giovedì 25 agosto 2016
martedì 26 aprile 2016
Europe: Open data the default from 2017
The European Commission announced its intention to make open data the default for all EC-funded research from 2017 onwards.
sabato 19 marzo 2016
Archivist in Digital Curation: knowledge, skill and curriculum
Where's the Archivist in Digital Curation? Exploring the Possibilities throuh a Matrix of Knowledge and Skills, Christopher A. Lee and Helen R. Tibbo, Archivaria 72 (Fall 2011), pp. 123-168
Matrix of Digital Curation Knowledge and Competencies (Overview) was developed by Christopher (Cal) Lee, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as part of the DigCCurr project.
Digital Curation Education in Practice: Catching up with two former fellows. Lisa Gregory and Samantha Guss (2011), International Journal of Digital Curation, 2(6), pp.176-194.
The DigCurV Curriculum Framework: Structure, context and approach, Ann Gow and Laura Molloy, Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute, University of Glasgow (HATII) and Leo Konstantelos, University Library, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
A Curriculum Framework for Digital Curation was developed as part of the Digital Curator Vocational Education Europe Project (DigCurV)
DigCurV is project funded by the European Commission’s Leonardo da Vinci programme (LLP 2007-2013) to establish a curriculum framework for vocational training in digital curation.
mercoledì 16 marzo 2016
Digital preservation: Archivematica
Archivematica is a free and open-source digital preservation system that is designed to maintain long-term access to digital memory. Archivematica is packaged with the web-based content management system AtoM for access to your digital objects. (Wiki)
martedì 15 marzo 2016
Digital curation: conference, newsletters, journal
Conference
Journal
- iPRES series of conferences on digital preservation. Since 2004.
- International Digital Curation Conference International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC). Since 2005.
Journal
- International Journal of Digital Curation, IJDC is published by the University of Edinburgh and is a publication of the Digital Curation Centre
- Practical Technology for Archives focuses on pragmatic, practical applications of archival technical processes
Digital curation: community
Digital Preservation Coalition (in the UK)
Digital Preservation Q&A : where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of the community. Moderated by the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) and Open Planets Foundation (OPF)
Open Preservation Foundation (international, with a European base)
National Digital Stewardship Alliance (in the USA)
DCC Associates Network (DCC: Digital Curation Centre)
Digital Curation Exchange (USA based)
DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@JISCMAIL Email discussion lists for the UK Education and Research communities
DigiPres Commons Community owned digital preservation resources
North West Region Digital Preservation Group: A group of Archivists in the North West looking at digital preservation issues.
Blogosphere:
DARTBlog: Blogging about digital archives, scholarship & repositories (University of London Computer Centre’s Digital Archives & Repositories Team)
Digital archiving: methods and technologies
European Archival Records and Knowledge Preservation (E-ARK)
MoReq® modular requirements for records systems
MoReq® modular requirements for records systems
MoReq2 MoReq collateral website
Digital Preservation vs Digital Curation
Digital Preservation: “the active involvement of information professionals in the management, including the
preservation, of digital data for future use” (Yakel 2007)
Digital Curation: “aims to ensure that digital objects of value to society…can be meaningfully reproduced over time, despite evolving representations, mechanisms, rapidly advancing technologies, and continually emerging user expectations” Foscarini, Kim et al (2010)
Model for digital preservation and digital repositories:
Digital Curation: “aims to ensure that digital objects of value to society…can be meaningfully reproduced over time, despite evolving representations, mechanisms, rapidly advancing technologies, and continually emerging user expectations” Foscarini, Kim et al (2010)
Model for digital preservation and digital repositories:
- Digital Preservation Capability Maturity Model (DPCMM) (Dollar and Ashley 2012)
- Shaman/Scape Capability Model (Becker et al. 2011)
- Trusted Digital Repository Maturity Model (TDRMM) (Cho 2012)
Digital curation: Designated Community
An identified group of potential Consumers who should be able to understand a particular set of information. The Designated Community may be composed of multiple user communities. A Designated Community is defined by the Archive and this definition may change over time.
Digitisation: cost-benefit analysis
AVPreserve launched their Cost of Inaction Calculator, which is a tool to get an indication of the impact of not focusing on digitising your own repository's AV material.
Is digitising your physical records worth the financial investment? By Mark Salmon, 2016
For God’s Sake, Stop Digitizing Paper Blog AVPreserve, 2014
Old maps
Old Maps Online has been created by Klokan Technologies GmbH, specialists in online map publishing and in applications of open-source software.
lunedì 14 marzo 2016
Digital curation: Lifecycle Model
The DCC Lifecycle Model, on the other hand, is explained here and more background information on it can be found in;
Higgins, S (2008) The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model in the International Journal of Digital Curation, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 134-140doi:10.2218/ijdc.v3i1.48
Ball, A. (2012). Review of Data Management Lifecycle Models. University of Bath.
