DPC/PADI What's new in digital
preservation
Issue no. 18 (March 2008 - September 2008)
Compiled by Najla Rettberg for the Digital
Preservation Coalition (DPC)
20 Oct 2008
This is a summary of selected recent activity in thefield of
digital preservation compiled from a number of resources
including the digital-preservation
and padiforum-l
mailing lists. Additional or related items of interest may also be
included.
Contents:
- News from organisations
and initiatives
1.1 Digital Preservation
Coalition (DPC) (UK)
1.2 Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
(UK)
1.3 JISC (UK)
1.4 The National Archives (UK)
1.5
PLANETS
1.6 nestor (Network of
Expertise in Long-Term Storage of Digital Resources)
1.7 EU activities
1.8 Other Organisations
- Specific themes
2.1 Digital Preservation
– definitions, frameworks and directions
2.2 Digital Preservation
Life Cycle
2.3 Repositories
2.4 Research data
2.5 Legal issues
2.6 Copyright and IPR
2.7 Web Archiving
2.8 Function specific
2.9 Tools
2.10 File format
preservation
2.11 Preservation metadata
- Digital
Preservation-related Blogs
- Events
4.1 Recent Events
4.2 Current and Forthcoming
Events
4.3 Training Events
1. News from organisations and initiatives
1.1 Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
A number of high profile events organised by the DPC
were held in the last six months: in April, ‘What to
Preserve? Significant Properties of Digital Objects’ was
held. Significant properties are essential characteristics of a digital
object which must be preserved over time for the digital object to
remain accessible and meaningful. The aim of the workshop was to
initiate proper understanding of these properties. ‘Digital
Preservation Planning: Principles, Examples and the Future with Planets’
was held in July jointly with the PLANETS project. The event was an
informal and interactive workshop which allowed attendees to share
knowledge and experience in digital preservation planning, setting
strategy and policy plus first-hand experience of Planets tools and
technology. All presentations and further information are available via
the DPC website.
A new Technology Watch Report has also been published.
This report reviews PDF and the newly introduced PDF/Archive (PDF/A)
format as a potential solution to the problem of long–term digital
preservation. It suggests adopting PDF/A for archiving electronic
documents’ as the standard will help preservation and retrieval in the
future. It concludes that it can only be done when combined with a
comprehensive records management programme and formally established
records procedures.
Fanning, B. (2008) Preserving
the Data Explosion: Using PDF. Preservation Coalition
Technology Watch Series Report 08-02. Retrieved 20 October 2008 from: http://www.dpconline.org/docs/reports/dpctw08-02.pdf
During the last six months the DPC was represented at a
number of events and various presentations were given. These include:
Records Management Society North Group, ‘What’s all this
about Digital Preservation: Challenges, Methods, Realities’ April
2008; Loughborough University – a paper given for the MSc course April
2008; Joint UK-Ireland Digitisation Workshop, ‘What’s all
this about Digital Preservation: Challenges, Methods, Realities’ May
2008; Discussion panel member, Life2 Conference, June 2008; Society of
Archivists, Data Standards Group AGM ‘Digital Preservation; Bits, bytes
and baggage’ June 2008. The DPC was also present at the annual JISC
Conference, Enabling Innovation, where it had an exhibition stand.
Retrieved 23 October 2008 from: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2008/04/jiscconference08.aspx
The DPC continues to grow, and has recently welcomed a
new allied member, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and
Social Research (ICPSR).
1.2 Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
The DCC is organising a hands-on training workshop to
look at conceptualising, creating, preserving access to and re-using
data over time. The DCC's Digital Curation 101 workshop will contribute
towards bridging the gap that currently exists between general
awareness of preservation and curation issues and the ability to
practically address them in a real working environment. Retrieved 23
October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/digital-curation-101-2008/
The fourth issue of the International
Journal of Digital Curation (IJDC) is now available. This
is the most substantial issue to date containing nine papers and eight
articles offering valuable insights into the research challenges,
service developments, best practice and policy approaches associated
with digital curation. The Journal is available from the IJDC website.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/issue/current
DRAMBORA: In early 2008 a
second version of the self-assessment toolkit was released as DRAMBORA
Interactive. The on-line tool accumulates feedback and comments
received from the pilot assessments and includes features that guide
and support the auditor throughout the assessment process and documents
its findings. At the time of writing there are over 60 repositories
registered and using DRAMBORA Interactive for assessment. The
assessment methodology has been tested and commented on in nearly 20
pilot assessments undertaken in an internationally diverse selection of
repositories: archives, digital libraries and data centres. Within the
context of the DELOS Digital Preservation Cluster four audits of
digital library environments were undertaken, using DRAMBORA, with a
view to determining common characteristics of digital library
repositories, in order to facilitate both knowledge transfer and
comparison. The pilot assessments show that the DRAMBORA methodology
itself is flexible, and responsive to the structural and contextual
peculiarities of individual repositories. The DRAMBORA process places
considerable emphasis on demonstrable, and not just inferred, success.
It can be used both independently and in association with the other
repository assessment checklists.
More information about the tool is at the DRAMBORA
website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/
1.3 JISC
Digital Preservation and Records
Management Programme
There has been much activity in the e-journal archiving
space in the last few months with some of the focus shifting towards
the JISC-funded EDINA National Data Centre. As of 1st August 2008, the
UK LOCKSS Alliance entered into a subscription model service phase and
support for that programme has now moved from the University of Glasgow
over to EDINA. Another EDINA-based initiative that has just commenced
is the PePRS Project (Piloting an e-Journal Preservation Registry).
This project will run for two years, in conjunction with the ISSN
Centre in Paris, and will look at the feasibility of setting up an
effective method of checking long-term archiving arrangements for
scholarly journals.
Other recent e-journal activity includes the
publication of two reports:
- An evaluation of the UK LOCKSS Pilot Project.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/
preservation/uklockssevaluation.pdf
- A Comparative Study of e-Journal Archiving
Solutions. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/media/documents/jisc_collections/reports/e_journals_archiving_%20solutions_report_final_080518.pdf
The LIFE2 project concluded in June with a conference
at the British Library that showcased the updated and enhanced
lifecycle costing model. The final report is available. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://eprints.ucl.ac.uk/11758/
Three more short-term projects are on the verge of
publishing reports, all of which will be made available via links on
the JISC Digital Preservation home page. Retrieved 19 October 2008
from: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/preservation/
- The Digital Preservation Policies Study has looked
at a wide range of policy statements from a number of different
organisations and provides a framework and guidance for the UK HE
sector to tackle preservation issues in a top-down way.
