DPC/PADI What's new in digital preservation
Issue no. 11 (June - September 2005)
Compiled by Deb Woodyard-Robinson for the
Digital Preservation
Coalition (DPC) and Marian Hanley (National Library of Australia)
27 October 2005
This is a summary of selected recent activity in the field of digital
preservation compiled from the Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI) Gateway and 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
U.K. Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) 1.2
Digital Curation Centre 1.3 Museums,
Libraries and Archives Council (UK) 1.4 Library of
Congress (US) 1.5 National Archives and Records
Administration (US) 1.6 Long-lived Data Collections Task
Force (US) 1.7 Center for International Earth Science
Information Network (US) 1.8 National Consultation on
Access to Scientific Research Data (Canada) 1.9 The
Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology (Canada)
- Specific themes
2.1 Digital
Preservation Research and Directions 2.2 Digital
Preservation Readiness 2.3 Digital Repositories
2.3.1 Creation of digital repositories 2.3.2
Compliance and certification of trusted digital
repositories 2.3.3 Sustainability of digital
repositories 2.4 E-prints 2.5 Web
Archiving 2.6 Preservation Metadata 2.7
Standards 2.8 Open Source 2.9
Personal Archiving 2.10 Storage
Media 2.11 Digital Preservation Training
- Other publications
- Events
4.1 Recent
events 4.2 Forthcoming events
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has released the 2005 Digital
Preservation Award Shortlist and has added the finalists' presentations to
their web site. The five finalists are:
- Vienna University of Technology - Choosing the optimal digital
preservation strategy
- National Archives of the Netherlands - Digital Preservation Test-bed
- PREMIS Working Group - PREMIS (Preservation Metadata: Implementation
Strategies)
- British Broadcasting Corporation -Reverse Standards Conversion
- UK Web Archiving Consortium - The Consortium
The winner will be announced at the 2005 Conservation Awards event held
at the British Museum on 22nd November.
The DPC has also launched the UK Digital Preservation Needs Assessment
survey, its biggest project to date. This 'state of the nation' survey is
designed to reveal the extent of the risk of loss or degradation to digital
material held in the UK's public and private sectors.
It will analyse and synthesise existing sources of data on digital
preservation activity in the UK and gather additional information to present a
detailed analysis of the national status quo regarding digital preservation.
The results will then enable development of a national strategy.
Digital Preservation Coalition. 2005 Digital Preservation Award
Shortlist. Retrieved 27 October 2005 from :
http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/awards/2005shortlist.html
Press Release: State of the nation survey to reveal threat
to the UK's digital heritage. Retrieved 27 October 2005 from :
http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/reports/index.html#ukneeds
The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) has recently published the Digital
Curation Manual. The Manual will comprise 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 first instalment, Open Source for Digital Curation, (see
also 2.9) was published in July and the abstracts of a
further 45 identified instalments are available, covering topics such as
appraisal and selection, business models, user requirements, rights management,
preservation strategies, workflows and metadata.
Digital Curation Centre. Digital Curation Manual. ISSN
1747-1524. Retrieved 27 October 2005 from :
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/curation-manual/
Instalments and abstracts available from :
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/curation-manual/chapters/
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) in the UK, in
conjunction with the Digital Preservation Coalition, has published a report on
a survey and assessment carried out from December 2004 to March 2005 regarding
digital preservation preparedness and needs in regional organisations. The
results supported general assumptions that long term management of digital
material needs to be more firmly and clearly embedded in corporate planning
processes, strategic thinking and planning, and that there is a general need
for awareness raising on the whole issue of digital preservation. The
organisations surveyed expressed a need for help on a range of issues to do
with digital preservation such as training, procurement, support networks, and
resources. A list of actions for all the stakeholders from a local to national
level was developed based on the survey results. The results of this survey
will also be incorporated into the UK Needs Assessment (see 1.1).
Simpson, D. (2005). Digital preservation in the regions.