OAIS: the Open Archival Information System
Open Archival Information Systems
Reference Model ISO 14721:2003
(revised as ISO 14721:2012 and is due for a further revision
in 2017 and you can get involved with this process by
contributing to this community wiki.
ISO 14721:2003 defines the OAIS Model
as: an archive, consisting of an
organization of people and systems, that has accepted the responsibility to
preserve information and make it available for a Designated Community, where the information being
maintained is deemed to need Long Term Preservation, even if the OAIS itself is
not permanent. Long Term is long enough to be concerned with the impacts of
changing technologies, including support for new media and data formats, or
with a changing user community.
The Open Archival
Information System Reference Model: Introductory Guide (PDF 372KB) by Brian F. Lavoie 2004 (From the Digital Preservation
Coalition Technology Watch Report Series)
Digital preservation: good practices and trusted repositories
Library of Congress guidance on personal digital archiving
NESTOR (Network of Expertise in the Long Term Storage of Digital Resouces)
Catalogue of Criteria for Trusted Digital Repositories (Version 1 - 2007)
Nestor-Handbuch: Eine kleine Enzyklopädie der digitalen Langzeitarchivierung (Version 2.3 - 2010)
Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification: Criteria and Checklist (TRAC) which was developed by OCLC's Research Libraries Group and the US National Archives and Records Administration and published in 2007.
Data Seal of Approval (DSA).
mercoledì 9 marzo 2016
Digital curation: strategies
Refreshing, migration, normalisation and emulation
(as defined via these links in the Paradigm Workbook on Digital Private Papers).
See guidance for file format conversion of The National Archives (UK),
(as defined via these links in the Paradigm Workbook on Digital Private Papers).
See guidance for file format conversion of The National Archives (UK),
Digital preservation: checksum
A checksum is a count of the number of bits in a transmission unit that is included with the unit so that the receiver can check to see whether the same number of bits arrived. If the counts match, it's assumed that the complete transmission was received. Both TCP and UDP communication layers provide a checksum count and verification as one of their services (Definition by SearchSecurity of network of technology TechTarget).
This blog post and video provide a good introduction to checksums in the context of digital preservation.
See this blog post for some advice on possible tools.
See concept of significant properties and digital preservation of InSPECT (Investigating the Significant Properties of Electronic Content Over Time)
See this blog post for some advice on possible tools.
See concept of significant properties and digital preservation of InSPECT (Investigating the Significant Properties of Electronic Content Over Time)
File Formats for preservation
Obsolescence: File Formats and Software, part of the Digital Preservation Management: Implementing Short-Term Strategies for Long-Term Solutions, online tutorial developed for the Digital Preservation Management workshop, developed and maintained by Cornell University Library, 2003-2006; extended and maintained by ICPSR, 2007-2012; and now extended and maintained by MIT Libraries, 2012-on.
Todd, M (2009). File formats for preservation from the Digital Preservation Coalition Technology Watch Report Series
File profiling tool:
DROID (Digital Record Object Identification) which was developed by The National Archives (UK).
Digital preservation: bit preservation and physical storage of the data
Sources of guidance on the handling and storage of storage media:
Digital Preservation Note 3: Care, handling and storage of removable media, guidance issued by The National Archives (UK)
Caring for CDs and DVDs, guidance issued by the British Library (under FAQs)
Obsolescence of digital material is explained by the National Archives of Australia.
Digital Preservation Guidance Note 2: Selecting Storage Media for Long Term Preservation, guidance issued by The National Archives (UK)
Henriksen, S. L., W. Seuskens and G Wijers, Best practices for a digital storage infrastructure for the long term preservation of digital files, one of the public deliverables from the EU funded Digitising Contemporary Art project.
OCLC Research's You've Got to Walk Before you Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content
Received on Physical Media (Erway Ricky, 2012)martedì 8 marzo 2016
OAIS Reference Model
ISO 14721:2012 – Open Archival Information System (OAIS) reference model (italian)
CSDS 652.1-M-2 – Requirements for Bodies Providing Audit and Certification of Candidate Trustworthy Digital Repositories . Magenta Book. Issue 2. (2014).
APARSEN: Integrated view of digital preservation
OAIS Community
CSDS 652.1-M-2 – Requirements for Bodies Providing Audit and Certification of Candidate Trustworthy Digital Repositories . Magenta Book. Issue 2. (2014).
APARSEN: Integrated view of digital preservation
OAIS Community
Computer data storage: the history
Storage media have changed over the years, as this brief history compiled by the Rhode Island Computer Museum shows.
Information sheet with storage media in a personal context from the Library of Congress.
Information sheet with storage media in a personal context from the Library of Congress.
lunedì 7 marzo 2016
Digital curation
Digital curation involves maintaining, preserving and adding value to digital research data throughout its lifecycle.
See more at: DCC
The Magazine of Digital Library Research
D-Lib Magazine is an electronic publication with a focus on digital library research and development, including new technologies, applications, and contextual social and economic issues.
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