- The JISC PoWR (Preservation of Web Resources)
Project has devised a handbook that addresses preservation issues for
content contained within institutional websites.
- The Preservation of e-Learning Materials Study has
surveyed attitudes towards the value and purpose of preserving these
kinds of materials.
This period has seen a number of events in which
JISC-funded activity has featured. The Significant Properties Workshop
at the British Library was well attended and provoked a wide range of
commentary about the challenges of defining and characterising digital
objects. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://digitalcuration.blogspot.com/2008/04/seriiously-seeking-significance.html.
There was further focus on significant properties at the IS&T
Archiving 2008 conference which featured a tutorial session on their
use for digital preservation purposes.
Current JISC-funded preservation projects were joined
by representatives from the PLANETS, CASPAR and SHAMAN projects for a
Digital Preservation Forum at the end of June. This was a chance for
projects to swap information and to map their activities onto the DCC’s
Digital Preservation Life Cycle Model. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/projects-forum-2008/
The development phase of the JISC-funded Data
Audit Framework is still underway. The Framework
provides organisations with the means to identify, locate and assess
the current management of their research data assets. Armed with such
information they can begin to improve on existing data management
practices. Work on the project will continue through four pilot
implementation projects which will test DAF in a range of HE contexts.
Training will also be provided for organisations that plan to use the
tool. For details of the next workshop to be held in Edinburgh on 1st
December please see the DCC events pages. Retrieved 19 October from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2008/programme/
Further details on the Data Audit Framework are available on the
project website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.data-audit.eu/
1.4 The National Archives, UK
The Digital Continuity project:
The need for a government shared service to address the risk to
information caused by obsolete technologies was recognised in 2007. The
project is being lead by The National Archives. Initially targeting
central government, the final service should be relevant to a much
wider customer base, including government agencies, local government
and non-departmental public bodies. The project team has consulted
central government departments to find out what business outcomes and
benefits they expect from a service. They are looking at the commercial
sector to find out what relevant products and services currently exist,
and where any gaps may be – as a precursor to working with commercial
suppliers to address the many technical challenges of digital
obsolescence. The team is currently developing the guidance and
standards departments will need to deliver a digital continuity shared
service, for example helping government departments to identify risks
and benefits, develop a digital continuity strategy and implement an
action plan to mitigate risks. Their aim is to deliver a flexible,
quality-assured, value-for-money shared service that organisations can
tailor to address their specific digital continuity requirements.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/digitalcontinuity
The Web Continuity project:
The National Archives has rapidly expanded its web archiving activities
to include the whole of UK central government. Harvesting 3 times a
year, the Web Continuity programme includes websites closing as part of
the ‘Transformational Government Web Rationalisation’ programme. The
collection was developed both to provide a record and to maintain
access to government information over time. Web Continuity is
innovative in both its scale and its approach to fixing broken links on
live sites with redirection. By deploying a redirection component, Web
Continuity will provide persistent access to legacy information on the
live web and in the archive. The National Archives is busy engaging
with government departments to encourage usage of the redirection
component and XML sitemaps to support the archiving process. Central
government departments are currently working on implementation. The new
approach has been widely commended in government and the web archiving
community.
The collection will be published online in phases from late November
2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008 from:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/webarchive
1.5 PLANETS (Preservation and Long-term Access through
Networked Services)
There has been further development of the major software
components of the Planets platform:
The Planets Preservation Planning Tool
(Plato) has been demonstrated at a variety of events
around Europe, including workshops where delegates have had hands-on
experience of the tool. Feedback from these events has informed further
development of Plato. A new version, undergoing usability testing by
partner institutions, is due for release in November 2008. Plato is
expected to be made available for wider use during summer 2009. The
Planets team is delighted that Plato shared first prize for best
demonstration at the ECDL 2008 conference. More information about
Plato, including a draft User Manual and MS PowerPoint walkthrough can
be found from the Planets website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/dp/plato
.
The Planets Interoperability Framework
allows third-parties to plug-in tools and services. The second version
has been released. The Planets Testbed is a controlled software
environment that allows researchers and practitioners to conduct
digital preservation experiments and establish empirically the most
appropriate strategies and tools for particular content. The Testbed
has had a new release and has been demonstrated at outreach events.
The Planets Comparator, a
tool that enables XCDL characteristics of two files to be compared
automatically is also being developed. (XCDL – Extensible
Characteristics Description Language.)
Planets has developed a conceptual model for expressing
the core concepts and requirements that appear in preservation guiding
documents such as policies, strategies, workflows and plans. The model
defines a specific vocabulary that institutions can reuse for
expressing their own policies and strategies. In addition to providing
a conceptual framework, the method and vocabulary support automated
preservation planning tools through an XML representation. The model is
described in the Planets External Report PP2-D2 (see Planets website).
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.planets-project.eu/docs/reports/Planets_PP2_D2_ReportOnPolicyAndStrategyModelsM24_Ext.pdf
Planets has compiled an inventory of over 100 file
formats found commonly in digital objects, plus an inventory of the
tools and actions that are available to preserve them. This makes it
possible to identify gaps and create a blueprint of tools that will be
required.
A recent report from the PLANETS team hasanalysed
preservation guiding documents and interviewed staff from libraries,
archives, and data centres that are actively engaged in digital
preservation. The paper introduces a conceptual model for expressing
the core concepts and requirements that appear in preservation guiding
documents. It defines a specific vocabulary that institutions can reuse
for expressing their own policies and strategies. In addition to
providing a conceptual framework, the model and vocabulary support
automated preservation planning
tools through an XML representation. The paper can be found at the
PLANETS website.