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, UK. ISBN 190374380X. Retrieved 27
October 2005 from :
http://www.mla.gov.uk/documents/mla_dpc_survey.pdf
In August, the Library of Congress launched the Section 108 Working
Group. The purpose of this group is recommend changes to copyright law that
recognise the need for exceptions to the law for libraries and archives in the
digital age. This is especially important for the collection, preservation and
accessibility of born digital material. The website has links to the relevant
section of the Act as well as background papers and will post any findings and
recommendations on how to revise the copyright law in order to ensure an
appropriate balance among the interests of creators and other copyright
holders, libraries and archives.
Press release: Library Launches Web Site on Independent
Copyright Committee (17 August 2005). Retrieved 27 October 2005 from :
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2005/05-179.html
In September, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
announced that Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $US305 million, six-year
contract to build the Electronic Records Archives (ERA) system. The purpose of
ERA will be to preserve the digital output of the United States federal
government. It is intended that ERA will preserve all types of electronic
records, free from dependence on any specific hardware or software.
Press release: National Archives Names Lockheed Martin to Build
Archives of the Future (8 September 2005). Retrieved 27 October 2005
from: http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2005/nr05-112.html
The National Science Board of the US National Science Foundation has
formed the Long-lived Data Collections Task Force and undertaken an analysis of
the policy issues relevant to long-lived digital data collections in research
and education for science and engineering. Digital data collections are now
recognised as unique and high-value resources for the Foundation that need to
be addressed collectively. A pre-publication of the resulting report provides
the findings and recommendations arising from that analysis. The
recommendations presented after the survey analysis call for clarifying and
harmonizing NSF strategy, policies, processes, and budget for long-lived
digital data collections. The report is considered to be the beginning of much
broader consultation on these issues.
National Science Board (23 May 2005). Long-Lived Digital Data
Collections: Enabling Research and Education in the 21st Century.
Pre-publication draft retrieved 27 October 2005 from:
http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/documents/2005/LLDDC_report.pdf
In June, the Center for International Earth Science Information Network
(CIESIN) published the Guide to Managing Geospatial Electronic
Records. This guide is part of the Managing and Preserving Geospatial
Electronic Records project conducted by the Center for International Earth
Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University. The guide offers
recommendations for managing and preserving geospatial data and related
electronic records. Areas covered include infrastructure issues such as
policies and planning; data accession issues such as selection, authenticity
and intellectual property rights; and custodianship issues such as metadata,
media migration and preservation masters.
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (June
2005). Guide to Managing Geospatial Electronic Records. Retrieved
27 October 2005 from:
http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/ger/GuideToManagingGERv1Final.pdf
In June, The National Research Council Canada (NRC) released the
Final Report of the National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research
Data (NCASRD). The Report includes many recommendations including the
creation of a task force, dubbed Data Force, to prepare a full national
implementation strategy, and the instigation of a pilot project to show the
value and impact of access to research data. The Report also proposes the
establishment of a dedicated national infrastructure to assume overall
leadership in the development and execution of a strategic plan which includes
action to stop degradation and loss of the country's research heritage.
Discussion of the issues, recommendations and proposed timetable for action are
given.
Press release : Final Report of the NCADRD : NRC Report Helps
Maximize Value for Canadian-funded Research Data. (21 June, 2005).
Retrieved 27 October 2005, from :
http://ncasrd-cnadrs.scitech.gc.ca/finalrpt_05_e.shtml
Strong, D.F. and Leach, P.B. National Consultation on Access to
Scientific Research Data (NCASRD) : Final Report. Retrieved 27 October
2005 from : http://ncasrd-cnadrs.scitech.gc.ca/home_e.shtml
The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology is
commencing a five year interdisciplinary research alliance project that will
focus on important issues regarding the preservation and documentation of media
art. Entitled Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage :
Research and Case Studies, the research will focus on three areas of expertise
- technological history, art documentation and art conservation. The project
will also focus on three main research fields - historical studies and
development of descriptive and analytic tools; documentation, dissemination and
access via research networks; and preservation of works featuring technological
components. Tools, guides and methodologies such as case studies, best practice
guides and specifications will be produced as part of this project.
Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology (2005).
Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage : Research and
Case Studies. Retrieved 27 October 2005 from:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/e/aruc.html
.
