Developing the Digital Archive at PROV
Australian archival theory emphasises the continuum of recordkeeping, with good records management seen as the core foundation of archival practice. This continuity is well illustrated by the Digital Archive project at the Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV).
Funding for the development of the Digital Archive was won on the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cultural Challenges’
Preparing for my Churchill Fellowship
Posted in Digital Preservation Networks, Journal Articles, Preservation Tools, Research Projects, tagged AONS, Cultural Challenges, Library of Congress, National Library of Australia, NDIIPP, PeDALS, Planets, PLATO, Preservation Planning on 17 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of articles in the most recent edition of the International Journal of Digital Curation caught my eye this week as I prepare for my forthcoming Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship to Australia and the US.
Martha Anderson reviews the evolution of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program initiated by the Library of Congress, [...]
Digital Preservation begins… in Italy?
Posted in Digital Preservation Networks, tagged Add new tag, Cultural Challenges, DELOS, OAIS on 10 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At the DELOS Summer School on Preservation in Digital Libraries, which so far more than lives up to my expectation that it will provide an excellent overview of current and emerging digital preservation research and practices.
A comforting thought for local government Archive Services from the presentations on day 1:
that digital preservation is as much about [...]