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CADSL: China Archives of Digital Scientific Literature Initiatives

2006-10-28T06:01:52Z

Title: CADSL: China Archives of Digital Scientific Literature Initiatives Authors: Zhang, Xiaolin Abstract: Dr. Zhang will present the China Archives of Digital Scientific Literature (CADSL) Initiative, proposed to the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, as the result of a feasibility study by the National Science and Technology Library of China. Based on a need and crisis analysis, a distributed network of trusted archives with sustainable planning and administration mechanisms is suggested to preserve digital scientific information resources, including foreign published literature, home-grown literature, and scientific web resources. Outlined in the proposed initiative is (1) a distributed and shared system of responsibility to archive the targeted resources, (2) a framework of guidelines for intellectual property protection of preserved materials, (3) an open and continuous certification process for trusted repositories, (4) a rigorous set of outlines of technological, workflow management, service level agreement requirements for prospective archives, and (5) a public and yet competitive funding mechanism to utilize multiple resources for the initiative. Ways to mobilize research and educational institutions into the initiatives and future efforts to promote and collaborate with scientific data preservation and cultural heritage preservation are discussed in the end. Dr. Zhang will present the China Archives of Digital Scientific Literature (CADSL) Initiative, proposed to the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, as the result of a feasibility study by the National Science and Technology Library of China. Based on a need and crisis analysis, a distributed network of trusted archives with sustainable planning and administration mechanisms is suggested to preserve digital scientific information resources, including foreign published literature, home-grown literature, and scientific web resources. Outlined in the proposed initiative is (1) a distributed and shared system of responsibility to archive the targeted resources, (2) a framework of guidelines for intellectual property protection of preserved materials, (3) an open and continuous certification process for trusted repositories, (4) a rigorous set of outlines of technological, workflow management, service level agreement requirements for prospective archives, and (5) a public and yet competitive funding mechanism to utilize multiple resources for the initiative. Ways to mobilize research and educational institutions into the initiatives and future efforts to promote and collaborate with scientific data preservation and cultural heritage preservation are discussed in the end.

A Dynamic Solution for Electronic Records: The National Archives and Records Administration's Electronic Records Archives

2006-10-28T06:02:05Z

Title: A Dynamic Solution for Electronic Records: The National Archives and Records Administration's Electronic Records Archives Authors: Thibodeau, Kenneth Abstract: After a year long design competition, in September 2005 the National Archives and Records Administration awarded to Lockheed Martin Corporation a contract valued at $308 million to develop and operate the Electronic Records Archives (ERA) system. The system will enable a comprehensive transition of NARA?s governmentwide management of the records of the U.S. Government into the realm of e-government. It will automate records management processes, such as scheduling and appraisal, transfer of records to NARA, and destruction of temporary records. These functions will be applicable to records of all types, and support NARA?s different lines of business in the National Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Federal Records Centers. The system will also enable NARA to realize its vision of preserving and providing continuing access to any type of electronic record, free from dependence on the hardware and software originally used to create and store it, for as long as the records need to be retain, which includes for the life of the republic. The speaker will describe the architecture and processes for digital preservation and access in the ERA system.

Digital Preservation in the UK

2006-10-28T06:02:08Z

Title: Digital Preservation in the UK Authors: Thomas, David Abstract: The UK scene -- David Thomas will focus on the Seamless Flow programme being undertaken at the National Archives of the UK. This is an ambitious plan to develop a fully comprehensive digital preservation service for the UK central government. It covers the selection of record for permanent preservation, their transfer to the National Archives and their storage, preservation and delivery to users. Crucially, the programme is doing work in two other spaces ? the intermediate storage of digital material which has a long-term business value to government (such as files relating to radioactive waste) and resource discovery. Many of the hard lessons learned on this challenging programme have a wider application and he will be sharing these with you.