The staff of RLG DigiNews have reviewed digital preservation and
digitisation research and development projects around the world and have
compiled a list of 10 initiatives in progress which have the potential to
contribute to the broader cultural heritage community. The ten projects
were
- The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation
Program (NDIIPP) - ECHO Depository Project
- The Digital Archiving and Long-Term Preservation (DIGARCH) program
- Supporting Digital Preservation and Asset Management in Institutions
program of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) project DAAT: Digital
Asset Assessment Tool
- Metadata Generation Research (MGR), 2005-
- The SURF funded Digital Academic Repositories (DARE), 2003-2006
- Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR),
2004-2006
- Digital Curation Centre (DCC), 2004-2006
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported Auditing and Certification
of Digital Archives, 2005-2006
- DELOS Digital Preservation Cluster, 2004-2006
- The NARA Virtual Archives Laboratory (VAL)
Brief descriptions of the initiatives, their potential or significance
and links to their web sites are provided in the article.
RLG DigiNews Staff (2005). "Watch This Space: Ten Promising Digital
Preservation Initiatives." RLG DigiNews, 9(4), 15 August 2005.
Retrieved 19 September 2005 from :
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20744#article1
Anne Kenney and Elle Buckley have reported the results of a survey of
participants in Cornell University Library's digital preservation management
training program on the readiness of their institutions to develop and maintain
an ongoing digital preservation program. The survey was conducted from
2003-2005. The results are also compared to a previous survey conducted in 1998
in order to identify shifts in emphasis, concerns and issues in digital
preservation readiness.
Kenney, A. and Buckley, E. (2005). "Developing Digital Preservation
Programs: the Cornell Survey of Institutional Readiness, 2003-2005." RLG
DigiNews, 9(4), 15 August 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2005 from :
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20744#article0
There have been a number of developments in the area of digital
repositories which are grouped below into those addressing the creation of
digital repositories, those discussing the issues around trusted digital
repositories and those on digital sustainability including repositories.
DSpace has published a document Creating an Institutional Repository
: LEADIRS Workbook. Intended for managers and repository developers, this
extensive document covers all aspects of building institutional repositories
such as planning, choosing repository software platforms, legal and regulatory
environmental and policy development and cost modelling. Each section has
associated worksheets and key questions. There are many references to case
studies which are used to highlight approaches to the various issues in
developing an institutional repository.
Barton, M. and Waters, M. (2005). Creating an Institutional
Repository : LEADIRS Workbook. DSpace. Retrieved September 15, 2005
from : http://www.dspace.org/implement/leadirs.pdf
reUSE is a cooperative project of libraries and universities from
Austria, Estonia, Germany and Slovenia funded through the European Commission
eContent Programme. The reUSE partners will focus on the publications of public
sector institutions such as government, universities and research institutions.
The purpose of the reUSE project is to ensure that digital master files are
preserved and managed as well as the corresponding hardcopy versions. Part of
the project includes four demonstrator services which are designed to operate
permanently after the project itself is completed.
The project has also published a whitepaper, which covers the project's
partners and stakeholders, interoperability and digital preservation, reUSE
demonstrators, and voluntary deposit agreements.
Universität Innsbruck. reUSE. Retrieved 27 October
2005 from: http://www2.uibk.ac.at/reuse/
Aschenbrenner, A. and Kaiser, M. (March 2005). White Paper on
Digital Repositories. Retrieved 27 October 2005 from :
http://www2.uibk.ac.at/reuse/docs/reuse-d11_whitepaper_10.pdf.
Formerly known as e-Archive, the Portico initiative was launched in
2005. Portico is a not-for-profit archive of born digital scholarly E-journals
maintained by Ithaka Harbors Inc. One of the main goals of Portico is to ensure
that electronic resources remain accessible in the future and it aims to do
this by developing an economic model as the basis of long term sustainability;
developing relationships with publishers who will deposit their publications in
the archive; and developing a production and technological infrastructure that
will support preservation and accessibility.
Ithaka Harbors Inc. Portico. Retrieved 27 October 2005,
from: http://www.portico.org/.
