University of MarylandCollege of Information Studies

LBSC 784 0101

Digital Preservation

Course SyllabusSpring 2013 HBK 0109

Dr. Bruce Ambacher4121L Hornbake

Tel: 3021-405-2043Email: bambache@umd.edu

Class: Monday 5:30 – 8:15 pmOffice Hours: 4:15 – 5:15 pm Monday and by appointment

Course OverviewThis course will address the issues and practices involved in digitizing analog materials and in preserving digital materials. It will address current issues, the search for solutions and standards, digital preservation programs, risk management, and disaster recovery. Several contemporary digital preservation efforts will be examined in detail through lecture and student case studies.

Course ObjectivesUpon completion of the course students will be able to: ● Identify basic principles and concepts relating to digital preservation. ● Understand the often competing issues and factors influencing digital preservation decisions affecting both born-digital materials and materials selected for digitization. ● Recognize the components required to establish and maintain a successful digital preservation program.

ReadingsThe course readings will be online, in e-reserves or available in Course Documents. E-Reserves will be available through the class elms blackboard site. Additional readings and other materials may be distributed during the semester.

Materials marked “Examine” are intended for background. You should examine them to understand the information in them and be aware of them when you have reason to need them in the future.

Materials marked “FYI” are usually loosely related to the course material of the associated topic and are for your information and/or enjoyment.

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Course StructureThe course structure will consist of weekly lectures and discussion led by the instructor and/or a guest expert. There also will be student presentations of their digital preservation case studies.

Course RequirementsStudents are expected to attend class, having read the assigned readings and prepared to participate in the discussion.

Digital Preservation Policy Report (15%)Each student will select a digital repository or digital collaboration initiative anywhere in the world and evaluate it in terms of how it is addressing the digital preservation issues it faces. As usual, it is best to avoid one’s place of employment. The report should be 5-7 pages, double-spaced, and should:

1. Describe the institution’s or collaboration’s policy (or practice if it lacks a formal policy) as evidenced by:

a. Mission statement/ Acquisition policyb. Services provided to usersc. Security d. Digital preservation program and practicese. Any special features or noteworthy elements

2. Evaluate the institution’s or digital collaboration’s digital collection and digital preservation program as practiced, based on appropriate archival and records management standards.

3. Refer to the literature on digital preservation policies as appropriate. 4. Propose ways that the “success” of the program could be measured or evaluated.5. Propose ways that the institution’s or collaboration’s policy and practice could be

strengthened.

This report is due February 25, 2013.

Digital Preservation Approach for Your Personal Digital Materials (20%)In your personal, academic, and professional life you have begun to amass personal digital data files such as word processing, music, photography, spreadsheets, email accounts, games, second life activities, social networking, and various software applications. Few, if any, of you have begun serious digital records management and preservation activities for these files. All would suffer varying degrees of loss and/or expend significant time and energy to replicate the files, if they can be replicated.The purpose of this assignment is to have you consider how to apply the principles, standards, approaches and activities discussed in this course and elsewhere to your personal digital data files. The report should be 5-7 pages, double-spaced, and should:

1. Describe the categories of personal data files you have.2. Describe the digital preservation issues associated with each data category.

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3. Describe the approach(es) you would take to provide long term access to those data files you determine have long term value to you. Discuss why you think those broader standards, principles and best practices will succeed.

4. Describe all files, if any, for which you cannot provide long term access using current standards, principles, approaches, and best practices. What will you do for those data files?

5. Discuss what changes, if any, you will make in the future when creating or acquiring digital data files and software.

You may find it most convenient to prepare your report according to the structure and guidelines of the following Library of Congress Guide: “Sustainability of Digital Formats Planning for Library of Congress Collections Content Categories.” The URL is: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/content/content_categories.shtml.

The Report on your Digital Preservation Approach for Your Personal Digital Materials is due April 1, 2013.

Case Studies (30%)Student teams will be required to research and prepare both an oral report and an extended written report on some aspect of digital preservation. Teams of two to three students are encouraged to ensure greater depth of research and coverage of the topic. Your individual reports focused on repository preservation policy and your personal digital holdings. These team projects should focus on practices and applications that demonstrate efforts to implement the principles of digital preservation and find workable solutions to the issues addressed in the course.

