25 Jan 2008)
(China)
- This special issue of New Technology of Library & Information Service contains 13 papers that were presented at iPRES 2007 in Beijing China. This conference had the theme Digital Preservation: Sustainable Programs and Best Practices.
- http://159.226.100.150:8084/infotech/CN/volumn/volumn_1216.shtml
- Papers available in html and pdf in english and chinese.
-
IuK 99 - Dynamic Documents Proceedings
(Last Updated: 17 May 1999)
(Germany)
- "IuK 99 - Dynamic Documents will bring together experts from all over the world to discuss and evaluate the need for documentation in science in view of the upcoming dynamic, interacting, living (continuously upgraded) and chamaeleon (depending on user konwledge and interest) documents, the future perspectives and consequences of professional services for information and communication management in Sciences." Proceedings of event held 22-24 March 1999 included papers on digital libraries, digitisation and electronic theses and dissertations.
- http://elfikom.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/IuK99/iuk99-proceedings.html
- Jigsaw Puzzle of Digital Preservation - An Overview
Sierman, Barbara
(Date Created: Mar 2009)
- This article in Liber Quarterly, provides a brief overview of current developments in digital preservation in Europe. It discusses auditing , digital objects, international collaboration and projects and initiatives.
- http://liber.library.uu.nl/publish/articles/000262/article.pdf
- Liber Quarterly, ISSN 1435-2005, Vol 19 (2009) no. 1
- Joint US-UK Digital Preservation Workshop, Washington, D.C., May 7-9, 2006 : Draft of Event Report
Day, Michael; Hockx-Yu, Helen
(Date Created: 24 Aug 2006)
- The event report includes an overview of digital preservation activities, shared challenges and gaps and a report on the four breakout groups covering preservation tools and methods, institutional stewardship, distributed infrastructure interoperability models and social, economic, and policy issues. The final version of this report will appear in the first issue of the International Journal of Digital Curation.
- http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/preservation/drafts/jisc-ndiipp/
- Available as html or pdf
- Library Hi Tech Volume 28 Issue 2. Special Issue: Technology and Digital Preservation
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
(Date Created: Jun 2010)
- This special issue of Library Hi-Tech focuses on technology and digital preservation. It includes articles on the theory and practice of digital preservation, digital archiving, format obsolescence, appraisal, economics, preservation metadata, and interoperability and includes some case studies.
- ISSN: 0737-8831
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0737-8831&volume=28&is
sue=2
- Library Hi Tech Vol 28, no.2 ISSN 0737-8831
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Library of Congress and National Science Foundation Announce Research Awards of $3 Million to Advance Digital Preservation
Library of Congress
(Date Created: 04 May 2005)
(United States of America)
- This is a press release from the Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) and the National Science Foundation announcing the award to 11 university teams of a total of $3 million in grants to undertake research to support the long-term management of digital information. Funded projects include development of multi-terabyte repositories, management of large data sets, automated ingest, verification and metadata capture, and conversion to preservable formats.
- http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2005/05-118.html
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Long Term Digital Archiving as an Item for International Institutions and Organisations : Digitale Langzeitarchivierung als Thema internationaler Institutionen und Organisationen
Oberhauser, Otto
(Date Created: 2003)
(Netherlands)
- An introduction of international initiatives in the digital preservation arena focusing on the library world. The author draws the conclusion that most initiatives still work on a rather conceptual level and that there appears to be some redundancy, while underlining the importance of their work.
- http://www.klostermann.de/zeitsch/zfbb_506.htm
- Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie - 50(2003)6; p. 303-314. ISSN 0044-2380.
- Managing Digital Information Resources in Africa : Preserving the Integrity of Scholarship
Kanyengo, Christine W.
(Date Created: Sep 2006)
(Africa)
- This paper presented at "Bridging the North-South Divide in Scholarly Communications on Africa. Threats and Opportunities in the Digital Era. Leiden, The Netherlands, 6-8 September 2006" explores the effect of increasing production of digital information resources and issues surrounding permanency, accuracy and integrity of stored digital resources in Africa.
- http://www.ascleiden.nl/Pdf/elecpublconfkanyengo.pdf
- Memorandum on the Long Term Accessibility of Digital Information in Germany
nestor
(Date Created: 31 Mar 2006)
(Germany)
- This memorandum is based on the work and experience of the nestor project partners, on contributions from scientists, a survey of German archives, libraries and museums and the ideas put forward during a public discussion in the Bundesarchiv Koblenz in February 2006. The memorandum lays down 18 basic principles for a German long-term preservation policy, and is divided into the areas of 'Responsibility for the long-term preservation of digital information', 'Selection, availability and access', 'Technical measures' and 'Networking and training'. The nestor partners are aiming to raise awareness of the necessity of investing in the long-term accessibility of digital resources.
- http://files.d-nb.de/nestor/memorandum/memo2006-e.pdf
- Also avilable in German and Dutch versions from http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/publikationen/weitere/memorandum.htm
- Memories for Life : a Review of the Science and Technology
Beagrie, Neil; Hall, Wendy; Hitch, Graham J.; Morris, Richard; O'Hara, Kieron; Shadbolt, Nigel
(Date Created: Jun 2006)
- This is a cross-disciplinary approach at social, scientific and material memory. The paper identifies ways that these disparate approaches may converge and identify gaps in knowledge. This is related to the larger ML4 (Memories for Life Grand Challenge). Background information on this initiative is provided in Memories for Life : Managing Information Over a Human Lifetime. The article covers social, material and digital memory; digital preservation, transmission and longevity of memory; trust, ethics, and identity.
- http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12498/
- Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol. 3, issue 8 (June 2006). ISSN 1742-5662 (Online) and 1742-5689 (Paper). Available in html or pdf.
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Memories for Life : Managing Information Over a Human Lifetime
Fitzgibbon, Andrew; Reiter, Ehud
(Date Created: 22 May 2003)
- This document is based on one of the themes proposed by the UKCRC (UK Computing Research Committee’s) Grand Challenges in Computing workshop held in 2003. The document covers a broad range of digital preservation themes and applies them to future computing scenarios. Exemplars are used to illustrate issues such as how data could be interpreted and used in the future and how data could be protected over time.
- http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/Grand_Challenges/proposals/Memories.p
df
-

Metadata for Digital Preservation : An Update
Day, Michael
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: 21 Dec 1999)
- In this article, Michael Day reviews recent activities related to the development of metadata schemes for digital preservation. He outlines the emulation and migration-based strategies for digital preservation and the role that preservation metadata is poised to play in both these approaches. He reviews both library and archives-based initiatives in this area. He describes the OAIS model and its implications for the development of preservation metadata.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue22/metadata/
- In Ariadne, Issue 22
- Model and Support for a Digital Preservation Infrastructure that Connects Individuals to Libraries
Japzon, Andrea
(Date Created: 01 Jul 2008)
- This paper presents a model of a preservation infrastructure encompassing libraries and other memory institutions interconnecting with individuals via a community repository. It also presents results of a survey of current practices by by memory institutions to include community members in the creation of digital collections.
- http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/papers/084-Japzon-en.pdf
- World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council, Quebec, 10-14 Aug 2008
- Modern Relics : NIST and Others Work on How to Preserve Data for Later Use
Jackson, William
(Date Created: 19 Jun 2006)
- This article looks at the issue of digital preservation from the perspective of engineering data. It describes some of the unique issues that the complexity of this data can create, standards and systems obsolescence.
- http://www.gcn.com/print/25_16/41069-1.html
- Government Computer News, vol. 25, no. 16, (19 June 2006)
-

Moving Frontier : Archiving, Preservation and Tomorrow's Digital Heritage
Berthon, Hilary; Webb, Colin
(Date Created: Feb 2000)
(Australia)
- This paper reviews international progress in digital archiving and preservation over the past one to two years. There have been developments in international collaboration, many archiving models are being tested, active work on a range of facilitating issues, and an ongoing debate over the most appropriate preservation strategies. A growing trend noted is the ongoing commitment of sharing information, for example, the redevelopment of the PADI website.
- http://192.102.239.53/openpublish/index.php/nlasp/article/view/1348/16
33
- PDFalso available from http://www.vala.org.au/vala2000/2000pdf/Ber_Web.PDF
- Open Source for Digital Preservation
Neumayer, Robert
(Date Created: 30 Mar 2008)
- This Digital Preservation Europe (DPE) briefing paper considers the use of open source software in digital preservation applications and argues that it is not a case of one size fits all.
- http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/publications/briefs/open_sourc
e.pdf
- Digital Preservation Europe Briefing Paper
- PADI and the Dynamic World of Digital Preservation
Hanley, Marian
(Date Created: May 2006)
(Australia)
- This article in International Preservation News describes the development of the PADI (Preserving Access to Digital Information) an international digital preservation subject gateway hosted by the National Library of Australia and its response to developments in digital preservation.
- http://archive.ifla.org/VI/4/news/ipnn38.pdf
- In International Preservation News No 38, May 2006 pp 4-7
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Preservation 2000 : An International Conference on the Preservation and Long Term Accessibility of Digital Materials : Conference Papers
Research Libraries Group
(Date Created: Dec 2000)
- Proceedings of the Preservation 2000 conference.
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/09/28/0000073852/viewer/file5
26.html
-

Preservation 2000: Review
Michael Day
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: Dec 2000)
- This paper is a review of the Preservation 2000 conference and the Information Infrastructures for Digital Information workshop held in York, UK in December 2000.
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue26/metadata/
- Preservation : a Framework for Documenting the Behaviour and Functionality of Digital Objects and Preservation Strategies
Rauber, Andreas; Rauch, Carl; Strodl, Stephan
(Date Created: Jun 2005)
- This paper is task 4 (Documentation of Functionality and Behaviour Metrics) of workpackage 6 in the DELOS Network of Excellence. The paper details a 'framework designed for documenting appearance, behaviour and functionality of an electronic document by adapting the ’Utility Analysis’ and its ’Objective tree’ for preservation scenarios.' Two case studies are used to test the concepts, preservation of a journal and preservation of audio files.
- http://www.dpc.delos.info/private/output/DELOS_WP6_d641_final__vienna.
pdf
- Project no. 507618
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Preservation in the Digital World
Paul Conway
(Date Created: 1 Mar 1996)
(United Kingdom)
- This paper includes a framework for preservation planning and management from two perspectives: (1) contexts for action and (2) priorities for action, pointing out similarities and differences between present practice and future needs. It suggests that many of the basic tenets of preservation management can be applied in a highly technological environment, but that some long-held principles may no longer apply.
- http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/conway2/
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Preservation of Digital Content
Cloonan, Michele V. ; Sanett, Shelby
(Date Created: Apr 2005)
- This article emanates from the second of a projected three studies of digital preservation projects and programs and their host organisations in North America, Australia and Europe. The series of studies studies initially began with the authors' work on the Preservation Task Force of InterPARES. It discusses the results of the second study which consisted of surveys and interviews with a number of experts in the field of preservation. The authors conclude that 'preservation activities for digital content are often ad hoc or inconsistent.'
- http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v005/5.2
cloonan.html
- Portal : Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 5, no. 2, (April 2005), E-ISSN: 1530-7131. Article also available in PDF.
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Preservation of Digital Information: Issues and Current Status
Bullock, Alison , Information Technology Services
(Last Updated: 26 May 1999)
- This document explores the issues surrounding the preservation of digital information and highlights work to address them.
- http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/202/301/netnotes/netnotes-h/notes60.htm
- in Network Notes, no. 60
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Preservation of digitised collections: an overview of recent progress and persistent challenges worldwide
Gould, Sara; Varlamoff, Marie-Therese
(Date Created: 3 Mar 2000)
- This is a brief overview of digital preservation including comment on the life cycle of digital material, technology considerations, responsibility, national strategies, registering digitisation projects, and cooperation.
- http://www.unesco.org/webworld/points_of_views/preservation_1.shtml
- Preserving Digital History
Cohen, Daniel J.; Rosenzweig, Roy
(Date Created: 2005)
- Preserving Digital History is a chapter from the online publication Doing Digital History: A Guide to Presenting, Preserving, and Gathering the Past on the Web. Although this publication was written for use by science, technology, and industry historians, this chapter offers useful insights, practical information and recommendations that are applicable to all website developers who wish to ensure their websites are accessible in the future.
- http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/preserving/
- Doing Digital History: A Guide to Presenting, Preserving, and Gathering the Past on the Web is also available for purchase in hardcopy from University of Pennsylvania Press
-

Preserving Digital Information : Final Report and Recommendations
Garrett, John (co-chair); Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information; Waters, Donald (chair)
(Date Created: 20 May 1996)
- This report arose from a decision at the end of 1994 by the Commission on Preservation and Access (CPA) and the Research Libraries Group (RLG) to create a Task Force charged with investigating and recommending means to ensure "continued access indefinitely into the future of records stored in digital electronic form." This was a watershed exercise which generated thoughtful discussion on this topic worldwide.
- http://www.oclc.org/programs/ourwork/past/digpresstudy/final-report.pd
f
- Preserving the Knowledge Commons
Waters, Donald J.
(Date Created: 2005)
- This is a chapter in the monograph Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice. The author uses preserving e-journals as examples of the issues in preserving the digital knowledge commons. Topics include preservation roles, responsibilities, organizational models and copyright.
- http://www.section108.gov/docs/PreservingtheKnowledgeCommons.doc
- Also published as part of _ Elinor Ostrom and Charlotte Hess, eds. Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice. Cambridge: MIT Press, Dec. 2006, ISBN 978-0-262-08357-7.
-

Preserving the Memory of Australia
Harvey, Ross; Howell, Alan
(Date Created: 22 Sep 2004)
(Australia)
- This paper describes the Australian involvement with UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme through the establishment and maintenance of the Australian Memory of the World Register. It describes the history of Memory of the World Programme on an international and national level as well documenting examples of Australia's disappearing documentary heritage, including digital heritage. The criteria for acceptance into the Programme, including authenticity and significance, are also discussed.
- http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2004/pdfs/harvey.r.paper.pdf
- Paper presented at the ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association) 2004 Biennial Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 21-24 September 2004.
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Public Draft : Extracts from a Survey of Information Technology Vendors
Lord, Philip
(Date Created: 28 Oct 2002)
(United Kingdom)
- This survey of information technology vendors, prepared for the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), was conducted between July and October 2002. A cross-section of 35 large, medium and small companies was approached with an e-mailed questionnaire. The respondents covered a variety of industry vendors of both hardware and software on digital retention and preservation.
The survey's primary objective was to establish with industry the extent of awareness and perception of its need to become more aware of and engaged with issues of digital longevity; and their views on how the DPC can interact with industry, improve awareness and foster partnerships.
- http://www.dpconline.org/advice/it-vendors-survey.html
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Report on the WWW 8 Conference
Kelly, Brian, UKOLN
In: Ariadne
(Date Created: 22 Jun 1999)
(Canada)
- Conference report on the Eighth World Wide Web Conference, held in Toronto on 11-14 May 1999
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue20/web-focus/
- Report to ICABS on Guidance for Digital Preservation : Report on a Survey of Sources
Webb, Colin
(Date Created: Jul 2005)
- The purpose of this report is to provide information that will help the IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards (ICABS) to understand the availability of useful guidance for long term access to digital information resources. The report evaluates the availability of guidance in several areas including managing digital programs, deciding what to preserve, creating preservation content, transferring digital objects to an archive, naming, describing and controlling archived digital projects, managing legal issues, protecting and storing digital data and re-presenting archived objects for access.
- http://192.102.239.53/openpublish/index.php/nlasp/article/view/1214/14
99
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RLG Forum at Emory University Looks at Digital Preservation and Archiving Issues
Marsh, Sue
(Date Created: Aug 1999)
- Review of forum held May 20-21, 1999 at Emory University on Aspects of Digital Preservation and Archiving.