A draft paper for public comment, Audit checklist for the
certification of digital repositories, was compiled by the RLG-NARA Task
Force on Digital Repository Certification. The paper identifies the audit and
certification criteria repositories must meet in order to reliably store,
migrate and provide access to digital collections. The criteria include
organisational aspects, such as sustainability; repository functions and
processes such as ingest, storage and management; usability, such as
descriptive metadata; and technologies and technical infrastructure. The audit
instrument is also included in the document. The period for comment on the
draft closes on January 15, 2006.
Research Libraries Group and National Archives and Records
Administration. (2005). Audit checklist for the certification of Trusted
Digital Repositories. Retrieved 27 October 2005 from:
http://www.rlg.org/en/pdfs/rlgnara-repositorieschecklist.pdf
.
The National Archives (UK) and UK Data Archive have released a report
comparing their preservation practices to the OAIS reference model and
contemplating use of the METS standard. This work also considers the
recommendations of the RLG/OCLC work on attributes of trusted digital
repositories but predates the checklist above.
The project aimed to determine whether each organisation is compliant
with the OAIS model and to present the results in order to provide a model for
other organisations to test the compliance of their own systems. To this end
Appendix 5 contains a useful list of questions to assist other archives
assessing their compliance to the OAIS model. The results of their own
comparison showed that they both not only comply to the OAIS model but exceed
the stated requirements.
UK Data Archive and The National Archives. (2005). Assessment of
UKDA and TNA Compliance with OAIS and METS Standards. Retrieved 27
October 2005 from:
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/publications.asp
Ronald Jantz and Michael J. Giarlo from Rutgers University Libraries
have written an article discussing what it means to be a trusted digital
repository and how Rutgers believes it is meeting the challenge. They discuss a
range of technologies available today that can be utilised to support trust in
a digital preservation process and how these technologies can be integrated
into an operational digital preservation framework.
Jantz, R. and Giarlo, M. J. (2005). "Digital Preservation:
Architecture and Technology for Trusted Digital Repositories." D-Lib
Magazine, 11(6), June 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2005 from:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june05/jantz/06jantz.html
Published online in June 2005, the Australian Project for Sustainable
Repositories (APSR) released its Sustainability Issues Discussion Paper.
Written by Kevin Bradley, this comprehensive paper examines various aspects of
digital sustainability. These include economic aspects, such as costing,
funding and business models; technological aspects, such as repositories,
formats, bit stream and persistence; as well as risk management. Also included
is a summary of specific issues and their associated tasks.
Bradley, K. (2005) APSR Sustainability Issues Discussion
Paper. Canberra: Australian Project for Sustainable Repositories.
Retrieved 27 October 2005 from:
http://www.apsr.edu.au/documents/APSR_Sustainability_Issues_Paper.pdf
In June the Research Councils UK (RCUK) released a position statement on
the dissemination of and access to research outputs in the form of journal
articles or conference proceedings. The statement describes their support for a
cooperative effort to preserve and make available digital publications in the
UK and encourages researchers to deposit in e-print repositories. One of the
fundamental principles recognises the importance and value of digital research
collections for the entire community: "The outputs from current and future
research must be preserved and remain accessible not only for the next few
years but for future generations."
RCUK Position Statement on Access to Research Outputs. Retrieved
27 October 2005 from: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/access/statement.pdf
Thoughtful and enlightening discussion on the above position statement
and open archive repositories can be found in the Open Access Newsletter
archive.
SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue 87 July 2, 2005. Retrieved 27
October 2005 from:
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/07-02-05.htm
SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue 84 April 2, 2005. Retrieved 27
October 2005 from:
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-05.htm#oara
The International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) has released a
set of tools developed for Web archiving which are available for download. The
tools include acquisition software Heritrix and DeepArc and access and finding
aids NutchWAX (Nutch + Web Archive eXtensions), WERA (Web ARchive Access) and
Xinq (XML INQuire).
International Internet Preservation Consortium. Netpreserve.
Retrieved 27 October 2005 from:
http://www.netpreserve.org/software/downloads.php
Two papers, both by staff of the National Library of Australia, deal
with acquisition costs and current issues in PANDORA Web archiving activities.