Dappert, A., Ballaux, B., Mayr, M.,
and van Bussel, S. (2008) Report on policy and strategy
models for libraries, archives and data centres. PLANETS
report PP2-D2. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.planets-project.eu/docs/reports/
Planets_PP2_D2_ReportOnPolicyAndStrategyModelsM24_Ext.pdf
An outline of the technical aspects of PLANETS is
presented in a DCC paper, which also describes the three aspects of
preservation tools, Characterisation, Migration and Emulation.Retrieved…
Donnelly, M (2008) Planets
Testbed. DCC Technology Watch Report. Retrieved 19 October
2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/technology-watch/planets-testbed/
1.6 nestor (Network of Expertise in Long-Term Storage
of Digital Resources)
The German standards committee, DIN, has been working
with nestor to include digital preservation in its documentation. The
German Library and Documentation Standardisation Committee is
responsible for standardisation and is addressing important issues such
as trusted repositories; persistent identifiers; legal admissibility.
Nestor has recently held another successful Summer
school in June 2008 which also included a number of workshops.
Computer games and emulation was the subject of a
workshop entitled "Replayed - Preservation of digital artefacts based
on example of computer games" and many resources are now available on
the nestor website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://nestor.cms.hu-berlin.de/moinwiki/WG_Media
A revised version of the nestor handbook has been made
available online to coincide with the 2008 Bibliothekartag (German
Library Congress).
The "nestor handbook - A small encyclopaedia of digital
preservation" is a living document which will continue to be adapted
and adjusted in line with ever-changing circumstances. The most
striking new features of the current version are the direct access to
the article level and the commentary function. The latter permits
direct contact with the editor responsible for the article, allowing
the author to discuss questions, notes and comments with him/her
directly. In the future, users will be able to track any
changes/processing of the articles, as a history function has also been
incorporated. Furthermore, the scope of the handbook has been
significantly expanded, with a number of articles being added. The
handbook is at the nestor website. http://nestor.sub.uni-goettingen.de/handbuch/index.php
The Newsletter from April 2008 can be found (in
English) on the nestor website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://nestor.sub.uni-goettingen.de/newsletter/archiv.php?show=14&lang=en
1.7 EU Activities
The first round of FP7 – ICT has funded three projects.
The first is SHAMAN, which stands for Sustaining Heritage Access
through Multivalent ArchiviNg. It intends to look into distributed
storage, refine the OAIS model, and to develop content management
systems. More information can be found via the project website.
Retrieved 29 October 2008 from: http://www.shaman-ip.eu/
Another project funded by FP7 is the PARSE.Insight
project which aims to support e-science infrastructure, by
investigating funding mechanisms and data management practice. The aim
of PARSE.Insight is to draw up a roadmap and recommendations to support
the e-Infrastructure for the digital preservation and long-term
accessibility of this raw academic data. The project partners’ first
analyse the digital preservation methods and the communities involved
with the provision of raw academic data. They then carry out a
Europe-wide survey to determine how raw academic data is currently
being archived. Three case studies in the areas of high-energy physics,
geoscience and social science are providing specific and complementary
information. The project has its own website, which includes more
information and project deliverables. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.parse-insight.eu/
The German Research Foundation, Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinshaft (DFG) have collaborated with a number of key
German research institutions to sign an e-infrastructure policy. The
Joint Priority Initiative, which will run from 2008 to 2012, looks at
six principle areas, including preservation of research data, legal
issues and preservation of e-journals. A description of the initiative,
titled Priority Initiative “Digital Information” by the
Alliance of German Science Organisations is available in
English from the DFG website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://www.dfg.de/forschungsfoerderung/wissenschaftliche_infrastruktur/
lis/download/allianz_initiative_digital_information_en.pdf
1.8 Other Organisations
The National Diet Library of Japan has published a
section about digital preservation on its website. As the national
deposit library, it has an obligation to collect and preserve digital
materials and this section includes details on how they are going to
approach digital preservation, including a link to its Digital
Archiving System. Everything is available in English from its website.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/aboutus/preservation.html
Oxford University have recently been awarded three-year
Mellon Foundation funding for futureArch. This new project intends to
establish a workflow for the library to seamlessly preserve both
traditional and digital archives, moving from a project environment to
a service. A project website will be available soon, in the meantime,
to find out more refer to the Press Release and project blog. Retrieved
19 October 2008 from: http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/news/2008_aug_18
UKOLN have launched a Cultural Heritage area of their
website aimed at the cultural heritage sector. It includes an area on
digital preservation which includes a number of briefing papers on
preservation, such as web archiving and legal issues. Much of the
information pertains to preservation of cultural materials. Retrieved
19 October 2008 from: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/preservation/
Sun PASIG is a project set up by Sun Microsystems,
which stands for Sun Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group.
The aim of the group is to host a special interest group open to both
commercial and academic organisations aiming to share experiences in a
number of areas: OAIS; open repository solutions; storage architecture;
commercial solutions. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.sun-pasig.org/
NDIIPP: The inaugural issue of the Library of Congress
Digital Preservation Newsletter was issued in March 2008 and it is
issued monthly. A subscription service is available and Archived copies
are available from http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/archive.html
2. Specific themes
2.1
Digital Preservation - definitions, frameworks & directions
The Association for Library Collections and Technical
Services (ALCTS) in the USA has released a set of Definitions of
Digital Preservation and it has now been further approved. The list can
be found on the ALCTS website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/resources/preserv/defdigpres0408.cfm
Brian Lavoie updates us on the activities of the Blue
Ribbon Task Force which is addressing economic sustainability in
digital preservation. The task force aims to raise awareness and offer
guidance and this article sets out the main issues involved in
sustainable preservation, and the need to provide more economic models.
In a series of two articles, Catherine Marshall looks
at the technological and social environment in which we are rapidly
creating digital materials. The main focus of the papers is on personal
archives, and the challenges that individuals face in undertaking their
own archiving. Current technologies are examined, and the second paper
puts forward a number of possible solutions, such as distributed
storage and accessibility.
A clear outline of the issues involved in digital
curation has been released by the DCC. The paper covers most of the
issues in curation, including its importance from both HE and an
e-Science perspective. It provides a good introduction to the subject
for those starting out in curation.