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070503/viewer/file1
073.html
- in RLG Focus issue 39 August 1999
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Role of ERPANET in Supporting Digital Curation and Preservation in Europe
Ross, Seamus
In: D-Lib magazine
(Date Created: Jul 2004)
- This article describes ERPANET's (Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network) activities in Europe. The services, resources and tools available on the ERPANET Web site are described in detail. ERPANET's collaborative activities are also discussed.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/july2004-ross
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july04/ross/07ross.html
- Selecting Technologies
ERPANET
(Date Created: Sep 2003)
- This ERPANET (Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network) guidance note discusses the selection of technolgy for digital preservation, preconditions which should be considered before selection and the selection process itself. Also included is a checklist of factors and questions to ask when developing preservation strategies and listing requirements when choosing the technologies.
- http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/docs/ERPANETSelect_Techno.pdf
- ERPA guidance note
-

Sixth DELOS Workshop : Preservation of Digital Information (ERCIM Workshop Proceedings - No.98-W003)
ERCIM
(Date Created: Jun 1998)
(Greece)
- Proceedings of workshop which took place in Tomar, Portugal 17-19 June 1998.
- http://www.ercim.org/publication/ws-proceedings/DELOS6/
- So Where's the Black Hole in Our Collective Memory? A Provocative Position Paper (PPP)
Harvey, Ross
(Date Created: Jan 2008)
(Australia)
- This paper asks whether the digital preservation community have cried wolf too often as there is a lack of evidence to support claims of a "digital black hole" loss of digital materials.
- http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/publications/position/Ross_Har
vey_black_hole_PPP.pdf
- Digital Preservation Europe Position Paper
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The State of Digital Preservation: An International Perspective: Conference Proceedings, Documentation Abstracts, Inc., Institutes for Information Science, Washington, D.C., April 24-25, 2002
Council on Library and Information Resources
In: CLIR Reports
(Date Created: Jul 2002)
- This volume contains the proceedings of an international conference held in Washington in April 2002. Papers include an overview of technological approaches to digital preservation (Kenneth Thibodeau) and a research agenda (Margaret Hedstrom). The volume also includes activity reports from OCLC (Meg Bellinger), the US National Digital Infrastructure Initiative (Laura Campbell), the National Library of the Netherlands (Titia van der Werf) and the National Library of Australia (Colin Webb). A final paper reflects on some recent developments (Donald Waters).
- http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub107abst.html
-

State of the Art and Practice in Digital Preservation
Lee, Kyong-Ho ; Lu, Richang ; McCrary, Victor ; Slattery, Oliver ; Tang, Xiao
(Date Created: Jan 2002)
- This paper published in the Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (vol. 107, no. 1, pp. 93-106, Jan-Feb 2002) is a survey of ideas and practice in digital preservation as of late 2001. It first elaborates the various proposed strategies for digital preservation (including emulation and migration) before introducing a number of projects from Australia, Europe and North America. A final section recommends the development of preservation standards based on XML, and outlines some critical issues that still need to be resolved.
- http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/jres/107/1/j71lee.pdf
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The State of the Art and Practice in Digital Preservation
Lee, Kyong-Ho; Lu, Richang; McCrary, Victor; Slattery, Oliver; Tang, Xiano
(Last Updated: Jan 2002)
(United States of America)
- A summary article explaining the nature of digital preservation and surveying the available techniques, standard approaches and current focus of digital preservation research, including reference to international projects
- ISSN: 1044-677X
- http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/jres/107/1/j71lee.pdf
- in Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Volume 7, Number 1, January- February 2002
- Sustaining the Digital Investment : Issues and Challenges of Economically Sustainable Digital Preservation : Interim Report of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access
Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access
(Date Created: Dec 2008)
(United States of America)
- This document reports on the activities and findings of the Task Forces first year, in which it sought to sample best and current practices in digital preservation and access and to identify major themes and systemic challenges. The report focuses on the economics of digital preservation and systemic barriers in institutions including inadequate funding, confusion in relation to responsibilities, inadequate incentives, complacency and fear about the size of this urgent problem.
- http://brtf.sdsc.edu/biblio/BRTF_Interim_Report.pdf
- Ten Years After
Caplan, Priscilla
(Date Created: Aug 2007)
(United States of America)
- In this editorial the author reflects on digital preservation progress in the United Sates and Europe in the 10 years since Terry Kuny's 1997 article on the "digital dark ages?" given at the 63rd IFLA Council and General Conference ( A Digital Dark Ages? Challenges in the Preservation of Electronic Information).
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/07378830710840419
- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=A
rticle&contentId=1640691
- Available in HTML and PDF Library Hi Tech Vol 25, no 4, 2007, pp.449-453
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at...Digital Preservation
Dempsey, Lorcan; Lavoie, Brian
In: D-Lib magazine
(Date Created: Jul 2004)
- This article examines various aspects of digital preservation and how it fits into the overall concept of digital stewardship. Digital preservation is examined within wider social and cultural contexts and from the perspectives of curation, maintenance, incentives and funding processes, rather than the technical issues which are often the focus of digital preservation.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/july2004-lavoie
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july04/lavoie/07lavoie.html
- Towards a Definition of Digital Information Preservation Object
Hägerfors, Ann; Korenkova, Margarita; Quisbert, Hugo
(Last Updated: 2009)
- This paper originally presented at MTSR'07 ( 2nd International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research, October 2007, Corfu, Greece ) discusses long term digitisation from an information perspective rather than the more common archival and technology perspectives. It introduces the concept of a Digital Information Preservation Object based on the information continuum perspective which goes beyond the records management and technocratic approaches to long term digital preservation. It was subsequently published as a chapter of Metadata and Semantics, ISBN 978-0-387-77745-0 published by Springer, 2009.
- http://www.springerlink.com/content/j5u68311w2k223q5/?p=fa51bf2e9dfb4a
01855e7566021eb6d0&pi=0
- Also in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (CD-ROM), Ionian Academy, Corfu, Greece
- Towards a Theory of Digital Preservation
Moore, Reagan
In: International Journal of Digital Curation
(Date Created: Jun 2008)
- This article explores the concept of a Theory of Digital Preservation based on the definition of a minimal set of preservation processes needed to implement management policies, and a minimal set of preservation metadata needed to validate assessment criteria. The components of a theory are described.
- http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/article/view/63/82
- Trends in Long-Term Preservation of Digital Information: Challenges and Possible Solutions for Africa
Keakopa, Segomotso M.
(Date Created: 07 Oct 2008)
(Africa)
- This paper delivered at Conférence sur la publication et la diffusion électronique
(La mise en ligne des revues scientifiques
africaines : Opportunités, implications et
limites) , 6-7 octobre 2008 Dakar (Sénégal), focuses on the trends of managing information in the digital environment in the
African region.
- http://www.codesria.org/IMG/pdf/12_Segomotso_M-_Keakopa.pdf
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Update on the Digital Preservation Coalition
Beagrie, Neil
In: D-Lib magazine
(Date Created: Apr 2002)
(United Kingdom)
- Neil Beagrie reports on the progress of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and its aim to develop a UK digital preservation agenda with an international context. Among the DPC's goals are to construct and disseminate information on current research and practice in digital preservation, to promote the need for action and funding with key stakeholders and to develop strategic alliances, collaborative projects and appropriate services, technologies and standards for digital preservation.
- http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april02/beagrie/04beagrie.html
- Watch This Space : Ten Promising Digital Preservation Initiatives
Research Libraries Group
In: RLG DigiNews
(Date Created: 15 Aug 2005)
- This article features an overview of 10 current uncompleted initiatives in digital preservation. The list is a cross representation of topics, countries and domains. The projects are the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), Digital Archiving and Long-Term Preservation (DIGARCH), Supporting Digital Preservation and Asset Management in Institutions, Metadata Research Center, SURF, Systemic Infrastructure Initiative (SII), Digital Preservation and Records Management, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, DELOS (Network of excellence on Digital Libraries) Digital Preservation Cluster and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file1
088.html#article1
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'Why Do We Need to Keep This in Print? It's on the Web ...': A Review of Electronic Archiving Issues and Problems
Warner, Dorothy
(Date Created: Mar 2002)
(United States of America)
- This article from Progressive Librarian raises some issues surrounding archiving digital information and urges action by stakeholders to avoid loss. It also provides an overview of some standards, cost models and approaches to digital preservation being investigated by various projects.
- http://libr.org/pl/19-20_Warner.html
- Available in Progressive Librarian, Issue number 19-20, Spring 2002
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The Digital Culture : Maximising the Nation's Investment
The British Library (Editor: Mary Feeney)
(Date Created: 1999)
(United Kingdom)
- This book is a synthesis of the (UK) Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)/National Preservation Office (NPO) Studies on the Preservation of Electronic Materials. It contains the following sections: Introduction to the issues; Stakeholders: rights and responsibilities; Encouraging and learning from best practice; Technological decisions; Estimating the costs of digital preservation; Rescuing digital materials; Completing the jigsaw: managing the digital preservation process; Key recommendations and follow-up activities.
- ISBN: 0-7123-4645-7
- http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/papers/other/jisc-npo-dig/intro.h
tml
- Free copies can be obtained from: Julia Foster of the National Preservation Office at the British Library Freepost LON8974, London WC1B 3BR, telephone 0171 412 7612 or email julia.foster@mail.bl.uk
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Digital Futures: Strategies for the Information Age
Deegan, Marilyn; Tanner, Simon
(Last Updated: 2001)
(United Kingdom)
- This book takes a strategic approach to the development and implementation of digital technologies in the library sector including digitisation, resource discovery, preservation and digital libraries.
- ISBN: 1-85604-411-4
- http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=580-3
- Digital Libraries: International Collaboration and Cross-Fertilization: 7th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2004, Shanghai, China, December 13-17, 2004. Proceedings
Chen, Hsinchun ; Chen, Zhaoneng; Miao, Qihao
(Date Created: 2005)
- The conference proceedings of ICADL 2004 include papers by Keller, M and Chen, S.S. on aspects of digital preservation.
- ISBN: 3540240306
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b104284
- http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-153-22-37162
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3334
- Digital Preservation
Deegan, Marilyn; Tanner, Simon
(Date Created: Sep 2006)
- 'Digital data is being produced on a massive scale by institutions : some of it is born, lives and dies only in digital form, and it is the potential death of this data that is the concern of this volume. Digital preservation is a complex issue, with many different aspects and views, so in this book each chapter is written by an international expert on the topic.'
- ISBN: 9781856044851
- http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=485-1
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Digital Preservation in the Regions : Sample Survey of Digital Preservation Preparedness and Needs of Organisations at Local and Regional Levels : An Assessment Carried out from December 2004 to March 2005
Simpson, Duncan
(Date Created: Jun 2005)
(United Kingdom)
- This report, published by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), is the result of a survey of non-national museums, libraries and archives in two English regions to gauge their awareness and preparedness in handling the long-term preservation of digital material. The report indicates that awareness raising on the whole issue of digital preservation is needed, and presents 14 action points that institutions and the MLA / DPC can take to promote better practice.
- ISBN: 190374380X
- http://www.mla.gov.uk/what/publications/~/media/Files/pdf/2005/digital
_preservation_in_regions.ashx
- Available for download in pdf and msword formats.
-

Emerging Technologies for the Cultural and Scientific Heritage Sector
Dobreva, Milena; Donnelly, Martin; Ross, Seamus
(Date Created: Feb 2004)
(United Kingdom)
- This report is a substantial (216 pages) annual report summarising the six technologies stated as having a major impact on cultural heritage projects. It is written at an intermediate level, and captures the basic technological issues , approaches by workers in the sector, with many interesting references to case studies from various organisations. Topics include XML and its family of technologies, virtual communities and collaborative technologies such as blogs.
- ISBN: 92-894-5276-5
- http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_116140_en.pdf
- DigiCULT Technology Watch Report 2. Available in PDF at the DigiCULT website, also in hard copy ISBN 9289452765.
- International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems (InterPARES) 2 : Experiential, Interactive and Dynamic Records
Associazione Nazionale Archivistica Italiana
(Date Created: Aug 2008)
- This book details the findings of the InterPARES2 project. Chapters include Case and general studies in the artistic, scientific and government sectors; Records creation and maintenance; Authenticity, reliability and accuracy of digital records in the governmental sectors; Methods of appraisal and preservation; Modeling digital records creation, maintenance and preservation; Investigating the roles and requirements, manifestations and management of metadata in the creation of reliable and preservation of authentic digital entities; Structuring the relationship between records creators and preservers; terminological instruments; Bibliography and Glossary.
- http://www.interpares.org/ip2/book.cfm
- Chapters available in PDF from this website or for dowload as complete book (23 mb) or order print copy from http://www.interpares.org/ip2_book_announcement.cfm
- Introdução à Preservação Digital – Conceitos, Estratégias e Actuais Consensos
Ferreira, Miguel
(Date Created: 2006)
(Portugal)
- This book (88p) in portuguese provides an introduction to digital preservation. Chapters on the anatomy of a digital object, the OAIS reference model, digital preservation strategies, format registries, authenticity, and preservation metadata,
- ISBN: 9789728692308
- http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/5820/1/livro.pdf
- Available as PDF
-
Multimedia Preservation: Capturing the Rainbow : Proceedings of the Second National Conference of the National Preservation Office, 28-30 November, 1995
National Library of Australia
(Date Created: 1996)
(Australia)
Has papers: Legislating the Rainbow: Legal Deposit, Access and Distribution in a Digital Environment
; Long-Term Management Issues in the Preservation of Electronic Information
- Proceedings of meeting held at Brisbane Australia.
- ISBN: 0 642 25890 2
- http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/meetings/npo95.html
- Available in print and online at this URL
- nestor Handbuch: Eine kleine Enzyklopädie der digitalen Langzeitarchivierung. Version 2.0
nestor
(Date Created: 04 Jun 2009)
(Germany)
- This handbook in German (8.5 MB) is a detailed guide to concepts, issues and strategies in long term archiving of digital materials in Germany. Chapters include State of the art- activities in Germany, OAIS Reference Model, Formats, Strategies, Hardware, Metadata, Technical workflows, Tools, Access, Organisation and Rights.
- ISBN: 9783940317483
- http://nestor.sub.uni-goettingen.de/handbuch/
- Available for download as whole book and individual chapters and for sale as print from VWH.
-

Preservation Management of Digital Materials: A Handbook
Beagrie, Neil, JISC Digital Preservation Focus; Jones, Maggie, Arts and Humanities Data Service
(Regularly Updated)
(United Kingdom)
- A 145 page handbook on the preservation management of digital materials compiled by staff from the JISC Digital Preservation Focus and the Arts and Humanities Data Service. Aimed at a broad audience, it includes sections containing definitions and issues, institutional strategies, organisational activities and media and formats. It gives examples of good practice and research initiatives from around the world and makes extensive use of decision trees and checklists as a way of assisting the reader to consider the issues.
- ISBN: 0 7123 0886 5
- http://www.dpconline.org/advice/digital-preservation-handbook.html
- Online version available from 2002 maintained by the Digital Preservation Coalition.
- Preservation of Digital Materials
Priscilla Caplan
(Date Created: Feb 2008)
(United States of America)
- This issue of Library Technology Reports (vol 44 no 2) gives a beginner's overview of digital preservation. It describes what digital preservation is, discussing its foundations, standards, strategies and practices for preservation, and covers support for digital formats and the emerging tools and repository applications for their management. It also provides an overview of a range of international preservation programs and initiatives, and includes special topics relating to different kinds of digital materials and preservation contexts.