Web Archive Switzerland

2006-10-28T06:01:51Z

Title: Web Archive Switzerland Authors: Signori, Barbara Abstract: Web Archive Switzerland is a pilot project undertaken in collaboration with the Swiss Cantonal libraries as part of the e-Helvetica Project at the Swiss National Library (SNL). The mission of the SNL and the Swiss Cantonal libraries is to collect and archive all Swiss publications, both printed and electronic. The objective of the e-Helvetica Project is to fulfill this mission for electronic publications. The Web Archive Switzerland pilot project recently designed and tested a shared workflow for selecting, collecting, cataloguing, archiving and disseminating non-commercial Swiss web resources. Within the workflow the Cantonal libraries are responsible for the identification, selection and announcement of data on the Web. The SNL is responsible for the web-harvesting (objects and rights), cataloguing, archiving and dissemination of those identified web resources. The aim of this co-operation is to share resources and knowledge. This presentation will give some historical context to Web Archive Switzerland and discuss the collaboration with the Cantonal libraries and the shared workflow. The approach chosen for selecting, cataloguing and harvesting the web resources will be highlighted as well as our experiences to date. The presentation will conclude with some ideas on how we are planning to disseminate the web resources. For further information on the e-Helvetica Project (in German and French), see: .

LOCKSS: Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe

2006-10-28T06:01:33Z

Title: LOCKSS: Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe Authors: Reich, Victoria Abstract: People with responsibility for scholarly assets agree that digital preservation is important. Tomorrow's readers will need today's materials; without preservation they won't exist. Librarians and publishers are asking two fundamental questions: From this moment on, who will have custody of society's electronic information? From this moment on, who will control and govern society's electronic archival assets? With LOCKSS over 150 libraries and over 80 publishers are working together to ensure no one organization has control over our intellectual heritage. By ensuring libraries can build collections and retain their role as long-term memory organizations in the electronic environment LOCKSS avoids the social hazards of centrally controlled information. With CLOCKSS 12 large publishers and seven libraries are working towards similar goals. For over 8 years the OAIS-compliant, format-agnostic, open source LOCKSS system has been demonstrating it can ingest a wide range of web content, audit and repair it to ward off damage and attacks, and transparently deliver it to readers with transparent on-access format migration. [www.lockss.org]

The International e-Depot: e-Journal Archiving at the National Library of the Netherlands

2006-10-28T06:01:30Z

Title: The International e-Depot: e-Journal Archiving at the National Library of the Netherlands Authors: Oltmans, Erik Abstract: Electronic journals dominate the field of academic literature, and it is of great importance to the international scientific community that this electronic intellectual output remains accessible in perpetuity. It is uncertain, however, whether the traditional model, based on national deposits and geographical frontiers, will be able to guarantee the long-term safety of the international academic output in a digital form. Academic literature is produced by multinational publishers, and has often no longer a country of origin that can be easily identified and thus no obvious guardian. Hence, in the traditional model there is a huge risk of academic records being lost forever. A systematic and more concentrated approach is needed to address this unacceptable risk. In this presentation we discuss the policy and ambitions of the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB) regarding digital archiving of electronic publications. We discuss three possible threats against permanent access, and we propose a coordinated and systematic approach to address these risks: the Safe Places Network. This paper also includes a comprehensive overview of the e-Depot system and the KB approaches to digital preservation.

Portico: An Electronic Archiving Service

2006-10-28T06:01:56Z

Title: Portico: An Electronic Archiving Service Authors: Fenton, Eileen Abstract: The work of the academy ? research and teaching ? is not possible without reliable access to the accumulated scholarship of the past. One component of this scholarly record, academic journals, is increasingly electronic ? and fragile ? and its future accessibility is a growing concern. The recent statement "Urgent Action Needed to Preserve Scholarly Electronic Journals" endorsed by leading libraries and organizations such as ARL, ALCTS and others underscores the urgency of this community need. But the scale and complexity of the technology infrastructure, specialized expertise and quality control processes necessary to preserve electronic resources exceeds that which can be supported by any individual library or institutional budget. This presentation will provide a brief history of Portico, the not-for-profit electronic archiving service developed in response to the library community's need for a robust, reliable means to preserve electronic scholarly journals. Portico was initiated by JSTOR and has been developed with the initial support of Ithaka, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Library of Congress. Portico's mission is to preserve scholarly literature published in electronic form and to ensure that these materials remain accessible to future scholars, researchers, and students. In addition to an overview of the Portico service and access model developed with input from publishers and libraries, the presentation will include an update on library and publisher participation and the status of Portico's archival operations.