Henry Gladney has released an ePrint which challenges
the term ‘digital preservation’. He puts forward the notion that we
should opt for creating instead ‘durable’ objects. An infrastructure to
create this is well within our reach, however progress has been impeded
by slow collaboration between different sectors.
Lavoie, B (2008) “The Fifth
Blackbird: some thoughts on economically sustainable digital
preservation” D-Lib Magazine (14) 3/4 March/April 2008.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march08/lavoie/03lavoie.html
Marshall, C (2008) “Re-thinking
Personal Digital Archiving Part 1” D-Lib Magazine (14) 3/4
March/April 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march08/marshall/03marshall-pt1.html
Marshall, C (2008) “Re-thinking
Personal Digital Archiving Part 2” D-Lib Magazine (14) 3/4
March/April 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march08/marshall/03marshall-pt2.html
Gladney, H (2008) Durable
Digital Objects Rather Than Digital Preservation.
ErpaePrints. ePrint. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://eprints.erpanet.org/146/
Abbott, D (2008) What is
Digital Curation? DCC Briefing Paper. Retrieved 19 October
2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/briefing-papers/what-is-digital-curation/
2.2 Digital Preservation Life
Cycle
The DCC has published an FAQ on the lifecycle
model
created by them. It looks at the model from the perspective of
different stakeholders; creators, archivists, users, and explains how
to use the model, its benefits and all the different action points
within the model. The Journal of Digital Curation includes an article
by Sarah Higgins on the further developed lifecycle model, initially
presented as a draft, and now finalised. It is to be used as a tool for
curators, and the article highlights how the DCC plans to put the tool
into practice.
Abbott, D (2008) Frequently
Asked Questions about the DCC Curation Lifecycle Model. DCC
FAQ Series. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/FAQs/dcc-curation-lifecycle-model/
Higgins, S (2008) “The DCC
Curation Lifecycle Model” International Journal of Digital
Curation. V.3 No.1 Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/article/view/69/69
Persistent Identifiers
The DPE has published a useful briefing
paper which
explains why persistent identifiers (PIs) are so useful for
preservation, especially in the context of cultural heritage materials.
The paper states that use of just URLs is not a solution, outlines some
key system requirements, and what technology solutions there are. The
DPE has also released a paper looking at identifiers in general, how
they are used in the preservation process and how crucial their
interoperability and re-use are. Another article in Ariadne also
clarifies what PIs are and, very usefully, explains all the other
factors associated, such as DOIs, OpenURLs and the Handle System.
Bellini, E., Cirinna, C.,
& Lunghi, M (2008) Persistent Identifiers for
Cultural Heritage. A DPE Briefing Paper. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from:
http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/publications/briefs/persistent_identifiers.pdf
Tonkin, E (2008) “Persistent
Identifiers: Considering the Options” Ariadne 56
July 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue56/tonkin/
Paskin, N (2008) Identifier
interoperability. A DPE Briefing Paper. Retrieved 19 October
2008 from: http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/
publications/briefs/identifier-interoperability.pdf
Representation
Information
Representation Information is the
subject of a
substantial article, fairly technical in approach. The preservation
environment is a crucial aspect to record in metadata during the
archiving process. It describes Assessment Criteria and Infrastructure
Independence.
Moore, R. (2008) “Towards a
theory
of digital preservation” International Journal of Digital
Curation. V.3 No.1 Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/article/view/63/82
Appraisal
A briefing paper by DPE defines
appraisal and how it
applies to the scientific digital record. It touches on how to tackle
the process and the issues involved.
Faundeen, J (2008) The
Challenge of Appraising Science Records. A DPE Briefing
Paper. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/publications/briefs/faundeen.pdf
Annotation
The DCC has published a clear
briefing paper on
annotation in which it outlines its benefits in the curation process.
The paper also highlights how it is used in practice and how it can be
seen from both an HE and e-Science perspective.
Abbott, D (2008) Annotation.
DCC Briefing Paper. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/briefing-papers/annotation/
2.3 Repositories
A recent conference on open
repositories in April this
year touched on digital preservation. A few sessions touched on digital
preservation, and experts on DSpace, Eprints and Fedora were present.
Morris, C (2008) “Strands
of a
global web of knowledge come together at the third international open
repositories conference 2008” D-Lib Magazine (14) 5/6
May/June 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may08/morris/05morris.html
A recent article by
Dorothea Salo tackles the future of
institutional repositories, and looks at the current situation where
repository managers are often not fully supported by the rest of the
institution. A reconsideration of the role of repositories is needed.
Salo, D (2008) “Innkeeper
at the
Roach Motel” Library Trends v.57 no.2, Fall 2008. Available as a
pre-print. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/22088
An event called the
Repository Fringe was held at the
end of July in Edinburgh to look at a range of repository activities, including some
presentations on preservation aspects of repositories. The event has
its own website containing all presentations. Retrieved 19 October 2008
from: http://www.repositoryfringe.org/
The Florida Centre for
Library Automation has recently
announced its award for a new project, “Towards Interoperable
Preservation Repositories (TIPR): A Demonstration Project”. The aim of
the project is to investigate the exchange of information between
institutional repositories. The 2-year project will create a transfer
format. More information is available on the FCLA website. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://blogs.fcla.edu/index.php/digitalarchive/2008/09/
2.4
Research Data
Preservation of research
data within Higher Education
(HE) is the subject of a recent paper. Institutions tackling digital
preservation will find the findings in this paper of use, both with
regard to costing, and the case studies which detail how some
organisations are tackling preservation of large amounts of research
data.
Beagrie, N., Chruszcz,
J.,
& Lavoie, B (2008) Keeping research data safe: A
cost model and guidance for UK universities. Charles Beagrie
Limited. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/
keepingresearchdatasafe0408.pdf
Data management in
Higher Education is the subject of
another paper which looks at the role of data services in HE and how
service providers are offering and promoting their expertise. Digital
preservation is also touched on throughout the study, as is its impact
and cost. Initiatives in Australia, USA and the EU are looked at, and
compared to UK data management services.