- https://publications.techsource.ala.org/bookstore/displayItem.pl?itemI
D=2614
- Library Technology Reports, Vol. 44, no. 2
- Preserving Digital History
Cohen, Daniel J.; Rosenzweig, Roy
(Date Created: 2005)
- Preserving Digital History is a chapter from the online publication Doing Digital History: A Guide to Presenting, Preserving, and Gathering the Past on the Web. Although this publication was written for use by science, technology, and industry historians, this chapter offers useful insights, practical information and recommendations that are applicable to all website developers who wish to ensure their websites are accessible in the future.
- http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/preserving/
- Doing Digital History: A Guide to Presenting, Preserving, and Gathering the Past on the Web is also available for purchase in hardcopy from University of Pennsylvania Press
-

Preserving Digital Information : Challenges and Solutions : Workbook
Howell, Alan
(Last Updated: 01 Apr 2007)
- Since 2001, Alan Howell, former Manager, Preservation and Storage at the State Library of Victoria has been presenting digital preservation workshops for CAVAL (Cooperation Action for Victorian Academic Libraries). The 1 day workshop for which the workbook was designed focuses on digital preservation in archives, libraries and museums. It provides an introduction to challenges and practical solutions, preservation planning and resources on digital preservation. It mainly deals with digital preservation from a management perspective, although technical aspects are briefly covered. The workbook was also intended as a reference book for planning and implementing digital preservation programs.
- http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/49633/20050620-0000/www.alanhowell.com.a
u/papers/pdi_wkb.pdf
- Archived by PANDORA, Australia's web archive
- Preserving Digital Materials
Harvey, Ross
(Date Created: Jul 2005)
- This book provides an introduction to the principles, strategies and practices currently applied by librarians and recordkeepers to the preservation of digital information and will assist them to make informed decisions about the role of digital information in their care. The book is presented in four parts: · Why do we preserve? What do we preserve? How do we preserve? and How do we manage digital preservation? Each chapter includes a range of case studies from institutions at the forefront of digital object preservation.
Ross Harvey is Professor of Library and Information Management at Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia. - Description from abstract.
- ISBN: 3598116861
- http://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/bb/detailEn.cfm?id=IS-9783598116865-1
- Preserving the Digital Heritage: Principles and Policies
Wintermans, Vincent (ed.); de Lusenet, Yola (ed.)
(Date Created: Jun 2007)
(Netherlands)
- This document (64 p.) contains selected papers of the international conference organized by the Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO and Koninklijke Bibliotheek, at The Hague, 4-5 November 2005.
- ISBN: 9789069845234
- http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/publ/pdf/2735.pdf
- Also available in print .
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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 6th European Conference, ECDL 2002, Rome, Italy, September 16-18, 2002. Proceedings
Springer (Agosti, M; Thanos, C (Eds.))
(Date Created: Sep 2002)
- Contains links to abstracts and papers presented at ECDL 2002 in areas of web archiving, e-book and web technologies, navigation, information and audiovisual retrieval, multimedia, preservation, classification and metadata. Access to the table of contents and abstracts is free-of-charge. (Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol 2458)
- ISBN: 3-540-44178-6
- http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=issue&issn=0302-9743&vol
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- 68th IFLA General Conference and Council - Libraries for Life: Democracy, Diversity, Delivery
18 - 24 Aug 2002
, Glasgow, Scotland
(United Kingdom)
Has papers: Access to Web Archives: the Nordic Web Archive Access Project
; Implementing Legal Deposit of Electronic Publications in Africa: Progress Report from South Africa and Namibia
; Archiving the Web - Some Legal Aspects
; Collection of Swedish web pages at the Royal Library - The Web Heritage of Sweden
; UNESCO and the World Summit on the Information Society
- Papers and presentations available from the programme link.
- http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/index.htm
- 9th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries : ECDL European Conference on Digital Libraries 2005
18 - 23 Sep 2005
, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna,
(Austria)
- Topics include digital preservation. The proceedings will be published by Springer in the series of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), in hard copy and electronic form.
- http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/ecdl2005/
- Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3652 Springer 2005, ISBN 3-540-28767-1
- Access 2006 Conference : Capitalizing on Access
11 - 14 Oct 2006
, Ottawa Westin, Ottawa, Ontario
(Canada)
- Canadian library technology conference. Presentations and podcasts available from the website.
- http://www.access2006.uottawa.ca/
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ACH-ALLC 99 Conference Program
9 - 13 Jun 1999
, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Association for Computers and the Humanities
(Date Created: Jul 1999)
(United States of America)
- Links to papers from this webpage for the 1999 International Humanities Computing Conference.
- http://www.iath.virginia.edu/ach-allc.99/schedule.html
- Berlin 2010 Planets End of Project Conference
20 May 2010
, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Berlin, Germany
PLANETS Project
(Germany)
- This event will bring together the Planets project team to review different aspects of the project including tools and services and to introduce the newly formed Open Planets Foundation which will carry forward the project's work.
- http://www.planets-project.eu/events/berlin-2010/
- Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access. UK Symposium
06 May 2010
, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, London
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
(United Kingdom)
- This one day symposium organised by JISC and the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access will feature the Task Force's final report 'Sustainable economics for a digital planet: Ensuring long-term access to Digital Information'. A mix of panel and audience discussions and presentations from a range of UK and European organisations will highlight perspectives on preservation and access. This is a companion event to the US symposium on 1 April in Washington DC. Some presentations available.
- http://www.jisc.ac.uk/brtf
- Breaking Boundaries : Integration & Interoperability : VALA 2004 Conference
03 - 05 Feb 2004
, Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Victoria
Victorian Association for Library Automation
(Australia)
Has papers: VERS: Building a Digital Record Heritage
- Papers from this conference are available at
http://www.vala.org.au/vala2004/2004pprs/prgm2004.htm
- http://www.vala.org.au/conf2004.htm
- Chinese European Workshop on Digital Preservation
14 - 16 Jul 2004
, Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
(China)
- Includes links to workshop presentations.
- http://www.csdl.ac.cn/meeting/cedp/index_en.html
- CIDOC 2008. The Annual Conference of the International Documentation Committee of the International Committee of Museums: The Digital Curation of Cultural Heritage
15 - 18 Sep 2008
, Athens, Greece
(Greece)
Has papers: Curating Digital Records of Performance
; InterPARES 3 Project: Implementing Digital Records Preservation in a Contemporary Art Gallery and Ethnographic Museum
; Preservation Policies and Digitisation in Greek Libraries and Archives : An Investigation of Issues and Implications
; Assessing Risks to Digital Cultural Heritage with DRAMBORA
; Copyright Protection and Management of Digital Cultural Objects and Data
- This conference will "review and discuss the applicability of standards- and good practice-related work in the context of managing digital cultural information; ... identify and explore the issues, methods and challenges involved with the development of new genres and contexts of virtual exhibition, e-learning and technology-enhanced services for scholarship and research". Papers available from the Speakers and papers page.
- http://www.cidoc2008.gr/
- Collaboration in the Digital Age
24 - 25 Jun 2008
, Denver, Colorado
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
(United States of America)
- "The second in a series of four national conservation forums that are part of the Connecting to Collections initiative. “Collaboration in the Digital Age” responds to the needs of museums and libraries by helping them think strategically and collaboratively about digitization and digital preservation. Speakers will review the fundamentals of digital content creation and preservation, emphasizing practical approaches to planning digital projects, increasing access to collections, enabling digital resources to serve multiple purposes, and protecting digital investments." Webcasts available from the web site.
- http://www.imls.gov/collections/tour/denver.htm
- Communities and Memories: a Global Perspective. Third International Conference of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
19 - 22 Feb 2008
, National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
(Australia)
- Papers available from the archived website.
- http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/83301/20080415-1354/www.amw.org.au/mow20
08/mow/proclamation.html
- Archived by PANDORA
- Cultural Heritage On Line - the Challenge of Accessibility and Preservation
14 - 16 Dec 2006
, Firenze, Italy
Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale
(Italy)
- Main topics: Digital libraries; Digital preservation technical and organisational issues; Trusted digital repositories; Audio-visual archives
Abstracts and presentations available from the website.
- http://www.rinascimento-digitale.it/cont_E_396.phtml
- Curating Research 2009 : e-Merging New Roles and Responsibilities in the European Landscape - A Workshop on Long-term Digital Preservation
17 Apr 2009
, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), The Hague,
Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB)
(Netherlands)
- This workshop explores issues of long-term digital curation and preservation in institutional and subject-based repositories. It will cover best practices including possibilities for outsourcing. Presentations are available from the website. Pre-conference papers are available in Liber Quarterly March 2009 Issue and a follow up report published in Liber Quarterly 19 (2), December 2009 Issue.
- http://www.kb.nl/hrd/congressen/curatingresearch2009/index-en.html
- DC 2003 : Dublin Core 2003 : Supporting Communities of Discourse and Practice : Metadata Research and Applications
28 Sep - 02 Oct 2003
, Seattle, Washington
Has papers: Integrating Metadata Schema Registries With Digital Preservation Systems To Support Interoperability: A Proposal
- Contains links to full text papers.
- http://dc2003.ischool.washington.edu/
- DCC (Digital Curation Centre) Conference 2005
29 - 30 Sep 2005
, Hilton Bath City, Bath,
(United Kingdom)
- Presentations are available via the website.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events//dcc-2005/
- Decoding the Digital: A Common Language for Preservation
27 Jul 2010
, British Library Conference Centre, London
British Library Preservation Advisory Centre
(United Kingdom)
- This one day conference is organised jointly by the British Library Preservation Advisory Service and the Digital Preservation Coalition. It seeks to build on the communication between librarians, archivists, curators, conservators and digital preservation managers and establish a shared understanding of the issues surrounding the preservation of digital collections.
- http://www.bl.uk/blpac/digital.html
- DigCCurr 2007 an International Symposium in Digital Curation.
18 - 20 Apr 2007
, Wilson Library, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
(Date Created: Apr 2007)
(United States of America)
- This conference features perspectives from funders, Libraries, Research, consortia & Professional Associations as well as covering metadata and repository architecture datasets, selection & appraisal, and education and includes international as well as U.S. speakers.
- http://www.ils.unc.edu/digccurr2007/
- Papers and presentations available from the website http://www.ils.unc.edu/digccurr2007/program.html
- DigCCurr 2009 : Digital Curation, Practice Promise and Prospects
01 - 03 Apr 2009
, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina
(United States of America)
- Second Digital Curation Curriculum Symposium organised by the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina as part of the Preserving Access to Our Digital Future: Building an International Digital Curation Curriculum (DigCCurr) project. The symposium focused on current practice and research surrounding digital curation and trends in preparing digital curation professionals. Proceedings and presentations available from the schedule page.
- http://www.ils.unc.edu/digccurr2009/
- Digital Curation and Preservation : Defining the Research Agenda for the Next Decade
07 - 08 Nov 2005
, Scarman House, University of Warwick
Digital Curation Centre
(United Kingdom)
- This workshop considered digital curation and preservation from three perspectives - data lifecycle management, drivers and barriers and distributed architectures. It aimed to shape the international digital curation and preservation research agenda for the next ten years. Workshop report and presentations available from the website. It was organised by the DCC, JISC, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), and the British Library (BL). Presentations available from the website.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/warwick_2005/
- Digital preservation - The Planets Way
09 - 11 Feb 2010
, British Computer Society, London
PLANETS Project
(United Kingdom)
- This 3 day training event will examine the need to preserve digital content, the action that needs to be taken and the Planets approach to addressing these issues.
- http://www.planets-project.eu/events/london-2010/
- Digital Preservation - The Planets Way
19 - 21 Apr 2010
, Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome
PLANETS Project
(Italy)
- This 3 day Planets training and outreach event was organised by the Planets project and explored digital preservation as a risk management activity, introduced the Planets framework, tools and services as an integrated approach to digital preservation through lectures, discussions and workshops. It is the final PLANETS training event and was held in Rome. Workshop report in Ariadne No. 63 with link to zip file of presentations.
- http://www.planets-project.eu/events/rome-2010/
- Digital Preservation - the Planets Way: Strategies for Central and Eastern Europe
16 - 18 Sep 2009
, Arena di Serdici hotel , Sofia
(Bulgaria)
- This outreach and training event is organised by the Planets project and is targeted at information and preservation professionals from Eastern and Central Europe. It will explore the case for preservation of digital objects, the actions required, and the Planets solutions to the issues through lectures discussions and workshops. Individual presentations available from the programme and also available for download as zip file from main page.
- http://www.planets-project.eu/events/sofia-2009
- Digital Preservation in State Government : Best Practices Exchange 2006
27 - 28 Mar 2006
, Hilton Wilmington Riverside, Wilmington, North Carolina
(United States of America)
- Topics included repository systems, identification, selection and appraisal of digital assets, preservation of digital assets, access to archived digital assets and resources and workflows for managing digital assets. Abstracts and exchange summaries are available from the website.
- http://www.bpexchange.org/2006/index.html
- Digital Preservation Training Programme (DPTP)
29 - 31 Mar 2010
, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) London, UK
DPTP: Digital Preservation Training Programme
(United Kingdom)
- This training program is built on the foundations of Cornell University's Digital Preservation Management and further developed by ULCC and King's College London Digital Consultancy Services (KDCS).
- http://www.dptp.org/about/dptp-london-soas-march-2010/
- Digits Fugit! : Preserving Knowledge into the Future : MCN (Museum Computer Network) 2005 Conference
03 - 05 Nov 2005
, Boston , Massachusetts
(United States of America)
- Topics include preservation metadata standards, preservation planning, preservation policy development and storage technologies. Papers from the conference are available online.
- http://www.mcn.edu/old-conferences/conferences/index.aspsubkey700.htm
- DISH 2009 : Digital Strategies for Heritage
08 - 10 Dec 2009
, de Doelen in Rotterdam
(Netherlands)
- This conference will cover digital heritage and the opportunities it offers to cultural organisations under five themes: Strategies for Innovation; Strategies for collaboration; Strategies for the unwired future; Business strategies and Management strategies and will include papers and workshops from professionals in archives, museums, libraries and other heritage institutions. The main organisers are the Netherlands Institute for Heritag and the DEN Foundation. Presentations available on slide share http://www.slideshare.net/DISH09
- http://www.dish2009.nl/
- DPC Forum : Digital Preservation : the Global Context
23 Jun 2004
, British Library Conference Centre, London
(United Kingdom)
- Report on the 8th DPC Forum held at the British Library. Powerpoint presentations and event report are available.
- http://www.dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-the-global-contex
t.html
- DPE, PLANETS and CASPAR Second Annual Conference: Progress Towards Addressing Digital Preservation Challenges
05 - 06 Sep 2007
, Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais / Torre do Tombo Lisbon, Portugal
WePreserve
(Portugal)
- The event will provide an insight into leading-edge research and development activity from a number of EC-funded projects including CASPAR, PLANETS, and DPE.
- http://www.wepreserve.eu/events/fp6-2007/
- Presentations available from this web site
- DPE, PLANETS and CASPAR Third Annual Conference : Costs, Benefits and Motivations for Digital Preservation
29 - 30 Oct 2008
, Nice, France
WePreserve
(France)
- The third annual conference from DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE), Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services (Planets), Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval (CASPAR), the main preservation projects co-funded by the European Commission, had as its theme Costs, Benefits and Motivations for Digital Preservation. It provided practical demonstrations of preservation solutions that can be implemented today. Presentations available from the programme link.
- http://www.wepreserve.eu/events/nice-2008/
- DPE/Planets/nestor Joint Training Event: The Preservation Challenge: Basic Concepts and Practical Applications
23 - 27 Mar 2009
, Barcelona
WePreserve
(Spain)
- This 3 day training program provided access to online pre-course training, fourteen sessions in a face to face setting, a WePreserve Forum and access to three days of on-line post-course training. It aimed to give participants an awareness and understanding of the key digital preservation issues and challenges and an understanding of the reference model for Open Archival Information System (OAIS).