Paul Koerbin discusses the curatorial, technical and legal issues currently
problematic for Web archiving activities by PANDORA at the National Library of
Australia. Margaret Phillips discusses the costs of maintaining PANDORA. She
finds that acquiring Web publications is considerably more expensive than
printed publications and describes ways in which the costs could be reduced.
Koerbin, P. (2005). Current Issues in Web Archiving in
Australia. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2005
from: http://www.nla.gov.au/nla/staffpaper/2005/koerbin1.html
Phillips, M. (2005). "Selective Archiving of Web Resources : A Study
of Acquisition Costs at the National Library of Australia." RLG
DigiNews, 9(3), 15 June 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2005 from :
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20666#article0
In September, the DPC published a new technology watch report on
preservation metadata. The report, authored by Brian Lavoie and Richard
Gartner, provides a comprehensive view of developments in preservation
metadata, including METS, OAIS and PREMIS. This is recommended reading for both
the beginner to preservation metadata and more experienced practitioners.
Lavoie, B. and Gartner, R. (2005). Preservation Metadata. DPC
Technology Watch Series Report 05-01, September (21 pp.) Retrieved 27
October 2005 from:
http://www.dpconline.org/docs/reports/dpctw05-01.pdf
The International Organization for Standardization has recently released
a new standard for PDF documents. The standard, ISO 19005, Document
management - Electronic document file format for long-term preservation - Part
1, Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1), will ensure that the PDF/A is an
internationally recognized digital preservation standard.
Press release : New ISO standard will ensure long life for PDF
documents. (7 October 2005) Retrieved 27 October 2005 from :
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/commcentre/pressreleases/2005/Ref974.html
The first issue of the DCC Digital Curation Manual, published in July,
is called Open Source for Digital Curation. It provides a practical
and in-depth analysis of all aspects of open source within the context of
digital curation. The article covers the background and development of open
source software, the application of open source to digital preservation,
including costs, legal issues, functionality and security. It also discusses
the various applications in governments, science and humanities institutions.
McHugh, Andrew. (2005). DCC Digital
Curation Manual Instalment on Open Source for Digital Curation.
Retrieved 15 September 2005 from:
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/curation-manual/chapters/open-source/opensource.pdf
Now that millions of people are creating their own personal collections
of digital materials such as email messages, digital photographs and music
collections there is growing interest in how to keep these materials alive.
An interesting article on hard-disk life and personal archiving by John
Naughton appeared in the UK newspaper, The Observer. It covers
differences between industry measures of performance (Mean Time Between
Failure) and service life, and implications of changing patterns of personal
digital storage and archiving.
Naughton, J. (2005). "The platter that matters." The
Observer, 26 June 2005, page 6. Retrieved 27 October 2005 from :
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1514509,00.html
D-Lib Magazine has also published an article by Neil Beagrie
discussing current research and emerging services in the area of personal
digital libraries and collections and discusses potential implications
(including preservation) for individuals, libraries and their institutions.
Beagrie, N. (2005). "Plenty of Room at the Bottom? Personal Digital
Libraries and Collections." D-Lib Magazine, 11(6), June 2005.
Retrieved 27 October 2005 from:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june05/beagrie/06beagrie.html
In a FAQ for RLG DigiNews, Dr. Vivek Navale from NARA presents
a helpful overview of three studies that have looked at the life expectancy of
high density magnetic tape, CD-ROMs and recordable CDs and DVDs. The overview
includes a summary of work undertaken by NARA on digital tapes, by the Library
of Congress on CD-ROMs, and a study by NIST on CD-Rs and DVD-Rs
Navale, V. (2005). "Predicting the Life Expectancy of Modern Tape and
Optical Media." RLG DigiNews, 9(4), 15 August 2005. Retrieved 27
October 2005 from:
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20744#article3
The Cornell Digital Preservation Management Workshops are continuing in
2006. The program consists of an online tutorial and a series of one-week
workshops. The workshops were scheduled for revisions in 2005.