Serco Consulting
(2008) The
UK research data service feasibility study. UKRDS Interim
report. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ukrds.ac.uk/UKRDS%20SC%2010%20July%2008%20Item%205%20(2).doc
Two data librarians
are interviewed for CILIP about
their role in curating and managing datasets. The changing nature of
librarianship is highlighted as professionals have to manage more and
more diverse digital materials. The interview is available via the
CILIP website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/updatemagazine/archive/archive2008/june/
Interview+with+Macdonald+and+Martinez-Uribe.htm
A report by the
Research Information Network looks at
the nature of sharing research data and how to realise the full
potential for its re-use. It identifies a lack of data management
infrastructure and skills, which in turn impedes preservation and
curation. The report can be found via the RIN website.
Research
Information Network
(2008) To Share or Not to Share: publication and quality
assurance of research data outputs. Retrieved 19 October
2008 from: http://www.rin.ac.uk/files/Data%20publication%20report,%20main%20-%20final.pdf
A new JISC funded
project, the Data Audit Framework
(DAF), is led by HATII at the University of Glasgow. The aim of the
project is to assist organisations manage their data, as well as
creating an online tool to help users gather information about
different aspects of data management. DAF has its own website and will
officially be launched on 1 October 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008
from: http://www.data-audit.eu/
The DCC and the
Research Information Network held a
joint forum aimed at staff from data centres and those dealing with
research data preservation. The workshop focused on practical
implementation and aimed at encouraging interoperability between
organisations. Presentations are available from the DCC website.
Retrieved 23 October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/data-forum-2008/
2.5
Legal Issues
An article in the
Journal of Digital Curation looks at
how a public institution is affected by the Freedom of Information Act
and other legal acts. The article has some preservation applicability
as it deals with managing information under the Act, such as exceptions
and access controls. The Data Protection Act is mentioned in a DCC
paper which looks at lawful access of personal data, namely medical
data. Creative Commons Licensing (CC) is the subject of another DCC
paper which explains the act, and the delicate balance between total
control over intellectual property and a radical free-for-all. The CC
creates a good balance and provides a range of access levels, which in
turn simply the curation process which is all about access and re-use
of objects.
Pelton, C
& Thorley, M
(2008) “The Fit Between the UK Environmental Information Regulations
and the Freedom of Information Act” International Journal of
Digital Curation. V.3 No.1 Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/article/view/72
McGinley, M
(2008) Sharing
Medical Data – the Legal Considerations. DCC Legal Watch
Paper. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/legal-watch/sharing-medical-data/
McGinley, M
(2008) Creative
Commons Licensing. DCC Legal Watch
Paper. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/legal-watch/creative-commons-licensing/
2.6 Copyright
and IPR
A recent
publication provides a clear overview of
digital preservation activities in the UK, as well as Austria,
Netherlands and the US. The report clarifies legal deposit, describes
copyright laws, and how UK law might hinder digital preservation.
Besek, J.,
LeFurgy, W., Weston,
C., Muir, A., Atkinson, B., Carroll, E., et al. (2008) International
Study on the Impact of Copyright Law on Digital Preservation.
Library of Congress, JISC, Open Access to Knowledge Law Project, SURF
Foundation. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00014035/01/14035.pdf
The United
States 1976 Copyright Law has been the focus
of a study group that has released its final report. It addressed how
the Act might need to be amended to take into account the changing
needs in the library world, including digital preservation.
The
Section 108 Study
Group Report. (2008) United States Copyright Office
& NDIIPP. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.section108.gov/docs/Sec108StudyGroupReport.pdf
A
conference was held in Geneva in July about
preservation and copyright. Presentations are available from the World
Intellectual Property Organisation, and it provides a useful set of
resources on the topic. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=16162
2.7 Web
Archiving
The
Library of Congress (LOC) is collaborating with the
California Digital Library, the University of North Texas Libraries,
the Internet Archive and the U.S. Government Printing Office on a
subject-specific web archiving project to collect all websites
pertaining to the end of the presidential term. The full press release
is at the LOC website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-139.html
The Web
Curator Tool is the subject of an article in
D-Lib, describing the first year of using the tool in a production
environment. The article details how the tool is used by library staff
at the National Library of New Zealand as well as future plans for the
service.
Payntor, G., Joe, S., Lala, V.,
& Lee, G (2008) “A year of selective web archiving with the web
curator at the National Library of New Zealand”. D-Lib
v.14 No. 5/6 May/June 2008 Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may08/paynter/05paynter.html
A new
web archiving project, Living Web Archives, LiWA
has been initiated. The main expected outcome of the LiWA project is a
set of innovative methods and services for capturing, preserving,
analysing and enriching web content, which implement the vision of a
Living Web Archive. It is the intention of the project partners to turn
Web archives from pure Web page storages into “living Web archives”
within the next three years. The LiWA project will address R&D
challenges in the three areas: Archive Fidelity, Archive coherence and
Archive interpretability. . A project website is available. Retrieved
19 October 2008 from: http://www.liwa-project.eu/
A
JISC-funded project started in April, JISC-PoWR. A
joint project between UKOLN and ULCC Data Archive will run workshops,
create resources and a workshop about web preservation. A first draft
of the workbook is now available. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://jiscpowr.jiscinvolve.org/category/digital-preservation/
A
recent article in Ariadne describes a one-day web
archiving workshop held by the JISC-PoWR team. Some of the subjects
touched on in the article are drivers for preservation; the dichotomy
that exists between the archive manager and the web manager, and the
suitability of websites for long term archiving.
Emmott, S (2008) “Preservation of
Web Resources: Making a Start”. Ariadne 56. July
2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue56/jisc-powr-rpt/
A new
web curators’ mailing list has been established
by the international internet preservation consortium (IIPC). To sign
up, go to the netpreserv website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://netpreserve.org/about/curator.php
The
second IIPC General Assembly was held at the
National Library of Australia 7-11 April 2008. Fifty four delegates
from 28 IIPC member institutions attended the meeting, which included
expert discussions, project presentations, and tool demonstrations, and
meetings of the four working groups, technical committee, and steering
committee. Balloting on the Draft International Standard ISO/DIS 28500:
Information and documentation — The WARC File Format ended in September.
