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.