Excuse Me. Some Digital Preservation Fallacies?
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Excuse me…
I have been asked to write an article for the tenth anniversary of
Ariadne, a venture that I have enjoyed, off and on, since its inception in 1996 as part of the eLib Programme, of which I was then Programme Director.
Some years ago I wrote an article entitled “After eLib” [1] for
Ariadne. The original suggestion was for a follow-up “even more after eLib”; however, I now work for JISC, and that probably makes it hard to be objective!
In “After eLib”, I wrote this paragraph about digital preservation:
“Back to the Electronic Libraries Programme, what were some of my favourite projects (I won’t say best; this is definitely a subjective list)? The project of greatest personal satisfaction for me is CEDARS [2], the digital preservation project. Ensuring the long-term existence of digital materials was not an element of the Follett report, and this seemed a significant gap when I started thinking a
1 August 2012 - 12:00
From the outset, digital preservation and conservation seem to be two very different professions. This paper explores the idea that both traditional and digital conservators not only have many commonalties but also an invaluable knowledge bank of their own areas of expertise, which should be shared between these seemingly distinct communities. Preservation Services and the Digital Preservation team from the National Library of Australia (NLA) discuss the commonalities between the two professions. Digital preservation is a relatively young and innovative discipline, while conservation has undergone its own phases of growth and innovation to become a profession that is steeped in tried and tested methodologies and techniques. This analysis of the common challenges shared by the Conservation team and the Digital Preservation team at the NLA illustrates the lessons that can be learned and shared between the two. With multiple linkages between digital preservation a
14 August 2008 - 12:00
The paper outlines the development of an open source software application for ingesting physical media, linking it to catalogue records, creating an accurate duplicate of the digital contents and transfer it to preservation managed digital storage. The paper and a presentation were given at on this project at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Quebec City, Canada (2008).
Introduction
This paper describes the work of the National Library of Australia in designing a workflow solution for the highest priority preservation risks confronting its collection of digital materials on physical carriers such as handheld optical and magnetic disks.
1 June 2015 - 12:00
Accessing the web has become part of our everyday lives. Web archiving is performed by libraries, archives, companies and other organizations around the world. Many of these web archives are represented in the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) . This article documents goals and activities of the IIPC Preservation Working Group (PWG), such as a survey about the current state of preservation in member web archives and a number of collaborative projects which the Preservation Working Group is developing. These resources are designed to help address the preservation and long-term access to the web by sharing ideas and experiences, and by building up databases of information for support of preservation strategies and actions.