2.8
Function-specific
Email
archiving
A
project based at the North Carolina State Archives is
researching the preservation of emails. Software has been developed to
capture email and transfer it to XML for preservation purposes. Three
different state archives are now working in collaboration to test the
software. More about the project including its exact goals and update
reports can be found online at the project website. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://www.records.ncdcr.gov/EmailPreservation/
Audiovisual
A
recent briefing paper has been published that
outlines issues for archiving AV material. The author recommends three
major changes that are needed for the field to hope for longevity.
Unique problems for AV archiving are explained, as well as the benefits
digital library technology holds for archiving purposes.
Wright, R (2008) Preservation
of Digital Audiovisual Content. DPE Briefing Paper.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/publications/briefs/audiovisual_v3.pdf
Nestor recently held a workshop on emulation of
computer games. A write up of the event (in German) can be found via
the nestor website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://nestor.cms.hu-berlin.de/moinwiki/AG_Media
and more information (in English) is also available. http://nestor.cms.hu-berlin.de/moinwiki/WG_Media
e-Journal
Archiving
A
recent survey by Portico looked at attitudes of
library directors towards digital preservation of e-journals. The study
also aimed to gather sufficient data to assist library managers
allocated funds for digital preservation. While many respondents to the
survey agreed that digital preservation of e-journals was crucial, a
large gap was identified as to any preservation action taken. The
announcement at the Portico site provides access to the report.
Portico (2008) Digital
Preservation of e-journals in 2008: Urgent action revisited. Results
from a Portico/Ithaka survey of US Library directors.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.portico.org/news/060508.html
Two reports on LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe)
have been released. A Technology Watch Report has been released by the
DCC which sets out details of how the LOCKSS service works and is able
to address preservation challenges such as centralised storage and
budgetary issues. The article also addresses the tool’s functionality
and outlines some implementation sites. The JISC-funded study looks at
the current LOCKSS pilot in UK HE, the quality of its technical
support, how successful it is in negotiating with publishers, as well
as giving a number of recommendations as to the future of the service.
Rusbridge, A (2008) The
LOCKSS Approach to electronic journal archiving. Digital
Curation Centre Technology Watch Report. University of Glasgow.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/technology-watch/lockss/
Dalton, P & Conyers, A
(2008) Evaluation of the JISC UK LOCKSS Pilot.
Birmingham City University. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/preservation/uklockssevaluation.pdf
A JISC funded study has been published which looks at
existing e-journal archiving solutions, six in total. It outlines the
issues involved in e-journal archiving and puts forward some possible
scenarios that the information world could face in terms of gaining
access to e-journals (for example, publishers ceasing to exist) as well
as criteria for judging new solutions. The report concludes the report
with a set of recommendations.
Morrow, T., Beagrie, N., Jones,
M., & Chruszcz, J (2008) A comparative study of
e-journal archiving solutions. JISC. Retrieved 19 October
2008 from: http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/media/documents/jisc_collections/reports/e_journals_archiving_%20solutions_report_final_080518.pdf
Imaging/Digitisation
An interesting Blog entry on the DCC blog debates
whether or not to archive RAW or TIFF files. The entry describes the
format but also the storage/cost implications. The full dialogue can be
followed on the blog website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://digitalcuration.blogspot.com/2008/07/responses-to-raw-versus-tiff.html
Another commentary can be found by Philipp Hoehler on
the Kopal website about RAW data and it also touches on JPEG as a
preservation standard. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://kopal.langzeitarchivierung.de/news/index_news_03.php.en
2.9
Tools
The
DCC have developed a methodology for validating the
effectiveness of a preservation strategy. The methodology involves
creating a test bed and the intention is now to apply the methodology
to assess users’ needs. The paper, which also explores previous
methodologies, can be found at the DCC website.
DCC & PLANETS (2008) DCC
Methodology for designing and evaluating curation and preservation
experiments v.1.0. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/docs/publications/TestBedMethodV1.1.pdf
DAITTS
(Dark Archive in the
Sunshine State) has enhanced version 1.5 of its open source software.
DAITTS provides institutional repository software that facilitates
active preservation. It is freely available and was developed by the
Florida Centre for Library Automation. The new version is now able to
ingest a greater number of files, as well as delivering XML ingest
reports. Work is now beginning on version 2.0. A briefing and
milestones paper is available to look at from the DAITTS website.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://daitss.fcla.edu/wiki/DaitssTwo
The development of JHOVE2
is highlighted on the Library of Congress website. This second version
will have enhanced features, such as more detailed assessment of the
file; this is in the light of increasingly complex file formats. The
new version will be available in 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/2008/20080902news_article_JHOVE2.html.
A further, more detailed
description document is available from the JHOVE website. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://hul.harvard.edu/jhove/JHOVE2-proposal.doc
BagIt
is a new transfer
tool developed by the Library of Congress and the California Digital
Library. The concept is based on ‘bag it and tag it’ where the contents
is put in a bag, surrounded by a machine readable text tag. The aim is
to simplify the transfer of large amounts of data between repositories.
A full specification is available online. Retrieved 19 October 2008
from: http://www.cdlib.org/inside/diglib/bagit/bagitspec.html
The Data Seal of Approval is
developed by the Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) in the
Netherlands. The new resource will assist the data curator establish
whether or not key standards are being met. A document is available
from the project website which outlines the quality guidelines.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.datasealofapproval.org/
See above, under DCC
for update on DRAMBORA.
2.10
File format preservation
An article in D-Lib explores the further emergence of
the JPEG 2000 file format as an archival standard. The study highlights
results of case studies that look at image quality. The results are
written up in detail and the article contains many visual examples. As
a follow up to the increasing use of JPEG 2000, an open source image
server has recently been created, to the benefit of the preservation
community. The alternative has always been to use commercial software,
which comes with its own complications. Another article in D-Lib
outlines the development of this new software.
Buonora, P & Liberati, F
(2008) “A Format for Digital Preservation of images. A study on JPEG
2000 File Robustness” D-Lib Magazine (14) 7/8 July/August 2008.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july08/buonora/07buonora.html
Chute, R & Van de Sompel,
H (2008) “Introducing djatoka. A Reuse Friendly, Open Source JPEG 2000
Image Server” D-Lib Magazine (14) 9/10 September/October 2008.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://dlib.org/dlib/september08/chute/09chute.html
The National Library of the Netherlands has released a
report in response to a need to archive more heterogeneous materials,
other than just PDF. A file format risk assessment was carried out,
along with seven criteria by which to analyse each format. The report
hopes to gather feedback on the conclusions reached.
