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 [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