Cornell Digital Preservation Management Workshops, Various dates,
Ithaca, New York. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/dpworkshop/
Cornell are also partnering with a UK consortium, led by ULCC, and
including the DPC, who are developing An intensive training programme for the
UK, funded by JISC as part of its Digital Preservation and asset Management
programme (JISC 4/04). Like the Cornell workshop, the programme will last for
one week and will limit delegates to 24 to ensure maximum participation. The
programme will pilot in October 2005 and will then be offered during 2006.
Further details available from:
Digital Preservation Training Programme, Various dates, Arden House,
Warwick University, United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.ulcc.ac.uk/dptp/
All you ever wanted to know about the development and use of checksums
is well presented by Richard Entlich from Cornell University in this FAQ for
the June 15 issue RLG DigiNews.
Entlich, R. (2005). "A Little Bit'll Do You (In): Checksums to the
Rescue." RLG DigiNews, 9(3), 15 June 2005. Retrieved 27 October
2005 from: http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20666#article3
Blogs continue to be a popular medium for information exchange in the
world of digital preservation and archiving. Two new blogs featuring
information on aspects of digital preservation have begun recently.
Media Matters Inc. has launched the DAVA : Digital Audiovisual
Archiving blog. This Weblog is updated weekly and will feature news and
announcements on topics related to the digital transformation and preservation
of audiovisual materials. The blog will also list upcoming conferences and
workshops pertinent to archives and digital libraries, as well as links to
metadata resource sites and other digital archiving resources.
DAVA, Digital Audiovisual Archiving blog. Retrieved 27
October 2005 from: http://www.davidmattison.ca/wordpress/?p=1340
Digitalkoans is another blog that has recently been launched.
This Weblog, created and maintained by Charles W. Bailey, provides commentary
on the broader issues of scholarly electronic publishing and digital culture.
Digitalkoans. Retrieved 27 October 2005 from:
http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/
Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2005 : Digital Libraries
Cyberinfrastructure for Research and Education
The conference was held 7-11 June 2005, in Denver, Colorado, USA. A
report of the conference was published in D-Lib Magazine, July/August 2005,
Vol. 11 no. 7/8.
Retrieved 27 October 2005 from:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july05/sumner/07sumner.html
DCC workshop on persistent identifiers
The DCC workshop on persistent identifiers was held 30 June to 1 July
2005 at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow (UK). Presentations and MP3
recordings are available from the DCC website.
Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/training/pi-2005/index
DCC/DPC Workshop on Cost Models for preserving digital assets
The report for the DCC/DPC Workshop on Cost Models for preserving
digital assets held at the British Library Conference Centre on Tuesday 26th
July 2005 is available from the DPC website.
Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/050726workshop.html
The International Conference on the Preservation of Digital Objects
(iPRES)
This conference was held 15 and 16th September in Goettingen, Germany.
Focus areas of the conference were preservation policies, technical workflows
and web archiving as well as recenty developments. Links to abstracts, slides
and video streams of the presentations are now available from the website.
Retrieved 27 October 2005, from :
http://rdd.sub.uni-goettingen.de/conferences/ipres/home
ECDL 2005
The 9th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for
Digital Libraries was held September 18-23, 2005 in Vienna, Austria. The
proceedings will be published by Springer in the series of Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS), in hard copy and electronic form.
Retrieved 27 October 2005 from : http://www.ecdl2005.org
5th International Web Archiving Workshop (IWAW05)
The workshop was held over 2 days this year, September 22 and 23 2005,
in Vienna, Austria in conjunction with the 2005 ECDL conference. The workshop
provided a cross domain overview on active research and practice in all domains
concerned with the acquisition, maintenance and preservation of digital objects
for long-term access, with a particular focus on Web archiving and studies on
effective usage of this type of archives. Papers and presentations are now
available from the official web site.
Retrieved 27 October 2005, from: http://www.iwaw.net/05/
Refresh! the 1st International Conference on the Histories of Media
Art, Science and Technology
This conference was held 29 September - 1 October 2005 in Banff, Canada.