Rog, J., & van Wijk, C
(2008) Evaluating File Formats for Long-term Preservation. The
Hague, The Netherlands: National Library of the Netherlands. Retrieved
19 October 2008 from: http://www.kb.nl/hrd/dd/dd_links_en_publicaties/publicaties/
KB_file_format_evaluation_method_27022008.pdf
The Florida Digital Archive has released a statement on
recommended data formats for preservation. JPEG 2000 (lossless) is now
supported. The paper is available via the FDA website. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://www.fcla.edu/digitalArchive/formatInfo.htm
The Library of Congress website now lists a number of
standards, the full specifications of which can be downloaded. This
section of their website is intended to provide updates of file format
standards, and how sustainable and suitable they are for preservation.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/
The DPC has released a technology watch report on use
of PDF/A. The paper analyses the standard for its preservation
suitability and it also explores other PDF standards available.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dpconline.org/docs/reports/dpctw08-02.pdf
The nestor project in Germany will hold a seminar in
November on PDF/A. In this nestor seminar experts from the PDF/A
Competence Center will be reviewing and addressing the following
issues: Which characteristics make PDF/A a suitable archive format;
Which objects are suitable for archiving in PDF/A; How are PDF/A files
created (conversion workflows); How can you check whether the PDF/A
files in your archive are valid; What are the limits of PDF/A and
metadata. More information is at the nestor website. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://nestor.sub.uni-goettingen.de/seminar_bundesarchiv/index.php
2.11
Preservation metadata
The PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata
2.0 was announced in April. Following a revision of the standard in
2005, mainly based on user experience of the standard, PREMIS is
technology neutral. This new revision contains more information on
rights metadata and significant properties. The dictionary is available
from the PREMIS website, as is an XML schema to assist implementation.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.loc.gov/premis/v2/premis-2-0.pdf
XML schema: Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/schemas.html
An article in D-Lib explores the use of three different
metadata schemas for archiving eJournals, each schema playing a
specific role in the metadata package – providing structural,
preservation and descriptive information. The article describes the
process of creating an Archival Information Package and highlights that
not one metadata schema exists that can deliver all metadata
specifications for preservation.
Dappert, A & Enders, M
(2008) “Using METS, PREMIS and MODS for archiving eJournals” D-Lib
Magazine (14) 9/10 September/October 2008. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september08/dappert/09dappert.html
Another article in D-Lib explains the development of an
Australian sub profile to the Generic METS profile. The article details
the data content models, examines METS, and provides an interesting
overview of an organisation tailoring a metadata standard to suit their
needs.
Pearce, J., Pearson, D., Williams,
M., & Yeadon, S (2008) “The Australian METS profile – A journey
about Metadata” D-Lib Magazine (14) 3/4 March/April 2008.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march08/pearce/03pearce.html
The Metadata Working Group have recently released its
first set of guidelines for image metadata. The group is comprised of
commercial photographic companies, and the report includes some
specific core vocabulary, existing standards, and aims at standardising
metadata across applications. The guidelines can be found at the
working group’s website.
Metadata Working Group (2008)
Guidelines for Handling Image Metadata. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://www.metadataworkinggroup.com/pdf/mwg_guidance.pdf
3.
Digital preservation-related Blogs
‘Digital
Repositories and Preservation’
Thoughts on digital repositories, digital preservation, and scholarly
communication.’ Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://repositoryblog.com/
‘Da
Blog’: Primarily for
University of London Computer Centre’s Digital Archives staff Retrieved
19 October 2008 from: http://dablog.ulcc.ac.uk/
‘The
Ten Thousand Year Blog’
Archivist-Historian David Mattison’s musings and Web tracks on digital
culture preservation issues. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://davidmattison.ca/2008/10/
‘RepositoryMan’
The Blog
of a repository administrator Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://repositoryman.blogspot.com/
‘Digital
Curation Blog’
Blog inspired by the Digital Curation Centre to discuss issues relating
to the curation and long term preservation of digital science and
research data. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://digitalcuration.blogspot.com/
‘The
DCC Blawg’ The Legal
Blog of the UK's Digital Curation Centre. Retrieved 19 October 2008
from: http://dccblawg.blogspot.com/
‘OXDRRC’
Oxford University
Digital Repositories Research Co-ordinator Blogspot. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://oxdrrc.blogspot.com
‘Digital
Archive Blog’
Florida Digital Archive Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://blogs.fcla.edu/index.php/digitalarchive
‘Neil
Beagrie’s Blog’
Retrieved 23 October 2008 from: http://blog.beagrie.com/
‘JISC
Information Environment Team’
Retrieved 23 October 2008 from: http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/
4.
Events
4.1
Recent events
NISO
Digital Preservation Forum: Planning Today for
Tomorrow’s Resources. 14 March 2008. Washington DC, USA.
Presentations available from the NISO website. Retrieved 19 October
2008 from: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/digpres08/agenda/
DCC/RIN
Research Data Management Forum – Inaugural
workshop. 19-20 March 2008, Manchester.
Presentations available from the DCC website. Retrieved 19 October 2008
from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/data-forum-2008/
Open
Repositories Conference 2008: The third
international conference on open repositories 1-4 April 2008.
Southampton, UK.
Highlights and a write up of the event are available from the
conference website. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/data-forum/?category=3
Article about the event is also in Ariadne. Retrieved 19 October 2008
from: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue56/or-08-rpt/
What to preserve? Significant properties of Digital
Objects. 7 April 2008. British Library, London, UK.
Presentations available from the DPC website. Retrieved 19 October 2008
from: http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/080407workshop.html
TAPE
Workshop on the curation and preservation of
audiovisual collections. UK. 12-16 May 2008.
A succinct write up of the event is available. Retrieved 19 October
2008 from: http://www.archiefschool.nl/docs/accessverslag.pdf
Sun
Preservation and Archive Special Interest Group: May
2008. San Francisco, US
A write up of the event is in Ariadne. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue56/pasig-2008-05-rpt/
LIFE2
Project Conference. 23 June 2008. British Library,
London, UK.