- http://www.wepreserve.eu/events/barcelona-2009/
- ECURE 2004 : Preservation and Access for Electronic College and University Records
01 - 03 Mar 2004
, Memorial Union Building, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
(United States of America)
- Keynote addresses available. Abstracts and some presentations available for other speakers.
- http://www.asu.edu/ecure/archives.html
- ETD 2004 :Seventh International Conference on Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Distributing Knowledge Worldwide Through Better Scholarly Communication
03 - 05 Jun 2004
, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
(United States of America)
- Presentations are available from the website. ETD 2004 provides a forum to share the latest developments in authoring, archiving, sharing, preserving, indexing, and accessing electronic theses and dissertations and the digital libraries that support them.
- http://www.uky.edu/ETD/ETD2004/
- Expedition to European Digital Cultural Heritage : Collecting, Connecting - and Conserving?
21 - 22 Jun 2006
, Residenz zu Salzburg, Salzburg,
(Austria)
- This conference on European digital cultural heritage includes two sessions on long-term preservation. Abstracts, presentations and audio available from the website.
- http://dhc2006.salzburgresearch.at/content/view/1/2/lang,en/
- Future of Digital Memory and Cultural Heritage : Futuro delle Memorie Digitali e Patrimonio Culturale
16 - 17 Oct 2003
, Palazzo Vecchio and Teatro della Pergola, Florence
(Italy)
- This conference focused on long-term preservation of digital memory in the context of cultural heritage. It was organised in four sessions: The future of digital memory in museums libraries and archives; Strategies, regulation and organisational models; Technologies, standards and methods in Europe; and EU strategies for long-term preservation. Abstracts available from the web site.
- http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/memorie_digitali/index.html
- Future Perfect: Digital Continuity Conference 2010
03 - 05 May 2010
, Wellington, New Zealand
Archives New Zealand
(New Zealand)
- This conference dedicated to the theme of digital continuity, preservation and long-term public sector information issues will include conference papers, workshops and masterclasses with international presenters from Australasia, North America and Europe.
- http://www.archives.govt.nz/advice/digital-continuity-programme/future
-perfect-digital-continuity-conference-2010
- Germany 2007 Presidency of the European Union: The Challenge: Long-Term Preservation - Strategies and Practices of European Partnerships
20 - 21 Apr 2007
, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek , Frankfurt am Main
NESTOR
(Germany)
- This conference was organised to coincide with the German EU presidency to discuss current issues and assess the prospects for long-term digital preservation. Presentations available - see under EU Konferenz: Herausforderung - Digitale Langzeitarchiverung. Strategien und Praxis Europaischer Kooperation.
- http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/publikationen/praesentationen/veran
staltungen.htm
- Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts? Collaboration, Cooperation and Grand Challenges in Digital Preservation
23 Sep 2010
, Vienna, Austria
Nestor
(Austria)
- This workshop in association with iPRES 2010 is jointly organised by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), nestor, NDIIPP and NCDD. It will be of interest to those involved or interested in digital preservation collaborative initiatives.
- http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/schwerpunkte/ipres.htm
- IASSIST 2008. 34th International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) Annual Conference: Technology of Data: Collection, Communication, Access and Preservation
27 - 30 May 2008
, Stanford University, Stanford California
(United States of America)
- This conference examined the role of technology and tools in various aspects of the data life cycle. Presentations are available from the website program link.
- https://www.stanford.edu/group/ADS/cgi-bin/drupal/
- IDCC 2006: 2nd International Digital Curation Conference : Digital Data Curation in Practice
21 - 22 Nov 2006
, Hilton Glasgow Hotel, Glasgow
(United Kingdom)
- This conference focussed on Digital Data Curation in Practice, addressing different aspects of the curation lifecycle such as managing repositories, educating data scientists and understanding the role of policy and strategy. Presentations available from the website.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2006/
- IDCC 2008: 4th International Digital Curation Conference : "Radical Sharing: Transforming Science?"
01 - 03 Dec 2008
, Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland
Digital Curation Centre
(United Kingdom)
Has papers: Comparison of Strategies and Policies for Building Distributed Digital Preservation Infrastructure : Initial Findings from the MetaArchive Cooperative
; UK Government Web Continuity : Persisting Access Through Aligning Infrastructures
; Design and Implementation of the Australian National Data Service
- Main themes are Research Data Infrastructures, Curation and e-Research, Sustainability - balancing costs and value of digital curation and preservation, Disciplinary and Inter-disciplinary Curation Challenges, Challenging types of content, Legal Issues, and Capacity building. Papers and presentations are available from the website.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/conferences/4th-international-digital-cura
tion-conference
- Archived by the UK Web Archive. For papers see http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20100215104405/http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2008/programme/accepted-papers
- IDCC 2010: 6th International Digital Curation Conference: "Participation & Practice: growing the Curation Community through the data decade"
06 - 08 Dec 2010
, Chicago, USA
Digital Curation Centre
(United States of America)
- This conference is jointly presented by the Digital Curation Centre and Graduate School of Library and Information Science of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). Workshops to be held 6 December, main conference 7-8 December.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/conferences/6th-international-digital-cura
tion-conference
- Information Online 2005 : 12th Conference and Exhibition
01 - 03 Feb 2005
, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney
Australian Library and Information Association
(Date Created: 2005)
(Australia)
- Links to presentations are available from the website.
- http://conferences.alia.org.au/online2005/
- Information Realities: Shaping the Digital Future for All; ASIS&T 2006: 69th Annual Meeting
03 - 09 Nov 2006
, Hilton Austin, Austin, Texas
American Society for Information Science and Technology
(United States of America)
- One of the topics is Preserving our cultural records in a digital age. Abstracts available from the program link.
- http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/
- Proceedings available online for attendees only and for purchase on CD-ROM
- International Conference on Digital Preservation at the occasion of the retirement of J. Steenbakkers: tools and trends
1 - 2 Nov 2007
, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague
(Netherlands)
- Presentations available from programme.
- http://www.kb.nl/hrd/congressen/toolstrends/index-en.html
- International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES) 2005
15 - 16 Sep 2005
, Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude (ZHG), Room 103, 1st floor, Platz der Goettinger Sieben 5, 37073 Goettingen, Germany
(Germany)
- Focus areas of the conference were preservation policies, technical workflows and web archiving as well as recent developments. Links to abstracts, slides and video streams of the presentations are now available from programme link.
- http://rdd.sub.uni-goettingen.de/conferences/ipres05/home
- International Perspectives on Digital Preservation Forum
02 Feb 2009
, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington
National Digital Heritage Archive
(New Zealand)
- This one-day forum hosted by the National Library of New Zealand as part of the official launch of the National Digital Heritage Archive, brought together international experts in the field of digital preservation from Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Singapore, the UK and USA.
Presentations available from the website.
- http://ndha-wiki.natlib.govt.nz/ndha/pages/InternationalPerspectives
- iPRES 2008 Fifth Annual Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects: Joined Up and Working: Tools and Methods for Digital Preservation
29 - 30 Sep 2008
, British Library Conference Centre,
British Library, iPRES 2008
(United Kingdom)
Has papers: What? So what?: The Next-Generation JHOVE2 Architecture for Format-Aware Characterization
; Data Seal of Approval - Assessment and Review of the Quality of Operations for Research Data Repositories
; Evaluating Strategies for the Preservation of Console Video Games
; Updating DAITSS - Transitioning to a Web Service Architecture
; Implementing Preservation Services over the Storage Resource Broker
; Digital Preservation Policy: A subject of no importance?
; Adapting Existing Technologies for Digitally Archiving Personal Lives: Digital Forensics, Ancestral Computing, and Evolutionary Perspectives and Tools
; Risk Assessment : Using a Risk Based Approach to Prioritise Handheld Digital Information
; Ways to deal with complexity
; Towards a Curation and Preservation Architecture for CAD Engineering Models
; Repository and Preservation Storage Architecture
; Modeling System Reliability For Digital Preservation: Model Modification and Four-Copy Model Study
; Component Business Model for Digital Repositories : A Framework for Analysis
; Significance of Storage in the ‘Cost of Risk’ of Digital Preservation
; Costing the Digital Preservation Lifecycle More Effectively
; Conceptual Framework for the Use of the Service-Oriented Architecture-Approach in the Digital Preservation
; Long-term Preservation of Electronic Literature
; Use of Quality Management Standards in Trustworthy Digital Archives
; Digital Preservation Activities Across Communities - Benefits and Problems
; Establishing a Community-based Approach to Electronic Journal Archiving: the UK LOCKSS Pilot Programme
; Towards Smart Storage for Repository Preservation Services
; Persistent Identifiers distributed system for Cultural Heritage digital objects
; Bit Preservation: A Solved Problem?
; Embedding Legacy Environments into A Grid-Based Preservation Infrastructure
; KB e-Depot in Development : Integrating Research Results in the Library Organisation
; Building a Digital Repository: A Practical Implementation
; Harvester Results in a Digital Preservation System
; Data Audit Framework : A Toolkit to Identify Research Assets and Improve Data Management in Research Led Institutions
; International Study on Copyright and Digital Preservation
; Logic-Based Approach to the Formal Specification of Data Formats
; RODA and Crib: A Service-Oriented Digital Repository
; Creating Trust Relationships for Distributed Digital Preservation Federations
; Development of Organisational and Business Models for the Long-Term Preservation of Digital Objects
; Data Without Meaning: Establishing the Significant Properties of Digital Research
; Encouraging Cyberinfrastructure Collaboration for Digital Preservation
; Developing Preservation Metadata for Use in Grid-Based Preservation
; Preservation of Art in the Digital Realm
- The theme of this year's conference was: Joined up and Working: tools and methods for digital preservation. Sessions addressed three core topics: Practical preservation work; Policy and costs; and Theory and conceptual frameworks. Papers and presentations are available from the programme link.
- http://www.bl.uk/ipres2008/
- Consolidated Proceedings available as PDF (5 MB) http://www.bl.uk/ipres2008/ipres2008-proceedings.pdf
- iPRES 2009 : The Sixth International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects : Moving into the Mainstream. Enabling Our Digital Future
05 - 06 Oct 2009
, San Francisco, California
(United States of America)
Has papers: Framework for Distributed Preservation Workflows
; Implementing Metadata that Guides Digital Preservation Services
; Digital Archaeology: Recovering Digital Objects from Audio Waveforms
; Memento Mundi: Are Virtual Worlds History?
; Born Broken: Fonts and Information Loss in Legacy Digital Documents
; Are You Ready? Assessing Whether Organisations are Prepared for Digital Preservation
; The National Digital Stewardship Alliance Charter: Enabling Collaboration to Achieve National Digital Preservation
- This conference hosted by the California Digital Library will bring together researchers and practitioners from around the world to explore the latest trends, innovations, and practices in preserving our scientific and cultural digital heritage. Presentations and abstracts and videos available from the program link. Proceedings are available through the California Digital Library’s eScholarship site.
- http://www.cdlib.org/iPres/ipres2009.html
- IPRES 2010: 7th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects
19 - 24 Sep 2010
, Vienna, Austria
Vienna University of Technology
(Austria)
- This conference jointly organised by the Austrian National Library, the Technical University of Vienna and Austrian Computer Society will further strengthen the link between digital preservation research and practitioners in memory institutions and scientific data centres. Tutorials: The next-Generation JHOVE2 Framework and Application; PREMIS Tutorial; Logical and bit-stream preservation integrated digital preservation using Plato and EPrints; Personal digital archiving; Stability of digital resources on the
Internet and strategies for persistent identifiers. Associated workshops: IWAW - International Web Archiving Workshop; Spanning the Boundaries of Digital Curation Education; PREMIS Implementation Fair; Greater than the sums of our parts? Collaboration, cooperation and grand challenges in digital preservation.
- http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/dp/ipres2010/
- iPRES International Conference on the Preservation of Digital Objects 2006
08 - 10 Oct 2006
, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
Cornell University Library
(United States of America)
- The theme to the 2006 conference is Words to Deeds: Collaboration in the Realm of Digital Preservation. Sessions include preserving multimedia objects, e-journal preservation, certification of digital repositories, and national efforts in digital preservation. Abstracts and presentations available from program.
- http://ipres.library.cornell.edu/
- iPRES International Conference on the Preservation of Digital Objects 2007
11 - 12 Oct 2007
, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
(China)
Has papers: AONS II: Continuing the Trend Towards Preservation Software 'Nirvana'
; AONS II: Continuing the Trend Towards Preservation Software 'Nirvana'
- The theme of this conference was Digital Preservation: Sustainable Programs and Best Practices. Presentations and some papers available from the program page.
- http://ipres.las.ac.cn/
- Also some papers have been published in special edition of New Technology of Library and Information Service Vol 1, Jan 2008 http://www.infotech.ac.cn/CN/volumn/volumn_1216.shtml
- JCDL 2007: ACM IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2007
17 - 23 Jun 2007
, Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada)
- A major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. Proceedings available from ACM Portal JCDL 2007.
- http://www.jcdl.org/archived-conf-sites/jcdl2007/
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MCN 2002: Museum Computer Network Annual Conference - In It for the Long Haul: Technology Programs That Go the Distance
4 - 7 Sep 2002
, Hilton Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
(Canada)
- http://www.mcn.edu/old-conferences/conference/mcn2002/default.htm
- MCN 2006: Museum Computer Network's 34th Annual Conference: Access to Assets : Return on Investment
08 - 11 Nov 2006
, Pasadena, California
Museum Computer Network
(United States of America)
- http://www.mcn.edu/old-conferences/conferences/index.aspsubkey1676.htm
- Powerpoint presentations available from the sessions program http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1227
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Museums and the Web '99
12 - 14 Mar 1999
, New Orleans, Louisiana
(Last Updated: 23 Oct 1999)
(United States of America)
- Includes links to the papers given at this conference which was held 12 - 14 March 1999
- http://www.archimuse.com/mw99/
- MW2009 : Museums and the Web 2009
15 - 18 Apr 2009
, Indianapolis, Indiana
(United States of America)
- This conference addresses the social, cultural, design, technological, economic and organisational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line and the use of the Web in Museums and cultural heritage organisations. Papers are available on the website.
- http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/
- Open Access to Science: Trends Models and Strategies for Libraries
08 - 10 Aug 2010
, Chania, Crete, Greece
IFLA’s Science and Technology Libraries and Health and Biosciences Sections
(Greece)
- This is a pre-congress satellite meeting to be held in conjunction to the 76th IFLA World Library and Information Congress and is aimed at libraries interested at improving access to science information through the whole lifecycle. Topics include open access, improving repositories, technological support (including preservation, migration, sustainability and interoperability) and resource management.
- http://www.ifla-sat-chania.com/
- Open Source and Sustainability
10 - 12 Apr 2006
, Said Business School, Oxford,
(United Kingdom)
- Presentations on Open Source and Sustainability are available from the conference website.
- http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/events/2006-04-10-12/
- Partnership in Academic Excellence : UNICA Scholarly Communications Seminar 2008
15 - 16 May 2008
, Charles Univerity, Prague Czech Republic
UNICA - Network of Universities from Capitals of Europe
(Czech Republic)
- This seminar explored how UNICA universities could address the challenges of the digital age. Areas explored included digital preservation, digital libraries and repositories, open access, collaboration, strategies and projects in the European context. Presentations available from the website.
- http://www.ulb.ac.be/unica/sem-scholar.html
- Scientific Data and Knowledge Within the Information Society : 20th CODATA International Conference
23 - 25 Oct 2006
, Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing
(China)
- Topics include metadata registries, digital archives, digital libraries, data formats, data exchange and interoperability. Presentations available and proceedings published in CODATA Data Science Journal Vol 6 supplement.