The Norwegian Digital Radio Archive - 8 years later, what happened?

2006-10-28T06:01:21Z

Title: The Norwegian Digital Radio Archive - 8 years later, what happened? Authors: Brygfjeld, Svein Arne Abstract: The Norwegian Digital Radio Archive -- The Norwegian Broadcast Corporation (NRK, www.nrk.no) and the National Library of Norway has for six years been working together to digitise the historical radio archive of NRK. The project aims at preservation, professional re-use, and general access. More than 50.000 hrs (170.000 programs) have now been digitised in high quality. The archive is built within the National Library of Norway, but serves as the every-day radio archive for NRK with their headquarters 1000 kms away. The archive is also now the repository where the National Library of Norway stores copies of the daily radio broadcast in Norway, enabling the archive to be updated on a daily basis. The archive is also integrated with FEIDE (www.feide.no), a federated authentication regime for the research and education sector in Norway. Based on the use of FEIDE, the National Library of Norway has established a role-based access control for the archive.

Preservation Pressure Points: Evaluating Diverse Evidence for Risk Management

2006-10-28T06:01:12Z

Title: Preservation Pressure Points: Evaluating Diverse Evidence for Risk Management Authors: Ross, Seamus; McHugh, Andrew Abstract: Preservation Pressure Points: Evaluating Diverse Evidence for Risk Management -- Establishing a comprehensive understanding of the effectiveness and trustworthiness of a digital repository requires a broad range of evidence. Preservation can be considered as a complex spatial and chronological network of challenges, and associated risks. For example the organisational, financial, technological and operational contexts within which a repository resides and the extent to which it is capable of managing them must be ascertained if an audit is to be able to assert the likelihood of the institution's success. Significant effort must be directed towards the definition of methodologies for identifying appropriate classes of evidence, to their evaluation, and to the attaching of weight to them. Formal means are required to facilitate the analysis and comparison of disparate evidence types in order to enable auditors to accommodate a diverse range of physical, testimonial and experiment-based proof. In addition to binary systems of inquiry (e.g., does the organisation have a mission statement?) auditors must display an ability to distinguish the most persuasive examples from those that provide less substantive evidence of organisational competence. Similarly, if, for instance, a significant proportion of staff reveal that they have no idea of the content of their organisation's mission statement then this must be reflected in the overall organisational assessment. A comprehensive insight, and consequent decision, can only be reached after fully exploring the evidential basis upon which compliance is to be founded. This discussion of evidential appraisal techniques for repository audit reflects the series of pilot audits undertaken by the Digital Curation Centre within a selection of UK data centres and archives, including the Beazley Archive and the British Atmospheric Data Centre.

The nestor Catalogue of Criteria for Trusted Digital Repository Evaluation and Certification

2006-10-28T06:01:10Z

Title: The nestor Catalogue of Criteria for Trusted Digital Repository Evaluation and Certification Authors: Dobratz, Susanne; Schoger, Astrid; Strathmann, Stefan Abstract: The Criteria for Trusted Digital Long-Term Preservation Repositories ( urn: nbn:de:0008-2006060710 or http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/series/nestor-materialien/2006-8/PDF/8.pdf ) have been developed by the nestor project and are now open for public comment. This criteria catalogue primarily addresses cultural heritage organizations, federal archives, libraries and museums and is designed as a guideline for the planning and setup of a digital long-term preservation repository. Secondarily, this catalogue can be an orientation guide for software developers, third party vendors or service provides from the private sector. The nestor catalugue focuses on its applicability in Germany . Still, it must be discussed internationally and should adhere to international standards.