Presentations available from the LIFE website. Retrieved 16 September
2008 from: http://www.life.ac.uk/2/conference.shtml
JISC-PoWR
workshop, 27 June 2008, London, UK
Presentations are at the JISC-PoWR website. Retrieved 19 October 2008
from: http://jiscpowr.jiscinvolve.org/workshops/workshop-1/
Digital
Preservation Planning: Principles, Examples and
the Future with Planets. 29 July 2008, London. UK
Presentations are to be found on the DPC website. Retrieved 19 October
2008 from: http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/080729PlanetsBriefing.html
Edinburgh
Repository Fringe. 31 July – 1 August 2008.
Edinburgh, UK.
Presentations are available from the Fringe website. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://www.repositoryfringe.org/
Archives
2008: Archival R/Evolution & Identities
26-30 August 2008. San Francisco, USA.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.archivists.org/conference/sanfrancisco2008/index.asp
International
Conference on the Preservation of Digital
Objects (ipres2008). 29-30 September 2008. British Library, London, UK.
Retrieved 29 October 2008 http://www.bl.uk/ipres2008/programme.html
Embedding
Web Preservation Strategies Within Your
Institution. JISC-PoWR workshop. 12 September 2008. Manchester UK
Resources now available from the JISC-PoWR blog. Retrieved 19 October
2008 from: http://jiscpowr.jiscinvolve.org/workshops/workshop-3/
12th
European Conference on Research and Advanced
Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL2008) 14-19 September 2008.
Aarhus, Denmark.
Accepted papers now available from the conference website. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://www.iwaw.net/08/
IWAW
2008: 8th International Web Archiving Workshop
18 - 19 Sep 2008, Aarhus Denmark (Denmark).
Accepted papers now available from the conference website. http://www.iwaw.net/08/
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
4.2
Current and Forthcoming events
October
DPE/Planets/CASPAR/nestor
Joint
Training Event: Starting out: Preserving Digital Objects – Principles
and Practice. 13-17 October 2008. Prague, Czech Republic. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://www.wepreserve.eu/events/prague-2008/
Stewardship of Digital Assets,
Washington State Historical Society. 14-15 October 2008. Tacoma,
Washington, US. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.nedcc.org/education/workshops/soda/sodadesc.php
Web Archiving Training Session.
16-17 October 2008. Paris, France. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.europarchive.org/
Conference
on virtual systems and
multimedia Dedicated to Digital Heritage. 20-26 October 2008. Limassol,
Cyprus. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.vsmm2008.org/
Media
in Motion: The Challenge of
Preservation in the Digital Age. 29 October 2008. Montreal, Canada.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/
cfp_media_motion_challenge_preservation_digital_age
DPE/Planets/CASPAR/ Third Annual
Conference: Costs, Benefits and Motivations for digital preservation.
28-30 October 2008. Nice, France. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.wepreserve.eu/events/nice-2008/
November
DCC/Edinburgh
e-Science
Collaborative Workshop. 13 November 2008, Sheffield, UK. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/
Globalisation
and the Management of
Information Resources. 12-14 November 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria. Retrieved
19 October 2008 from: http://slim.emporia.edu/globenet/Sofia2008/index.htm
Alliance
for Permanent Access.
Keeping the Records of Science Accessible: Can We Afford it? 4 November
2008. Budapest. [Invitation only] Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.eu/index.php?id=3
“PDF/A
in Libraries”. 2 December
2008, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Retrieved 19 October
2008 from: http://nestor.sub.uni-goettingen.de/allg/detail.php?show=4328
DCC/RIN Data Managament Forum,
26-27 November 200, Manchester, UK. Retrieved 24 October 2008 from: http://www.rin.ac.uk/node/466
December
4th
International Digital Curation
Conference. 1-3 December 2008. Edinburgh, Scotland. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2008/
International
Data curation
Education Action (IDEA) Working Group Meeting. 4 December 2008.
Edinburgh, UK. Invitation only. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/idea-2008-edinburgh/
Persistence
of Memory: sustaining
digital collections. 9-10 December, Chicago, US. Organised by the
Northeast Document Conservation Center Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.nedcc.org/education/conferences/pom2008/pombroc.php
DPC/RSP/DCC/JISC Workshop.
Tackling the Preservation Challenge: Practical Steps for Repository
Managers. 12th December 2008, London, UK. Retrieved 19 October 2008
from: http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/081212RepMngrsWkshp.html
DLM Forum Conference 2008:
Information and Records Management in Europe: Achievements and new
directions. 10 – 12 December 2008. Toulouse, France. Retrieved 23
October 2008 from: http://www.dlm2008.com/index.php?id_lang=2
2009
April
DigCCurr
2009: Digital Curation
Practice, Promise and Prospects. April 1-3 2009. Chapel Hill, USA.
Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.ils.unc.edu/digccurr2009/
May
African
Digital Scholarship and
Curation 2009. 12-14 May 2009. Pretoria, South Africa. Retrieved 19
October 2008 from:
http://www.library.up.ac.za/digitalscholarship.htm#admin
“Archiving
2009” IS&T
Archiving 4 -7 May 2009, Arlington VA. Retrieved 24 October 2008 from:
http://www.imaging.org/conferences/archiving2009/
4.3
Training Events
October
DELOS
Summer School 2008.
8-14 June 2008. Tirrenia, Italy.Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dpc.delos.info/ss08/
Nestor
Summer School 2008.
16-20 June 2008. Breisgau, Germany. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://nestor.sub.uni-goettingen.de/summer_school_2008/
Web
Archiving Training
Session, 16-17 October 2008, Paris. France. More
information is available from the European Archive Wiki. Retrieved
19 October 2008 from: Retrieved 19 October 2008 from:
http://www.europarchive.org/
Digital
Preservation
Training Programme. 20-22 October 2008, London, UK. A
shorter course than usual is being held. Register via the ULCC website.
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December
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Data Curation
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2008. Edinburgh. Invitation Only. Retrieved 19 October 2008 from: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/idea-2008-edinburgh/
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