- http://www.codata.org/06conf/index.html
- Spanning the Boundaries of Digital Curation Education
22 - 23 Sep 2010
, Vienna, Austria
Digital Curation Exchange
(Austria)
- This workshop arranged in association with the 7th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES 2010), aims to facilitate the sharing of
information and ideas across the boundaries of professional education (national, institutional and educational level) and to explore potential areas of collaboration.
- http://digitalcurationexchange.org/?q=node/1467
- Symposium on Open Access and Digital Preservation
02 Oct 2004
, Emory Conference Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
(United States of America)
- Includes links to presentations.
- http://www.metascholar.org/OADP-Symposium.html
- Tectonics of Digital Curation: A Symposium on the Shifting Preservation and Access Landscape
25 - 26 May 2010
, The Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)
(United States of America)
- This 2 day education conference hosted by MIT Libraries and organised by NEDCC will explore the sustainability of curated cultural collections created for and maintained on the web. Topics include: Divergence an complexity of information networking; Digital preservation repositories; Electronic copyright and intellectual property; Collaborative and commercial preservation models; Digital archiving strategies; Preservation of community-built digital creations.
- http://www.nedcc.org/education/conferences/todc2010/todcdesc.php
- Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference
20 - 24 May 2003
, Budapest Convention Centre, Budapest
(Hungary)
- Includes conference proceedings.
- http://www2003.org/
- UNESCO Between Two Phases of the World Summit on the Information Society
17 - 19 May 2005
, St. Petersburg
(Russia)
- Includes policies for digitization and preservation of digital cultural and scientific heritage.
- http://ifap.ru/wsis/
- VALA 2006 : Connecting With Users
08 - 10 Feb 2006
, Crown Towers, Melbourne
(Australia)
Has papers: Heritage Map Digitisation : an Adventure in Applying Aspects of Digital Preservation Policy
; Digital Sustainability and Digital Repositories
- Topics include Intellectual property and copyright and Archiving / preservation of electronic resources and digital repositories. Papers and podcasts are available from the website.
- http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006/prog2006.htm
- Vanishing Bits & Bytes : Preserving Information
08 May 2006
, University of Texas, School of Nursing, Houston, Texas
(United States of America)
- This conference discussed the theories and issues in digital preservation and practical solutions to be implemented now (i.e. May 2006). Speakers included Clifford Lynch, Victoria Reich and Dr Samuel Kaplan.
- http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://resource.library.tmc.edu/Conferenc
e.htm
- Site archived by the Internet Archive.
- WebWise 2007: Stewardship in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and Library Collections for Preservation and Use
28 Feb - 02 Mar 2007
, Hyatt Regency Washington. Washington D.C.
J Paul Getty Trust
(United States of America)
- The conference addressed " issues and emerging practices in the preservation of digital content from digitized text to "born-digital" art, the general state of preservation and "digital readiness" in the nation's museums and libraries, and strategies for using technology to improve collections management and care." The Proceedings summary report are available in PDF. Conference papers appear in the online
journal First Monday (www.firstmonday.org),
and podcasts and PowerPoint presentations
are available at the conference Web site
(www.imls.gov/news/events/webwise07.shtm).
- http://www.getty.edu/webwise2007/conference/
- World Library and Information Congress : 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council
20 - 24 Aug 2006
, Seoul, Korea
- Conference theme is Libraries : dynamic engines for the knowledge and information society. Papers available from the programme link.
- http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/
- World Library and Information Congress : 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council : Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships
19 - 23 Aug 2007
, Durban, South Africa
(South Africa)
- Presentations available from the programme link.
- http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/index.htm
- World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council. Libraries Without Borders: Navigating Towards Global Understanding
10 - 14 Aug 2008
, Quebec City, Canada
(Canada)
Has papers: Canadian Mass Digitization : the University of Toronto Libraries Partnership with the Internet Archive - Historical Overview, Recent Issues and Future Implications
; Archiving Foreign Government Statistical Web Sites for All at Indiana University Libraries
; Electronic Publication: Problems of Archiving and Access to Archived Information: Legal Deposit, Data Protection and Related Topics
; Legal Deposit of Audiovisual and Multimedia Material in France: The Example of the Audiovisual Department of the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF)
; L’édition électronique authentifiée de la législation en Europe : Authentication of digital legal information in Europe
; Depósito legal de materiales audiovisuals: la situación latinoamericana
; L’archivage d’Internet, un défi pour les décideurs et les bibliothécaires : scénarios d’organisation et d’évaluation L’expérience du consortium IIPC et de la BnF
; British Library Digitisation : Access and Copyright
; Digital Archiving of E-journals for Special Libraries
; Government Web Content in Canada a National Library Web Archive Perspective
; Gallica 2 : Experimentation d'une Offre Numerique Iincluant des Documents Soumis au Droit D’Auteur
; Case of the National Library of Jamaica in Implementing and Administering the Legal Deposit of Audiovisual and Multimedia Materials
; Preserving Access to Government Websites : Development and Practice in the CyberCemetery
; Legal Deposit of Audiovisual and Multimedia Materials in Scandinavia
; Legal Deposit of Audiovisual Materials at Library and Archives Canada
; Mass Digitization for Research and Study: The Digitization Strategy of the Bavarian State Library
- Included two sessions on digital preservation: digital objects on physical carriers and preservation infrastructures. Papers available from the programme link.
- http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/index.htm
- www2006 : 15th International World Wide Web conference
22 - 26 May 2006
, International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Podcasts and papers are available from the website.
- http://www2006.org/
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Arts and Humanities Data Service
Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS)
(Last Updated: Apr 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- AHDS was a UK national service to collect, describe and preserve the electronic resources which result from research and teaching in the humanities first established in 1996. One of its aims was to develop strategies for preserving digital cultural heritage. Funding as a national service ceased from April 2008.
- http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/target/2621442/source/search
- Site archived by the UK Web Archive.
- Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access
Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access
(Date Created: Sep 2007)
(United States of America)
- The Task Force was established in late 2007and funded by the National Science Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for two years, to address the critical issue of digital data preservation and its economic sustainability. Participating in the Task Force activities are the San Diego Supercomputer Center, Library of Congress, the National Archives and Records Administration, the Council on Library and Information Resources, and the Joint Information Systems Committee of the United Kingdom. The web site includes links to news articles, a relevant bibliography, the Interim Report (Dec 2008), Final Report ( Feb 2010), and follow up events .
- http://brtf.sdsc.edu/
- British Library Preservation Advisory Centre
British Library
(Date Created: Sep 2009)
(United Kingdom)
- The British Library Preservation Advisory Centre was formed in 2009 from the integration of the National Preservation Office and Collection Care Department. It intends to provide practical support on preservation management issues to UK library and archive collections, including training, assessment and resources.
- http://www.bl.uk/npo/
- CoOL Conservation OnLine : Resources for Conservation Professionals
Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation
(Date Created: Feb 1993)
(United States of America)
- CoOL, was formerly a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries (1993-2009). It is a full text library of conservation information, covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials. It includes sections on electronic media and records. In 2009 after Stanford University Libraries could no longer offer support, it is now operated by the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation.
- http://cool.conservation-us.org/
- Creating and Managing Digital Content
Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
(Date Created: 27 Apr 2002)
(Canada)
- This web site, maintained by the Canadian Heritage Information Network, provides guidance on creating and managing digital resources for heritage projects, including an overview of issues and resources in preservation of digital materials.
- http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Digital_Content/index.html
- Da Blog (ULCC Digital Archives Blog)
University of London Computer Centre Digital Archives Department
(Regularly Updated)
(United Kingdom)
- This blog by the University of London Computer Centre Digital Archives Department includes discussion on recent developments and events and thoughts on digital preservation and archiving.
- http://dablog.ulcc.ac.uk/
- DigiCULT Resources
DigiCULT
(Last Updated: 2005)
- An aggregated resource with many links to various digital preservation related issues. The resource is broken down into themes, forums and topics. Part of the DigiCULT project which operated for 30 months (03/2002 to 08/2004) and was coordinated by Salzburg Research partnering with Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII), University of Glasgow.
- http://www.digicult.info/pages/resources.php
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Digital Continuity Forum: Presentations
Swinburne University of Technology
(Last Updated: 05 Dec 2001)
(Australia)
- This web page provides links to 6 presentations given at the Digital Continuity Forum at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, on November 19, 2001 (see http://www.swin.edu.au/lib/DigCon2001.htm )
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-49718-20050714-www.swin.edu.au/lib/digcontfo
rum/presentations.htm
- Archived by PANDORA
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Digital Preservation in the Context of Edinburgh University
Semple, Najla
(Date Created: 09 Oct 2001)
(United Kingdom)
- This web site summarises presentations by speakers representing the main digital preservation projects in the United Kingdom at a seminar at the University of Edinburgh on September 24, 2001. Speakers outlined the work of JISC and the Digital Preservation Coalition, the British Library, the UK National Digital Archive of Datasets and the CEDARS project.
- http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/sites/digpres/seminarday.shtml
- DigitalPreservationEurope
DigitalPreservationEurope
(Regularly Updated)
- This EU project (funded 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2009 under the 6th Framework Programme) aimed to collaborate, develop, promote and coordinate digital preservation initiatives in Europe, including standards, training and research activities. It built on the earlier work of ERPANET. The website includes links to the Digital Preservation Europe (DPE) forum, information on partners, events and publications.
- http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/
- Electronic Media Group. a specialty group of the American Institute for Conservation
Electronic Media Group
(Regularly Updated)
(United States of America)
- The mission of the Electronic Media Group (EMG) is twofold: (1) preservation of electronic art, electronic-based cultural materials and tools of creation; and
(2) to provide a means for conservators and related professionals to develop and maintain knowledge of relevant new media and emerging technologies. Their
website provides links to related resources which are available on the Internet.
- http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/emg/
- Electronic Records Online
National Archives (UK)
(Regularly Updated)
(United Kingdom)
- This website gives public access to presentation copies of original records from the National Archives digital archive. The records are accessible via a browse facility and present a range of government material in a number fo different formats.
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ero/
- ELPUB Digital Repository
Vienna University of Technology
(Regularly Updated)
- This is a free searchable database that provides access to all the conference papers presented at the ELPUB (Electronic Publishing) conferences dating from the first conference in 1997. There are several search and browse options and access to advanced features such as ratings, reviews and the discussion forum is via registration.
- http://elpub.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Home
- Ensuring Long-Term Preservation and Usability of Digital Information
National Diet Library (Japan)
(Date Created: 2008)
(Japan)
- This web page describes requirements for long term preservation and has links to studies conducted by the National Diet Library and introduction to the NDL Digital Archiving System.
- http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/aboutus/preservation.html
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ERPAAdvisory
ERPANET
(Last Updated: Aug 2004)
- The ERPAAdvisory service allowed access to digital preservation professionals through a discussion list and question archive.It was a service available through ERPANET which was funded 2001-1004. Access to ERPAAdvisory was only available to registered users. However previous questions and answers are available from a link.
- http://www.erpanet.org/advisory/index.php
- ERPAAssesments
ERPANET
(Last Updated: 2004)
(United Kingdom)
- ERPAAssesment was an online information service on digital preservation provided by ERPANET. The ERPANET project was funded until end of 2004. Access to ERPAAssesment was originally only available to registered users, and was found through selecting "products" on the ERPANET home page. The resource to 200 commentaries on articles, monographs and projects relevant to digital preservation (2002-2004) is now openly available.
- http://www.erpanet.org/assessments/index.php
- The Internet Archive has archived the site and browse access is available if the live site is not working see http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.erpanet.org/assessments/index.php
- ERPANET Eprints Service
ERPANET
(Date Created: 2003)
- ERPANET, in collaboration with Project Daedalus, has developed an open archives eprint service to allow authors and creators to make their work available at a central access point. The goal is to enable long term access to the full text of the research output of experts, scholars and researchers in the field of digital preservation.
- http://eprints.erpanet.org/
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ERPANET: Electronic Resource Preservation and Access NETwork
ERPANET
(Date Created: 1 Nov 2001)
- ERPANETwas funded by the European Commission under the fifth framework programme (36 months to end October 2004). It aimed to establish a European Consortium to provide a virtual clearinghouse and knowledge-base on state-of-the-art developments in digital preservation. Focusing on the areas of cultural heritage and scientific objects, it facilitated the transfer of expertise, information, best practice and skills development among individuals and institutions, bringing together industry, academic and memory institutions, entertainment and government organisations. It developed a comprehensive web site and training programs.
- http://www.erpanet.org/
- Site archived by the Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*hh_/www.erpanet.org/
- European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
(Last Updated: Jul 2008)
- The European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA) was established in 1994. It acted "as a European platform for discussion and cooperation of heritage organisations in areas of preservation and access". Its website contains news and information about projects, activities, publications and other resources related to the preservation of documentary heritage (including digital material) in Europe. In June 2008 it was announced that with the finalization of the TAPE project ECPA's work would come to a close. Related mailing lists (ECPA, EPIC-LST, Inkcorrosion-L, SEPIA-LST and TAPE were to close at end July 2008. ECPA's information resources are to be transferred to other organisations but the ECPA website will remain for some time.
- http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/about.html
- i2010: Digital Libraries Initiative
European Union
(Regularly Updated)
- The Digital Libraries Initiative is part of the European Commission's i2010 European Information Society for growth and employment strategy. The Digital Libraries Initiative aims to make Europe's diverse cultural and scientific heritage accessible in the long term. The Digital Libraries initiative concentrates on three areas, online accessibility, digitisation of analogue collections, and preservation and storage to ensure long term access to digital content.
- http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/i
ndex_en.htm
- IMAP : Independent Media Arts Preservation
IMAP (Independent Media Arts Preservation Inc.)
(Regularly Updated)
(United States of America)
- Independent Media Arts Preservation, Inc. (IMAP) is a United States based non-profit service, education, and advocacy organisation that focuses on preservation of non-commercial electronic media that is stored outside of large archiving institutions.
Although mostly concerned with electronic material, IMAP also assists groups dealing with the preservation of film, performance, interdisciplinary, and multimedia work. IMAP provides various services to facilitate digital preservation and access to collections, including preservation education, cataloguing and training.
- http://www.imappreserve.org/
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Museums and the Web 2001
(Date Created: 2001)
(United States of America)
- This website covers the Museums and the Web 2001 conference, providing full papers and workshop notes.
- http://www.archimuse.com/mw2001/
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National Preservation Office
The British Library
(Last Updated: 2009)
(United Kingdom)
- The National Preservation Office was established in in 1984 and was supported by The British Library and other institutions in the UK. It aimed to provide an independent focus for ensuring the preservation and continued accessibility of library and archive material held in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It established a Digital Archiving Working Group (DAWG) and had a strong involvement in digital preservation issues. In 2009 it was integrated with the British Library Collection Care Department and the name changed to the British Library Preservation Advisory Centre.
- NCDD Netherlands Coalition for Digital Preservation : Nationale Coalitie Digitale Duurzaamheid
Nationale Coalitie Digitale Duurzaamheid
(Date Created: 2008)
(Netherlands)
- The Netherlands Coalition for Digital Preservation was established in early 2008 with ten members. It aims to establish a sustainable technical and organisational infrastructure in the Netherlands within the next 5 years and will serve as a platform for sharing knowledge & expertise. Its first strategic initiative is a survey to establish the status of digital preservation in the Netherlands.
- http://www.ncdd.nl/en/
- Available in English and Dutch language.
- Nestor : Kompetenznetzwerk Langzeitarchivierung : Network of Expertise in Digital Preservation
Nestor
(Regularly Updated)
(Germany)
- Nestor, the German Network of Expertise in long term storage of digital information, began in June 2003 as a cooperative effort between six partners lead-managed by the German National Library (Die Deutsche Bibliothek). The goal was a permanent distributed infrastructure primarily for long term accessibility of digital resources and less so for pure preservation aspects, comparable to the Digital Preservation Coalition in the United Kingdom. Nestor provides a broad communication platform for all interested institutions as well as various guidelines for standardised digital preservation policies and coordinated activities to be utilised mostly within Germany and extended via international cooperation. The project phase ended in June 2009 with end of funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). As of 1 July 2009 six of the original partners plus 2 new organisations agreed to continue as a cooperation association.