The sessions on 30 September were of particular interest, covering active
projects and methods for the long-term preservation of new media art. A
prominent theme was documentation of new media art to ensure its appropriate
and accurate preservation. Various documentation concepts were discussed
including the use of: thesauri, keywords, video, object-oriented vs. relational
databases, ontologies (including hierarchical), scope notes, 'free-tagging'
(i.e. user annotations), documentation of works in their context, source code,
documentation layers including subject (i.e.technical, user, image description)
and the implementation of the Variable Media Art Questionnaire. Project and
initiatives of note include:
International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art
(INCCA). Retrieved 27 October 2005, from: http://www.incca.org/
Archiving the Avant-Garde: Documenting and Preserving Digital /
Variable Media Art. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/about_bampfa/avantgarde.html
Variable media art questionnaire. Retrieved 27 October 2005,
from: http://www.variablemedia.net/e/welcome.html
see: Tools: Questionnaire
Rinehart, R. (2005). A System of Formal Notation for Scoring Works
of Digital and Variable Media Art. University of California, Berkeley.
Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/about_bampfa/formalnotation.pdf
V2_archive and Capturing Unstable Media project, the
Netherlands. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://capturing.projects.v2.nl/index.html
Refresh! conference web site. Retrieved 27 October 2005,
from: http://www.mediaarthistory.org/
2005
October
Joint Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and ERPANET Workshop on
Long-term Curation of Medical Databases, 13-14 October 2005, Gulbenkian
Institute, Lisbon, Portugal. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/mdbworkshop.html
Conference: Digital Asset Management with Fedora and METS Awareness
Day, 24-25 October 2005, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.
Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.llgc.org.uk/fedora_conference.htm
Digital Preservation Management: Implementing Short Term
Strategies for Long Term Problems, 31 October - 4 November 2005, Ithaca, NY,
US. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/dpworkshop/
November
Persistence of Memory : Stewardship of Digital Assets, 1 - 2 Nov 2005,
Omni Parker House Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts (US). Retrieved 27 October
2005, from: http://www.nedcc.org/pom/pomcover.htm
Digits Fugit : Preserving Knowledge into the Future : MCN (Museum
Computer Network) 2005 Conference, 3 - 5 Nov 2005 , Boston , Massachusetts
(US). Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.mcn.edu/Mcn2005/mcn2005index.htm
Preserving Digital Heritage: Principles and Policies. 4 - 5 November
2005, The Hague, The Netherlands. Jointly organised by the Netherlands National
Commission for UNESCO and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of
the Netherlands. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.unesco.nl/main_6-3.php
Digital Curation and Preservation: Defining the Research Agenda for
the next decade. Invitation-only workshop organised by DCC, BL, CCLRC, JISC,
7-8 November, University of Warwick. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/training/warwick_2005/
Sommet Mondial sur la Société de l'Information
2005 : World Summit on the Information Society Conference 2005, 16 - 18
November 2005, Tunis, Tunisia. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/home.htm
Ensuring Long-term Preservation and Adding Value to Scientific
and Technical Data, 21 - 23 November 2005, Royal Society, Edinburgh, Scotland,
United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/pv-2005/
Announcement of the winner of the 2005 Digital Preservation Award at
the Conservation Awards event, 22 November, British Museum. Retrieved 27
October 2005, from: http://www.consawards.ukic.org.uk/index.html
December
Third European Conference on Research Infrstrucures, 6 - 7 December
2005, Nottingham, United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ecriuk/conf_obj.htm
8th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries : ICADL
2005, 12 - 15 December 2005, Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
Retrieved 27 October 2005, from: http://www.icadl2005.ait.ac.th/
2006
February
Open Repositories 2006. 1 - 3 Feb 2006, University of Sydney, Sydney,
Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from :
http://www.apsr.edu.au/Open_Repositories_2006/index.htm
ECURE 2006 : Preservation and Access for Digital College and
University Resources, 27 Feb - 1 Mar 2006, Arizona State University, Tempe
Campus, Phoenix, US. Retrieved 27 October 2005, from :
http://www.asu.edu/ecure/
March
Museums and the Web 2006. 22-25 March, 2006, Albuquerque, New Mexico
(US) Retrieved 27 October 2005, from :
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/
A comprehensive and frequently updated list of forthcoming events is
available from the PADI Web site:
http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/format/event.html
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