This publication contains a series of blog posts, compiled from The Signal, on the subject of personal digital archiving. Specifically, the topics include guidance for such things as choosing file formats and adding descriptions to digital photos; first hand accounts of working with and preserving personal collections; descriptions of outreach activities and interviews with library professionals on the subject of …
Building a sustainable metadata workflow for audio-visual resources: University of Illinois Library’s Medusa Digital Preservation Repository
When the University of Illinois Library began the development of its digital preservation repository system, Medusa, the library found that there were many audiovisual resources that had yet to be cataloged, i.e. inaccessible to users. In order to make resources available to end-users and comply with Open Archival Information System (OAIS) reference model, the library developed an ingestion package that …
The Coming Storm – A report on the impact of cloud on broadcast
The UK Digital Production Partnership has commissioned a study on the impact of cloud on broadcast. It’s a very good read and includes discussion of archive storage including explicit discussion of standards. It also covers various other areas such as how the Cloud technology may impact on the market. The report provides interesting parallels to what we’re looking at in …
Preservation Metadata
A DPC Technology Watch Report on new developments in preservation metadata. Written by Richard Gartner and Brian Lavoie this second edition focuses on PREMIS implementations, including revisions of the Data Dictionary, packaging (with a focus on METS), tools and other implementation resources.
Metadatauitwisseling met OAI-PMH : protocol en implementatie
Contents: Inleiding Wat is OAI-PMH? De ontwikkeling van OAI-PMH De bouwstenen: HTTP, XML en metadata Het protocol Waarom OAI-PMH? Best practices rondom implementatie van OAI-PMH De keuze voor OAI-PMH Deletes Sets Metadata About-element Rechten Afscherming Linken naar objecten Harvesters Usecase: Digitaal videomateriaal voor het onderwijs De toekomst: OAI-ORE en linked data Na de introductie van dit protocol voor het uitwisselen …
FY2014 Preservation Statistics Survey Report
The Preservation Statistics Survey is an effort coordinated by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS). Any cultural heritage institution in the United States conducting preservation activities was invited to complete this survey, which was open from January 20 through March 20, 2015. Questions focused …