- http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/eng/index.htm
- Available in English and German Language versions
- Netpreserve.org : International Internet Preservation Consortium
International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC)
(Regularly Updated)
- The International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) began in July 2003 with a group of twelve members including the national libraries of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, The British Library (UK), The Library of Congress (USA) and the Internet Archive (USA) and was coordinated by the Bibliotheque nationale de France. The membership has since expanded to include additional libraries, archives, museums and cultural institutions from around the world. The Consortium goals include advocacy for internet archiving initiatives and legislation, fostering development of common standards and internet archiving tools, and raising international awareness of internet preservation issues.
- http://netpreserve.org/about/index.php
- Open Planets Foundation
Open Planets Foundation
(Date Created: May 2010)
- The Open Planets Foundation (OPF) has been established to provide practical solutions and expertise in digital preservation, building on the €15 million investment made by the European Union and Planets consortium. It aims to provide Services, Training and advice, Development, Community building, and support to the Planets Software Suite.
- http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/
- PLANETS : Digital Preservation Research and Technology
PLANETS
(Regularly Updated)
- Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services (Planets) is funded by the European Commission Information Science and Technologies Framework Programe 6 Call 5 (FP6 Call 5). The 4-year project started in June 2006 and has 16 partners. The purpose of the project is to ensure long term access to Europe's cultural and scientific digital heritage. The objectives of the project included the establishment of a preservation testbed, implementation of an interoperability framework and the development of preservation planning services. Publications and project outcomes, training and event information available from the website. To further the work of this project the Open Planets Foundation has been established in June 2010.
- http://www.planets-project.eu/
- Preservation Resources
University of California
In: Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
(Regularly Updated)
- This website's compilation of resources includes: articles and papers, initiatives and projects, organisations, policies, news sources and tools relating to digital preservation. This site is sponsored by The Library, UC Berkeley and Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Preservation/
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Research Libraries Group (RLG)
Research Libraries Group
(Last Updated: 2006)
(United States of America)
- Preservation was one of the focusses of the RLG's activities with the long-term retention of digital research materials comprising a key area. In July 2006 RLG merged with OCLC. Some programs are continuing as part of OCLC's RLG Programs.
- http://web.archive.org/web/20070524112447/http://www.rlg.org/
- Site archived by the Internet Archive.
- Ten Thousand Year Blog
Mattison, David
(Regularly Updated)
- This blog (web log) was created in June 2003 and is owned and maintained by an archivist, David Mattison. The blog includes comments and links to news and resources on digital preservation, digital libraries, digital records, intellectual property rights and e learning. The site also provides commentary on current trends in online information preservation and management. Both email and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) subscriptions are available for the Blog's updates. The archived version of the blog for the period June 2003 to September 2008 is available.
- http://digitalarchivist.wordpress.com/
- Usenet Archive
Google
- An archive of over 700 million Usenet messages reaching back to 1981, made available by the search engine company Google, through Google Groups.
- http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en
- WePreserve
WePreserve
(Regularly Updated)
- The WePreserve web site provides information on the synergistic activities of DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE), Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval (CASPAR), and Preservation and Long-term Access through NETworked Services (PLANETS), including training initiatives and events. It is hosted by Humanities Advanced Technology And Information Institute at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
- http://www.wepreserve.eu/
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- Digital Preservation Management : Implementing Short-term Strategies for Long-term Problems : Online Tutorial
Cornell University Library
(United States of America)
- This online tutorial was developed to complement Cornell University's Digital Preservation Management Workshop and as a stand alone tutorial. Since 2007 the Workshop and Tutorial have been hosted and maintained by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). The tutorial provides a good introduction to the topic of digital preservation as it covers definitions, key concepts, practical advice, exercises and up to date references. French version released April 2006 & Italian version May 2008.
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/index.html
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- Briefing Paper: Professional Development in Digital Preservation; a Lifelong Requirement
Harvey, Ross
(Date Created: Dec 2007)
- This briefing paper recommends distance learning as a means for digital preservation specialists to keep up to date in this rapidly evolving field.
- http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/publications/professional_deve
lopment.pdf
- Digital Preservation Europe Briefing Paper
- Conservation à long terme des documents numérisés
Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication
(Date Created: May 2008)
(France)
- This document (18 p.) in French was prepared by Le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication as a guide to relevant French resources on the long term preservation of digital documents. It covers standards, preservation policies, production of digital documents, support and storage infrastructure, legal issues and relevant projects.
- http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/mrt/numerisation/fr/technique/docum
ents/conservation.pdf
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Contracting Out for Digital Preservation Services : Information Leaflet and Checklist
Simpson, Duncan
(Date Created: Oct 2004)
- Intended to complement the Digital Preservation Coalition's Directory of Digital Preservation Repositories and Services in the UK, this guidance leaflet is designed for smaller organisations who lack the infrastructure to enable digital preservation to be undertaken in-house. The guidance leaflet is intended to provide a source of practical guidance and a checklist of issues to consider before drawing up a service contract.
- http://www.dpconline.org/docs/guides/outsourcing.pdf
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Creating A Viable Scholarly Data Resource
Arts and Humanities Data Service
(Last Updated: Aug 1998)
(United Kingdom)
- This information leaflet was intended to inform arts and humanities researchers and teachers about steps they can take to ensure that data resources they create today are accessible in the long term.
- http://web.archive.org/web/20040612174046/www.ahds.ac.uk/viable.htm
- Archived by the Internet Archive
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Developing Linguistic Corpora : a Guide to Good Practice
Arts and Humanities Data Service
In: AHDS Guides to Good Practice
(Date Created: 2005)
(United Kingdom)
- The purpose of this AHDS guide to good practice is to provide an introductory guide to creating a corpus of language data in electronic form for the purpose of linguistic research. It includes a chapter on archiving, distribution and preservation of linguistic corpora. NB: Funding for AHDS ceased in 2008.
- ISSN: 1463 5194
- http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20080430164322/http://ahd
s.ac.uk/creating/guides/linguistic-corpora/index.htm
- Site archived by the UK Web Archive.
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Digital Preservation
Calimera
(Date Created: 15 Jan 2005)
- This good practice guide was produced for museums, archives and libraries in Europe and the UK. The scope of this document includes standards, technology emulation and migration, storage, formats and media. There are extensive links to organisations and documents.
- http://www.calimera.org/Lists/Guidelines/Digital_preservation.htm
- CALIMERA Good Practice Guidelines. Also available as PDF.
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Digital Preservation : Best Practice for Museums
Au Yeung, Tim
(Date Created: 15 Mar 2004)
- This paper features a literature review of best practice guides analysing areas including costs, intellectual property rights (IPR) and storage media. Also included is a set of recommendations based on the guides and a checklist which provides a framework for the implementation of a digital preservation strategy within the museum context. A bibliography is also included.
- http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/contenu_numerique-digital_content/prese
rvation_numerique-digital_preservation/guides-bestpractice-eng.jsp
- Also available in .pdf format.
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Digital Preservation : Good Practice Guide for Developers of Cultural Heritage Web Services
Johnston, Pete
(Date Created: Dec 2004)
- This good practice guide provides advice on standards and best practices on digital preservation to organisations involved in the development of cultural heritage Web resources and services. The information is of a general nature and covers technical strategies such as emulation and migration, preservation metadata, and procedures for preparing data for storage and preservation.
- http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/gpg/Preservation/
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Digital Preservation for Museums : Recommendations
Au Yeung, Tim
(Date Created: Oct 2004)
(Canada)
- This paper extends a section of a previous publication, Digital Preservation Best Practice for Museums. The document contains two main sections, action recommendations and broader recommendations. It also contains a checklist to help in the creation of digital preservation policies for museums.
- http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Digital_Content/Preservation_Recommendat
ions/index.html
- Also available in PDF format via http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Digital_Content/Preservation_Recommendations/pdf.html
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Digital Preservation Guidelines : The State of the Art in Libraries, Museums and Archives
Fresko, M.; Tombs, K.
(Date Created: 1998)
- This DGXIII/E-4 report was available in pdf or Word format from the European Commission's Digital Heritage and Cultural Content Publications page. Now available as zip Word documents. This publication presents the results of a survey of digital preservation guidelines which was carried out in late 1998. The study found that there are few widely accepted guidelines and none which cover all digital preservation issues. The report identifies areas requiring further attention and makes ten recommendations. Summaries of the analysis of 34 guidelines are presented in an Appendix.
- http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecldh/cedars/DGXIII.zip
- Directrices para la creación de un programa de preservación digital
Rivera Donoso, Miguel Ángel
(Date Created: Mar 2009)
- This document (63 p.) is intended as a guide for organisations considering digitisation. It provides an introduction to digital preservation outlining requirements, challenges and strategies for digital preservation.
- http://eprints.rclis.org/16052/1/Serie_N%C2%B043_Preservacion_digital.
pdf
- Serie Bibliotecología y Gestión de Información ISSN 0718 – 170, Nº 43, Marzo 2009
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Edinburgh University Library Digital Archives Research Project: A Report and Recommendations
Semple, Najla
(Date Created: 29 May 2002)
(United Kingdom)
- This is the final report from a project initiated by the Special Collections Department of Edinburgh University Library. The project aimed to act as a focus for raising digital preservation issues across the whole university. This report presents guidelines and recommendations for the preservation of digital information in the University environment.
- http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/sites/digpres/dpreport.pdf
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ERPANET Sustainability and Exploitation Plan
ERPANET; Maplehurst Consultants
(Date Created: Dec 2004)
- This extensive report states “ERPANET provides Europe’s and perhaps the world’s most comprehensive access to digital preservation resources and information”, but now the project needs to find a “viable model that will allow the key elements of the ERPANET network and services to expand and continue”. This report examines strategic partnerships, funding options, merger models, new services and marketing plans. It concludes that it is possible for ERPANET to function in the future most likely on a hybrid funding mix.
- http://www.erpanet.org/documents/ERPANETSustainabilityFinalDocument.pd
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Guidelines for Management, Appraisal and Preservation of Electronic Records
National Archives (UK)
(Last Updated: 1999)
(United Kingdom)
- This guidance document was produced under the auspices of the Electronic Records from Office Systems (EROS) Programme of the Public Record Office. Part 1 sets out the principles of electronic records management and outlines broad strategies for translating the principles into practice. Part 2 focuses on procedures for best practice in electronic records management.
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/electronicrecords/advice/guidelines
.htm
- Guidelines for the Preservation of Digital Heritage
National Library of Australia; Colin Webb
(Date Created: 31 Mar 2003)
- These Guidelines form a part of a UNESCO campaign to improve access to digital heritage for all the world’s peoples, and to ensure that the means of preserving their digital heritage are in the hands of every community.
The Guidelines have been prepared to offer realistic and useful guidance for those responsible for preserving digital heritage, including those having only very limited resources.
The UNESCO Draft Charter on the Preservation of the Digital Heritage (Document 166 EX/18) presents a compelling case for digital preservation. The Guidelines are intended as a companion sourcebook to the Draft Charter. A clear link exists between the two documents, the Draft Charter presenting those advocacy and public policy issues that are outside the scope of technical and practical guidelines.
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001300/130071e.pdf
- Informationsblätter: Langzeiterhaltung digitaler Daten in Museen. Tipps zur dauerhaften Bewahrung digitaler Daten
Bergmeyer, Winifred; Rohde-Enslin, Stefan; von Hagel, Frank
(Date Created: Jun 2009)
(Germany)
- This nestor series of 21 advice sheets (in German) provides introductory guidance on aspects of the long-term preservation of digital data in museums. Topics include: 1 Introduction: 2 Concepts of digital long-term archiving; 3 Terms; 4 Check list for a concept; 5 Criteria for choice; 6 Metadata; 7 File format selection; 8 Digital tone documents; 9 Digital photographs; 10 Digital pictures; 11 Databases; 12 Digital text documents 13 Digitization; 14 Digitization of tone documents; 15 Digitization of films; 16 Digitization of pictures; 17 Digitization of text documents;18 Selection of storage technology; 19 Outsourcing; 20 Sources of information; 21 Tools.
- http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/eng/publikationen/handbuch/informat
ionsblaetter.htm
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Preservation Handbook : Digital By-Products
Knight, Gareth
(Date Created: 27 Jul 2005)
- This publication is part of a series of preservation handbooks published by the AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service). This handbook discusses the significant characteristics of digital by-prducts such as thumbnail and backup files, common formats and best practice. The goal of the handbook is to instruct AHDS staff on how best to preserve digital objects, in accordance with "a migration based preservation approach, incorporating migration to standard formats during ingest." Although this document is written for AHDS staff, the information is useful to the broader digital preservation community. NB: Funding for AHDS ceased in 2008.
- http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20080430164655/http://ahd
s.ac.uk/preservation/digital-byproducts-preservation-handbook.pdf
- Site archived by the UK Web Archive.
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Preserving the Memory of the World in Perpetuity: A Joint Statement on the Archiving and Preserving of Digital Information
IFLA and IPA (International Publishers Association)
(Last Updated: 12 Aug 2002)
- A joint statement by IFLA and the International Publishers Association (IPA) advocating seven principles and recommendations for the long term preservation of digital materials. Both organisations recognise the need for action and will seek to make long term preservation a key agenda item internationally and the focus of standards development, research and support. Libraries are considered best placed to take responsibility for long term preservation; arrangements with publishers, and joint initiatives are forecast.
- http://archive.ifla.org/V/press/ifla-ipa02.htm
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Report by the Director-General on a Draft Charter on the Preservation of Digital Heritage
European Commission on Preservation and Access; UNESCO
(Last Updated: 12 Oct 2002)
- A document (164 EX/21) containing a set of principles and statements to be presented as a foundation of an International Charter on the Preservation of Digital Heritage and an annex discussion paper on the Preservation of Digital Heritage to be first discussed at the 165th session of the executive board.
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001255/125523e.pdf
- Comment and suggestions from stakeholders are accepted until January 2003
- Report by the Director-General on a Revised Draft Charter on the Preservation of the Digital Heritage
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
(Date Created: 12 Mar 2003)
- This document (166 EX/18) contains the revised charter draft as well as UNESCO's Executive Board's comments. The revised draft includes comments from four regional expert meetings including Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Baltic countries. It will be presented to the General Conference at its 32nd session.
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001296/129679e.pdf
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Resolution on the Preservation of the Digital Heritage - adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO at the 31st session
Drafted by the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL), prepared for submission by The Netherlands
(Date Created: 18 Oct 2001)
- This is a resolution prepared by the Committee on Digital Preservation of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL), formalised and carried by the government of The Netherlands, and adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO at the 31st session, 2001. It is intended to clearly state what is at stake in the preservation of digital materials and to encourage governments to take action.
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001239/123975e.pdf
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Safeguarding Australia's web resources: guidelines for creators and publishers
National Library of Australia
(Date Created: Dec 2000)
(Australia)
- "The guidelines provide advice on creating, describing, naming and managing web resources to facilitate their ongoing use. The practices that are recommended will make it easier to carry out future preservation actions, which may be necessary in the longer term to maintain continued access to important resources."
- http://www.nla.gov.au/guidelines/webresources.html
- Selecting Technologies
ERPANET
(Date Created: Sep 2003)
- This ERPANET (Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network) guidance note discusses the selection of technolgy for digital preservation, preconditions which should be considered before selection and the selection process itself. Also included is a checklist of factors and questions to ask when developing preservation strategies and listing requirements when choosing the technologies.
