This was my most challenging (in a thought-provoking way) visit so far. The Washington State (upper left hand corner of the US, for those whose geography is as hazy as mine was!!) Digital Archives doesn’t seem to be terribly well known in the UK, and I’d certainly recommend colleagues have a look at their [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Washington State Digital Archives
Posted in Operational Digital Archives, tagged Costs, digital archives, digital preservation, NDIIPP, USA, Washington State Digital Archives on 30 September 2008 | 1 Comment »
Archive-It!
Posted in Operational Digital Archives, Preservation Tools, tagged Archive-It, DSpace, Fedora, Internet Archive, LOCKSS, USA, Web Archiving on 26 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Probably the best posting I can make on the Internet Archive, based in San Francisco, is to encourage colleagues to have a look at their Archive-It subscription service, and perhaps attend a free webinar about the tool (details on the site) or at least have a look through some of the collections from partner institutions [...]
Partnerships for Preservation
Posted in Digital Preservation Networks, tagged ADRI, APSR, Australia on 23 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hope many archivists working in local authority services in the UK have completed the survey on digital preservation which is currently running. The results of the survey will be fed into an open consultation event to be held at The National Archives on 12 November 2008. Those of us who have been working on [...]
Sustainable Preservation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australia, National Library of Australia on 23 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One noteworthy factor about several of the digital preservation initiatives I’m visiting during my Churchill Fellowship is how each approach is underpinned by a certain philosophical world view.
For NLA, a key challenge for the digital preservation community is sustainability:
The community needs to know as much about routes which haven’t worked as those which have.
How do [...]
Digitisation of Heritage Materials
Posted in Preservation Tools, tagged Australia, digitisation, DOHM, National Library of Australia on 22 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In my previous post, I’ve recommended working with depositors to explain the issues of digital preservation and to suggest simple steps for creating and curating digital records with a view to their long-term preservability.
I guess it would be correct to say though that many local archives staff do not feel confident in giving such advice. [...]
PANDORA Web Archive
Posted in Digital Preservation Networks, Operational Digital Archives, tagged Australia, National Library of Australia, Web Archiving on 16 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The National Library of Australia (NLA) began their web archiving project, PANDORA, in 1996, and the current team consists of four members of staff. The NLA’s web archiving programme is selective, contrasting with approaches in the Scandinavian countries in particular where the aim has been to harvest the entirety of the country’s web domain. [...]
Public Record Office of Victoria (3)
Posted in Operational Digital Archives, tagged Australia, digital archives, digital preservation, digital recordkeeping, Public Record Office of Victoria, VERS on 11 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Operating the Digital Archive
As previously posted, the operation of the PROV Digital Archive is well integrated into the wider organisation, with the same team responsible for transfers of both paper and digital records. This team also creates the disposal authorities (more commonly known as ‘retention schedules’ in the UK – is the different terminology [...]
Inspiring the young with the old – Bletchley Park
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged computing museums on 9 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some interesting comments from senior figures at IBM and PGP reported today following the announcement of a US$100,000 donation to the UK National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park.
As I have looked at how computing history and computing museums might stimulate an interest in digital preservation issues, so this money has been donated in the [...]