- http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/docs/ERPANETSelect_Techno.pdf
- ERPA guidance note
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Statement of Principles for the Preservation of and Long-Term Access to Australian Digital Objects
National Library of Australia
(Last Updated: 1997)
(Australia)
- These principles for preserving access to Australian digital material cover areas of: cooperation, the role of the creator, distributed responsibility, appraisal, rights, strategies and the role of Government. They were developed by the National Library of Australia, in consultation with representatives from a wide range of sectors.
- http://www.nla.gov.au/preserve/digital/princ.html
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A Strategic Policy Framework for Creating and Preserving Digital Collections (Version 4.0)
Beagrie, Neil; Greenstein, Daniel
(Date Created: 14 Jul 1998)
(United Kingdom)
- This study (67 p.) presents thirteen recommendations in the areas of long-term digital preservation, standards, the policy framework, and future research. Six case studies highlight some of the real-life considerations concerning digital preservation. It was replaced by version 5 in 2001.
- http://web.archive.org/web/20000816025312/ahds.ac.uk/manage/framework.
htm
- Archived by the Internet Archive.
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Strategic Policy Framework for Creating and Preserving Digital Collections (Version 5.0)
Beagrie, Neil; Greenstein, Daniel; Pressler, Christopher
(Date Created: Jul 2001)
(United Kingdom)
- This study presents fourteen recommendations in the areas of long-term digital preservation, standards, the policy framework, and future research. Six case studies highlight some of the real-life considerations concerning digital preservation.
- http://ahds.ac.uk/strategic.pdf
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ARL digital initiatives database
Association of Research Libraries
(Last Updated: 2006)
(United States of America)
- This web-based registry contained descriptions of digital initiatives in or involving libraries. The database was developed in cooperation with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and included links to project websites. The database was archived in late 2006 and is available as a zipped, comma delimited text file.
- http://www.arl.org/did/
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Arts and Humanities Data Service case studies
AHDS
(Last Updated: 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- Full index to, and texts of, case studies undertaken by the AHDS. The studies report on different aspects of digitisation, including project management and preservation issues. Funding for AHDS ceased in 2008.
- http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20080328140858/http://ahd
s.ac.uk/creating/case-studies/index.htm
- Site archived by the UK Web Archive.
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Cedars : Curl Exemplars in Digital Archives Project
CURL
(Last Updated: Mar 2002)
(United Kingdom)
Reviewed by: CEDARS Summative Evaluation: Final Report, April 2001
Has papers: Cedars Metadata Brainstorming : A Report From a Meeting : Cedars Project Document AIS03
; CEDARS Project Report: April 1998 - March 2001
- Under the overall direction of CURL (Consortium of University Research Libraries), and with funding from JISC/CEI through the eLib programme, the Cedars project (April 1998-March 2002) aimed to address the strategic, methodological and practical issues of digital preservation. The project website contains links to Cedars Guidance documents on intellectual property rights, preservation metadata, collection management, technical strategies and the Cedars Distributed Digital Archiving Prototype System. There are also links to project working papers, articles and conference papers.
- http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/target/99695/
- Site originally at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/cedars/ arhaved by the UK Web Archiving Consortium
- Center For Information as Evidence
(Regularly Updated)
(United States of America)
- The CIE is located within the Department of Information Studies at the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies of the University of California, Los Angeles, and serves as an interdisciplinary forum addressing the ways in which information objects and systems are created, used, and preserved as legal, administrative, scientific, social, cultural and historical evidence. Recent projects of digital preservation interest include, Building the Future of Archival Education and Reserch, InterPARES 1&2 and Record/Replay.
- http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/cie/
- DigitalPreservationEurope
DigitalPreservationEurope
(Regularly Updated)
- This EU project (funded 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2009 under the 6th Framework Programme) aimed to collaborate, develop, promote and coordinate digital preservation initiatives in Europe, including standards, training and research activities. It built on the earlier work of ERPANET. The website includes links to the Digital Preservation Europe (DPE) forum, information on partners, events and publications.
- http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/
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DPC Members Projects (Archive)
DPC (Digital Preservation Coalition)
(Last Updated: Jan 2010)
(United Kingdom)
- This is a listing of digital preservation projects undertaken by DPC (Digital Preservation Coalition) members and partners. The information is in tabular form. It features project owners, project descriptions and links to the projects themselves. This is an archived listing, in January 2010 a new DPC Members project page was commenced.
- http://www.dpconline.org/members/member-projects-archive.html
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eLib Supporting Studies
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
(Last Updated: Jul 2000)
(United Kingdom)
- The eLib Supporting Studies were carried out to support the Electronic Libraries Programme which was funded by JISC. They included evaluation studies which looked at the role of electronic publishing in an educational context; preservation studies which looks at archiving issues involving digital material; and supporting workshops focusing on the management of digital material.
- http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/papers/supporting/
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erpaDirectory : erpaResources directory
ERPANET
(Date Created: 2004)
- This was a searchable annotated listing of European projects involved in digital preservation maintained by ERPANET (European Resource Preservation and Access Network) which was an active project 2002-2004.
- http://www.erpanet.org/directory/index.php
- Archived by the Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.erpanet.org/directory/index.php
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ERPANET Sustainability and Exploitation Plan
ERPANET; Maplehurst Consultants
(Date Created: Dec 2004)
- This extensive report states “ERPANET provides Europe’s and perhaps the world’s most comprehensive access to digital preservation resources and information”, but now the project needs to find a “viable model that will allow the key elements of the ERPANET network and services to expand and continue”. This report examines strategic partnerships, funding options, merger models, new services and marketing plans. It concludes that it is possible for ERPANET to function in the future most likely on a hybrid funding mix.
- http://www.erpanet.org/documents/ERPANETSustainabilityFinalDocument.pd
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ERPANET: Electronic Resource Preservation and Access NETwork
ERPANET
(Date Created: 1 Nov 2001)
- ERPANETwas funded by the European Commission under the fifth framework programme (36 months to end October 2004). It aimed to establish a European Consortium to provide a virtual clearinghouse and knowledge-base on state-of-the-art developments in digital preservation. Focusing on the areas of cultural heritage and scientific objects, it facilitated the transfer of expertise, information, best practice and skills development among individuals and institutions, bringing together industry, academic and memory institutions, entertainment and government organisations. It developed a comprehensive web site and training programs.
- http://www.erpanet.org/
- Site archived by the Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*hh_/www.erpanet.org/
- i2010: Digital Libraries Initiative
European Union
(Regularly Updated)
- The Digital Libraries Initiative is part of the European Commission's i2010 European Information Society for growth and employment strategy. The Digital Libraries Initiative aims to make Europe's diverse cultural and scientific heritage accessible in the long term. The Digital Libraries initiative concentrates on three areas, online accessibility, digitisation of analogue collections, and preservation and storage to ensure long term access to digital content.
- http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/i
ndex_en.htm
- JISC Beginner's Guide to Digital Preservation: Creating a Pragmatic Guide for Those Working on JISC Projects
Guy, Marieke
(Regularly Updated)
(United Kingdom)
- This blog supports the JISC Beginner's Guide to Digital Preservation Project which runs from April toSeptember 2010. The project aims to produce a practical guide for other JISC project participants who are new to the area of digital preservation. The blog will be the central place to record information, links and discussion.
- http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/jisc-bgdp/
- JISC Programme Synthesis Study: Supporting Digital Preservation & Asset Management in Institutions. A Review of the 4-04 Programme on Digital Preservation & Asset Management for the JISC Information Environment. Pt II: Programme Synthesis
Pennock, Maureen
(Date Created: Jan 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This report (82 p.) summarizes the work done by projects that participated in the JISC Programme Digital Preservation & Asset Management (2004-2006). It provides project, programme and thematic overviews as well as the interview questions used in collating information for the study. Projects include Sherpa DP, MATS, ESPIDA, LIFE, PARADIGM, MANDATE, DPTP, DAA, Assessment of the UK Data Archive and Managing Risk.
- http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/preservation/404publi
creport_2008.pdf
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Memory of the World - Preserving Our Digital Heritage
UNESCO
(Date Created: 2001)
- This project is part of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. As described in the Project Summary, "The goal of this project is to provide a framework for the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of the digital heritage (web sites, data bases, electronic documents). This project covers both digitised and born-digital material."
- http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1538&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_
SECTION=201.html
- PLANETS : Digital Preservation Research and Technology
PLANETS
(Regularly Updated)
- Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services (Planets) is funded by the European Commission Information Science and Technologies Framework Programe 6 Call 5 (FP6 Call 5). The 4-year project started in June 2006 and has 16 partners. The purpose of the project is to ensure long term access to Europe's cultural and scientific digital heritage. The objectives of the project included the establishment of a preservation testbed, implementation of an interoperability framework and the development of preservation planning services. Publications and project outcomes, training and event information available from the website. To further the work of this project the Open Planets Foundation has been established in June 2010.
- http://www.planets-project.eu/
- Preservation : a Framework for Documenting the Behaviour and Functionality of Digital Objects and Preservation Strategies
Rauber, Andreas; Rauch, Carl; Strodl, Stephan
(Date Created: Jun 2005)
- This paper is task 4 (Documentation of Functionality and Behaviour Metrics) of workpackage 6 in the DELOS Network of Excellence. The paper details a 'framework designed for documenting appearance, behaviour and functionality of an electronic document by adapting the ’Utility Analysis’ and its ’Objective tree’ for preservation scenarios.' Two case studies are used to test the concepts, preservation of a journal and preservation of audio files.
- http://www.dpc.delos.info/private/output/DELOS_WP6_d641_final__vienna.
pdf
- Project no. 507618
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Publications supporting Digital Culture: DigiCULT
Salzburg Research
(Date Created: 2002)
- Digital Culture (DigiCULT) is an Information Society Technologies Programme (IST) Support Measure to establish a regular technology watch for cultural and scientific heritage over the period of 30 months (03/2002-08/2004). This website will publish papers over the life of the DigiCULT project.
- http://www.digicult.info/pages/publications.php
- SHAMAN - Sustaining Heritage Access through Multivalent ArchiviNg
SHAMAN
(Date Created: 2008)
- This project is co-financed under the Seventh Framework Programme by the European Commission. Duration is 2008-2011. The project aims to "develop and test a next generation digital preservation framework including tools for analysing, ingesting, managing, accessing and reusing information objects and data across libraries and archives." Consortium members & collaborators include universities in Europe & U.S., the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, and industry organisations.
- http://shaman-ip.eu/shaman/
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TEL Digital Deposits : State of the Art Review
de Niet, Marco
(Date Created: Dec 2001)
- This report gives an overview of the digital deposit practices at national libraries throughout Europe in 2001. The report is based on a questionnaire which was sent to all 41 members of the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). The report recommends a number of issues to be discussed by libraries in order to align their legal deposit practices. This report is followed up by the Report on Current Practices Among Publishers Regarding the Deposit of Digital Publications which includes a corresponding survey of the major publishers of digital publications whose names have been supplied by the CENL libraries.
- http://web.archive.org/web/20031002122349/http://www.europeanlibrary.o
rg/pdf/tel_results_d11_v02.pdf
- European Library Project WP1 - publisher relations, DEL/007. Archived by Internet Archive
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- CLIR Reports
CLIR
(Regularly Updated)
- This resource provides abstracts and links to CLIR reports which discuss a range of preservation and digitisation issues.
- http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/reports.html
- Conservation à long terme des documents numérisés
Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication
(Date Created: May 2008)
(France)
- This document (18 p.) in French was prepared by Le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication as a guide to relevant French resources on the long term preservation of digital documents. It covers standards, preservation policies, production of digital documents, support and storage infrastructure, legal issues and relevant projects.
- http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/mrt/numerisation/fr/technique/docum
ents/conservation.pdf
- Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography
Bailey, Charles W. Jr
(Date Created: 17 May 2010)
- This bibliography compiled by Charles W. Bailey presents "selected English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding digital curation and preservation" published since 2000.
- http://digital-scholarship.org/dcpb/dcpb.htm
- Digital Preservation Readiness Webliography
Bishoff, Liz
(Date Created: Apr 2008)
(United States of America)
- This bibliography of web resources includes links to resources on general information, cost and business models, selection decisions, metadata, standards, copyright, sample plans and policies.
- http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/6Reformatting/08DigitalPreserv
ationReadiness.php
- NEDCC Preservation Leaflets 6.8
- Preserv Bibliography on Digital Preservation
Preserv Project
(Last Updated: 30 Sep 2009)
(United Kingdom)
- This bibliography on digital preservation is compiled for the Preserv Project (Preservation E-prints Service) which is concerned with preservation services for content from institutional repositories. It includes sections on Preservation and Institutional Repositories, OAIS, Significant Properties, Preservation Metadata, Tools, Practical applications, Trusted Digital Repositories, etc.
- http://preserv.eprints.org/Preserv-bibliography.html
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Preservation of electronic information : a bibliography
Day, Michael
(Last Updated: Jun 1999)
- This bibliography presents a broad range of resources relating mainly to the archiving of electronic records, electronic publishing, intellectual property and electronic storage.
- http://homes.ukoln.ac.uk/~lismd/preservation.html
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- California Digital Library Glossary
California Digital Library
(Date Created: 2004)
- Produced by the California Digital Library (CDL), this glossary of digital words and terms covers crawling and harvesting, digital objects, interface customization tools, metasearching, preservation, and extensible markup language. The glossary can be searched by term or subject.
- http://www.cdlib.org/inside/diglib/glossary/
- Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology
Pearce-Moses, Richard
(Date Created: 2005)
(United States of America)
- This is the latest edition of the Glossary. It contains over 2,000 entries and includes terms of relevance to digital preservation.
- http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
- Glossary of Terms (on Digital Curation)
Digital Curation Centre
(Regularly Updated)
- This is a glossary of digital curation terms adapted from the OAIS Reference Model. It also includes links to additional information on each subject.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/digital-curation/glossary-terms
- Lexical and Classification Resources
Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation
In: CoOL Conservation OnLine : Resources for Conservation Professionals
(Regularly Updated)
- This page offers dictionaries, thesauri, classification schemes, and related matter primarily of use to those managing preservation libraries, imaging projects, etc.
- http://cool.conservation-us.org/lex/
- NEDLIB glossary
Borbinha, J. L., Cardoso, F. (National Library of Portugal); Freire, N. (INESC)
In: NEDLIB : Networked European Deposit Library
(Date Created: 22 Feb 2000)
- "This document [44 p.] presents the definition of concepts and standards relevant for NEDLIB. It is integrated
in D1.3.1 – Technical Standards and Conventions with NEDLIB Standards Recommendations. The
content of the document is based on material collected by the authors from various sources, and on material provided by the NEDLIB project partners."
- http://nedlib.kb.nl/glossary.pdf#search=%22%22NEDLIB%20glossary%22%22
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Universal Preservation Format Glossary
In: UPF (Universal Preservation Format) Home Page
(Last Updated: 24 Feb 1999)
- This glossary was developed as part of the Universal Preservation Format initiative for the archiving of media assets. The glossary has well defined terms and comprehensive cross-domain definitions relating to preservation.
- http://info.wgbh.org/upf/glossary.html
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Arts and Humanities Data Service Newsletter (AHDS)
AHDS
In: Arts and Humanities Data Service
(Last Updated: Aug 2007)
- This was a triannual web-based publication that regularly contained features about projects, services, and digital resources of interest to humanities scholars. The newsletter attempted to address issues of strategic and topical concern, such as digital resource preservation, methods for locating networked information resources, and models for supporting computer-assisted humanities research and teaching. Funding for AHDS was withdrawn in March 2008, and final issue of newsletter was Spring/Summer 2007. Back issues available. Funding for AHDS ceased in 2008.
- http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20080430164205/http://ahd
s.ac.uk/news/newsletters/index.htm
- Site archived by the UK Web Archive.
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Cultivate Interactive
Cultivate Editor
(Regularly Updated)
- Cultivate Interactive was a pan-European Web magazine which was funded under the European Commission's DIGICULT programme. It was a mechanism for promotion and discussion of the DIGICULT projects and also a discussion platform for the broader digital culture community. Cultivate Interactive was aimed at the European cultural heritage community including IT staff, information professionals, researchers, managers, policy makers, libraries, museums, archives, galleries, non-profit making organisations. Its final issue was Feb 2003. Back Issues are still available.
- ISSN: 1471-3225
- http://www.cultivate-int.org/
- Curation Reference Manual
Digital Curation Centre
(Regularly Updated)
- This Digital Curation Centre manual comprises various instalments on topics related to digital curation. Each instalment is written (and peer reviewed) by experts in that particular field and is regularly revised to encompass new developments. The manual is designed to assist data creators and curators to better understand the challenges they face and the roles they play in creating, managing and preserving digital information. Originally called the Digital Curation Manual, the name was changed in 2010 to Curation Reference Manual.
- ISSN: 1747-1524
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/curation-reference-manual
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DigiCULT.Info Newsletter
DigiCULT Consortium
(Last Updated: Oct 2005)
- This newsletter, with its mix of news items, announcements and articles, provided a regular look into selected technology areas affecting the cultural domain, along with summarising the progress of DigiCULT Forum. DigiCult was an an IST Support Measure (IST-2001-34898) to establish a regular technology watch for cultural and scientific heritage over the period of 30 months (03/2002-08/2004).
- http://www.digicult.info/pages/newsletter.php
- Digital Curation Centre Case Studies and Interviews
Digital Curation Centre
(Date Created: Dec 2005)
- The purpose of this series is to disseminate examples of best practice, share experiences with digital curation issues, and to identify future digital curation requirements among our user communities.
- ISSN: 1749-8767
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/case-studies
- Digital Document Quarterly
Henry Gladney
(Regularly Updated)
(United States of America)
- Digital Document Quarterly is a privately published journal that "addresses document qualities that can be managed automatically or semi-automatically - properties such as integrity, confidentiality, authenticity, trustworthiness and so on. " At least the first three numbers [DDQ1 (1), DDQ 1(2), and DDQ 1(3)] focus on digital preservation issues, challenging a number of perceived misconceptions in the digital preservation field, and proposing action based on an understanding of certain philosophical propositions.
- http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq.htm
- Digital Preservation : Finding Balance
Johns Hopkins University Press
(Date Created: Dec 2005)
- This special issue of Library Trends is devoted to digital preservation. The articles include - Exploring variety in digital collections and the implications for digital preservation by Mackenzie Smith; Web archiving methods and approaches: A comparative study by Julien Masanes; Digital archiving in the 20th century: practice at the National Library of the Netherlands by Johan Steenbakkers; What should we preserve : the question for heritage libraries in the digital world; Preservation metadata : the National Library of New Zealand experience by Steve Knight; Practical preservation : the PREMIS experience by Priscilla Caplan; Establishing a global digital format registry by Stephen Abrams; Prototype preservation environments by Reagan Moore; Building preservation partnerships : the Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and preservation program by William Lefurgy.
- http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/toc/lib54.1.html
- Library Trends, Vol. 54, no. 1 (Summer 2005)
- Digital Preservation Europe Newsletter
Digital Preservation Europe
(Date Created: 08 Dec 2006)
- This newsletter provides an annual overview of Digital Preservation Europe's activities and details of projects.
- ISSN: 1752-9239
- http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/publications/newsletters/
- First Monday
University Library, University of Illinois at Chicago
(Regularly Updated)
(United States of America)
- First Monday publishes original articles about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure. It is one of the first peer-reviewed journals on the Internet, about the Internet.
- ISSN: 1396-0466
- http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/
- IASSIST Quarterly
International Association for SocialScience Information Service and Technology
(Regularly Updated)
- IASSIST Quarterly reports on activities related to the production, acquisition, preservation, processing, distribution and use of machine-readable data.
- ISSN: 0739-1137
- http://www.iassistdata.org/iq
- International Journal of Digital Curation
UKOLN at the University of Bath and the Digital Curation Centre
(Regularly Updated)
- This journal is published in electronic form twice a year. It features papers, articles and news items on curation of digital objects and related issues.
- ISSN: 1746-8256
- http://www.ijdc.net
- Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
Science and Technology Section, Association of College and Research Libraries
(Regularly Updated)
- This quarterly online journal publishes material of interest to science and technology librarians. Articles include present details of successful programs and services, background information and opinions on current topics, and research on issues in science and technology libraries.
- http://www.istl.org/
- ISSN 1092-1206
- Journal of Digital Information
Texas Digital Library
(Regularly Updated)
- JoDI is a peer-reviewed Web journal originally supported by the British Computer Society and Oxford University Press. It is now hosted by the Texas Digital Library. The journal publishes papers on the management, presentation and uses of information in digital environments. It also provides scope for the online discussion of articles.
- ISSN: 1368-7506
- http://journals.tdl.org/jodi
- Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter
Library of Congress
(Date Created: Mar 2008)
(United States of America)
- Monthly online newsletter containing National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP) updates and news from more than 100 partners. Available by email subscription to Library of Congress updates. Full archive available.
- http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/2008/20080303news_article_news
letter.html
- By email subscription to http://service.govdelivery.com/service/subscribe.html?code=USLOC_13
- nestor Newsletter
NESTOR
(Regularly Updated)
(Germany)
- This online newsletter provides regular updates on the german Network of expertise in Digital long-term preservation (Kompetenznetzwerk Langzeitarchivierung) - nestor project. An archive of previous issues is available.
- http://nestor.sub.uni-goettingen.de/newsletter/index.php?lang=en
- Available in German and English language versions.
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Network Notes
National Library of Canada
(Last Updated: 2000)
(Canada)
- Network Notes was a series designed to provide concise up-to-date information on networking projects, technologies and other areas considered to be important aspects of library networking. Started in 1994, the last issue was no. 65 in 2000/2001. Back copies archived by Library and Archives Canada (LAC).
- ISSN: 1201-4338
- http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/202/301/netnotes/netnotes-h/netnotes.htm
- Planetarium : The Quarterly Newsletter of the Planets Programme
PLANETS Project
(Date Created: 31 Jul 2007)
- This is the quarterly newsletter for the PLANETS project. Issues detail recent project activities, describe the tools and services developed by the project, and provides news about the project and the Planets team. Originally called the Planets Newsletter it became Planetarium from Issue 5 Oct 2008.
- http://www.planets-project.eu/publications/?search[0]=10
- Newsletters available for download in PDF
- Portal : Libraries and the Academy
Johns Hopkins University Press
(Regularly Updated)
(United States of America)
- 'A journal that presents research findings and provides regular coverage of issues in technology, publishing, and periodicals, portal is written by librarians for librarians. Peer-reviewed articles address subjects such as library administration, information technology, and information policy.'
- ISSN: 1530-7131
- http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/index.ht
ml
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RLG DigiNews
Research Libraries Group
(Regularly Updated)
- RLG DigiNews was a bi-monthly newsletter from the Research Libraries Group (RLG) providing information on digital initiatives with a preservation component or rationale, on image conversion and digital archiving projects, and current announcements. RLG DigiNews ceased with last issue 15 April 2007. Back issues are now available from OCLC.
- http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/newsletters/diginews.htm
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- ALA Digipres
ALA American Library Association
(Regularly Updated)
(United States of America)
- An ALA American Library Association discussion list concerned with digital preservation issues and announcements.
- http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/digipres
- Da Blog (ULCC Digital Archives Blog)
University of London Computer Centre Digital Archives Department
(Regularly Updated)
(United Kingdom)
- This blog by the University of London Computer Centre Digital Archives Department includes discussion on recent developments and events and thoughts on digital preservation and archiving.
- http://dablog.ulcc.ac.uk/
- DIGITAL-PRESERVATION
JISC
(Regularly Updated)
(United Kingdom)
- The DIGITAL-PRESERVATION discussion list has been established to carry announcements and information on activities relevant to the preservation and management of digital materials in the UK. It will be used to disseminate information on the work of JISC Digital Preservation Focus, the Digital Preservation Coalition and related initiatives.
- http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/digital-preservation.html
- JISC Beginner's Guide to Digital Preservation: Creating a Pragmatic Guide for Those Working on JISC Projects
Guy, Marieke
(Regularly Updated)
(United Kingdom)
- This blog supports the JISC Beginner's Guide to Digital Preservation Project which runs from April toSeptember 2010. The project aims to produce a practical guide for other JISC project participants who are new to the area of digital preservation. The blog will be the central place to record information, links and discussion.
- http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/jisc-bgdp/
- JISC Information Environment Blog
JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee)
(Regularly Updated)
(United Kingdom)
- This blog includes information, comment and announcements from members of the JISC Information Environment Team who are involved in Repositories and Preservation, Digital Preservation and Records Management, Digital Repositories 2007-2008 and Resource Discovery programmes.
- http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/
- Neil Beagrie's Blog
Beagrie, Neil
(Regularly Updated)
(United Kingdom)
- This blog covers a range of subjects including scientific research data, management and access for digital content, digital preservation and curation.
- http://blog.beagrie.com/
- padiforum-l
National Library of Australia
(Regularly Updated)
- padiforum-l is a moderated discussion list for the exchange of news and ideas about digital preservation issues.
- http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/forum/
- Ten Thousand Year Blog
Mattison, David
(Regularly Updated)
- This blog (web log) was created in June 2003 and is owned and maintained by an archivist, David Mattison. The blog includes comments and links to news and resources on digital preservation, digital libraries, digital records, intellectual property rights and e learning. The site also provides commentary on current trends in online information preservation and management. Both email and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) subscriptions are available for the Blog's updates. The archived version of the blog for the period June 2003 to September 2008 is available.
- http://digitalarchivist.wordpress.com/
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- Developing Digital Preservation Programs: the Cornell Survey of Institutional Readiness, 2003-2005
Buckley, Ellie; Kenney, Anne R.
In: RLG DigiNews
(Date Created: 15 Aug 2005)
- This article discusses the results of a survey conducted from 2003 to 2005. The results are also compared to those of a previous RLG (Research Libraries Group) survey conducted in 1998. The survey covered areas such as the availability of digital preservation policies, types of file storage media used, storage practices, actions taken to preserve the life of digital content, depository arrangements and funding. The latest survey results shows an increasing awareness of digital preservation issues and a correlation between the acquisition of digital content and digital preservation practices. Another observation was that there was a shift in emphasis from technology to organisational concerns when looking at safeguarding digital materials.
- http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070511/viewer/file3
612.html#article0
- Digital Curation Centre : Externally Moderated Reflective Self-Evaluation : Report
Brophy, Peter; Frey, Jeremy
(Date Created: Sep 2006)
- The Digital Curation Centre was established in 2004. This report evaluates the activities, outputs and achievements of the Centre since then based on a model of self evaluation and moderated by independent external advisers. The report is based on information gathered from a staff survey, community survey, feedback from workshop participants, focus groups and interviews with experts. The report concludes that
the DDC be retained and its activites expanded with the integration of changes suggested in the report.
- http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20100215095059/http://www
.dcc.ac.uk/docs/DCC_Evaluation_Report_Final.pdf
- Archived by UK Web Archive
- Digital Divide: Assessing Organisations' Preparation for Digital Preservation.
Sinclair, Pauline
(Date Created: Mar 2010)
- This white paper (12 p.) presents the results of an online market survey undertaken by the Planets project in 2009 of over 200 mainly European organisations to assess awareness and preparedness for digital preservation.
- http://www.planets-project.eu/docs/reports/planets-market-survey-white
-paper.pdf
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Digital Preservation Guidelines : The State of the Art in Libraries, Museums and Archives
Fresko, M.; Tombs, K.
(Date Created: 1998)
- This DGXIII/E-4 report was available in pdf or Word format from the European Commission's Digital Heritage and Cultural Content Publications page. Now available as zip Word documents. This publication presents the results of a survey of digital preservation guidelines which was carried out in late 1998. The study found that there are few widely accepted guidelines and none which cover all digital preservation issues. The report identifies areas requiring further attention and makes ten recommendations. Summaries of the analysis of 34 guidelines are presented in an Appendix.
- http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecldh/cedars/DGXIII.zip
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Digital Preservation in the Regions : Sample Survey of Digital Preservation Preparedness and Needs of Organisations at Local and Regional Levels : An Assessment Carried out from December 2004 to March 2005
Simpson, Duncan
(Date Created: Jun 2005)
(United Kingdom)
- This report, published by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), is the result of a survey of non-national museums, libraries and archives in two English regions to gauge their awareness and preparedness in handling the long-term preservation of digital material. The report indicates that awareness raising on the whole issue of digital preservation is needed, and presents 14 action points that institutions and the MLA / DPC can take to promote better practice.
- ISBN: 190374380X
- http://www.mla.gov.uk/what/publications/~/media/Files/pdf/2005/digital
_preservation_in_regions.ashx
- Available for download in pdf and msword formats.
- Directory of Digital Preservation Repositories and Services in the UK : 2nd ed.
Simpson, Duncan
(Date Created: Jun 2005)
(United Kingdom)
- This is an updated version of the Directory first issued in 2004. It is a listing of predominately UK resources that provide services in digital storage and preservation. It includes public and not for profit resources and resources from the private sector. The type of resources include archives such as the UK Web Archiving Consortium, data services such as AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service), support services and consultancies. The entry for each resource includes location, scope of the service, volume and type of material held, and contact details.
- http://www.dpconline.org/docs/guides/directory.pdf
- Knowing the Need : a Report on the Emerging Picture of Preservation Need in Libraries and Archives in the UK
Foster, Julia; Walker, Alison
(Date Created: Feb 2006)
(United Kingdom)
- Report (35 p.) on the first large-scale survey of the state of preservation in the United Kingdom. Mostly about physical collections however of particular interest are results related to surrogate copies.
- ISBN: 0712349308
- http://www.bl.uk/npo/pdf/knowing.pdf
- Public Sector Readiness for Digital Preservation ; A Report Commissioned by the National Library of New Zealand and Archives New Zealand
Crookston, Mark; Dorner, Daniel G.; Liew, Chern Li
(Date Created: Jun 2006)
(New Zealand)
- This document (64 p.) reports the findings of a survey in 2006 to determine the current state of readiness for digital preservation within New Zealand's core public sector organisations.
- ISBN: 0475122909
- http://www.natlib.govt.nz/catalogues/library-documents/public-sector-d
igital-preservation
- Report to ICABS on Guidance for Digital Preservation : Report on a Survey of Sources
Webb, Colin
(Date Created: Jul 2005)
- The purpose of this report is to provide information that will help the IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards (ICABS) to understand the availability of useful guidance for long term access to digital information resources. The report evaluates the availability of guidance in several areas including managing digital programs, deciding what to preserve, creating preservation content, transferring digital objects to an archive, naming, describing and controlling archived digital projects, managing legal issues, protecting and storing digital data and re-presenting archived objects for access.
- http://192.102.239.53/openpublish/index.php/nlasp/article/view/1214/14
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- JISC Programme Synthesis Study: Supporting Digital Preservation & Asset Management in Institutions. A Review of the 4-04 Programme on Digital Preservation & Asset Management for the JISC Information Environment. Pt II: Programme Synthesis
Pennock, Maureen
(Date Created: Jan 2008)
(United Kingdom)
- This report (82 p.) summarizes the work done by projects that participated in the JISC Programme Digital Preservation & Asset Management (2004-2006). It provides project, programme and thematic overviews as well as the interview questions used in collating information for the study. Projects include Sherpa DP, MATS, ESPIDA, LIFE, PARADIGM, MANDATE, DPTP, DAA, Assessment of the UK Data Archive and Managing Risk.
- http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/preservation/404publi
creport_2008.pdf
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