Each student team must submit an abstract for approval. The abstract is not a lengthy formal proposal. It can be one or two paragraphs identifying the team and stating the proposed case study, what the student team sees as the importance of that problem, application, practice, etc., and their proposed approach and sources. Aspects can change as the student team researches and develops their case study. My main purpose in reviewing and approving the selections is to ensure there is enough material on which to base the presentation, that the focus is appropriate (neither too broad nor too narrow), and that the findings highlight the digital preservation "lessons learned" for that topic.

All case study abstracts must be submitted by February 25, 2013.

Case Study Presentation (15%)

Each student or team will present the results/findings/conclusions of their case study in class. Two teams will present in the last hour of class on April 8, April 15, and April 22. The remaining teams will present on April 29. The instructor will determine the presentation schedule based on the most logical grouping of case studies once all the

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teams have selected their case studies. Each case study presentation should last no more than thirty minutes and should focus on the

1. goals of the effort being studied, 2. activities undertaken, tools/systems being implemented3. results or significant accomplishments/conclusions to date, and 4. impact that the effort has had/will have on the preservation of digital records

and objects.

The presentation should include electronic slides (e.g., powerpoint). All team members will receive a common grade for the case study presentation. Each team should prepare handouts for the class that abstract the effort and its contributions. The team should prepare a brief bibliography of required readings and distribute it to the class a minimum of one week before the case study presentation so the class is prepared for the discussion. Failure to provide a reading list at least one week prior to your presentation will reduce your oral presentation grade.

Additional information about the case study presentation is available on the elms blackboard site. See Case Study Outcomes.

Case Study Written Report (15%)Each team will prepare a collective written report on their case study. The collective written report should be between 15 and 20 pages, double-spaced with citations to sources (footnotes, endnotes or notations in the text) where appropriate. The report should indicate the authors of each section and whether any team member contributed significantly more or less than the team’s average contribution to the written report. The slides and class reading list can be included as attachments beyond the page limit.

The Case Study written report is due to the instructor no later than one week after the case study oral presentation.

Final Exam (25%)There will be a take-home final exam in the course. The final will be handed out at the end of class on May 6. It must be returned to the instructor by e-mail or in paper form by 5:30 pm, May 13, 2013..Class Participation (10%)Students are expected to attend class, having read the assigned readings and prepared to participate in the discussion. Students will be graded on how well prepared they are for class, as well as their contributions to the learning environment.

GradeThe course grade will be assigned in accordance with University and CLIS guidelines:A=Outstanding; B=Satisfactory; C=Barely Adequate; D/F=Failure; I=Incomplete.

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The grade will be computed as follows: Digital Preservation Policy Report = 15%; Case study = 15%; Case Study Presentation = 15%; Personal Data Files Digital Preservation Report = 20%, Final exam = 25%; Class participation = 10%.

Please note: The University of Maryland, College Park has a nationally recognized Code of Academic Integrity, administered by the Student Honor Council. This Code sets standards for academic integrity at Maryland for all undergraduate and graduate students. As a student you are responsible for upholding these standards for this course. It is very important for you to be aware of the consequences of cheating, fabrication, facilitation, and plagiarism. For more information on the Code of Academic Integrity or the Student Honor Council, please visit http://www.shc.umd.edu

To further exhibit your commitment to academic integrity, remember to include and sign the Honor Pledge on all examinations and assignments:

"I pledge on my honor that I have not given or received any unauthorized assistance on this examination (assignment).”

Website: shc.umd.edu

This course follows all University policies and procedures, including adherence to the Honor Code, accommodation for students with disabilities, and consideration for religious holidays

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LBSC 784 Digital Preservation Schedule of Topics Assignment Dates

28 January Overview, Framing Concepts 4 February Digital Artifacts and Digital Objects, Selection

for Preservation11 February Attributes to Preserve18 February Imaging - Introduction, project

management, and costs of digitizationGuest: Robin Pike, UMD

25 February Digital Reformatting – Text, Photos, oversized materials

Digital Preservation Policy Report DueCase Study abstract due

4 March AMERICANA 6:00pmSpecial Events Room McKeldin Library

11 March Digital Reformatting – Audio, Video and other formatsGuest: Kate Murray, NARA

18 March Digital Preservation Strategies25 March Spring Break 1 April Preserve Technology Personal Digital Materials

Report due 8 April Preserve Objects Two case study oral reports 15 April Managing Access and Use Two case study oral reports

Case Study Written Reports Due one week after oral presentation

22 April Initiatives and Collaborations in Digital PreservationGuest: Terry Owen, DRUM, UMD

Two case study oral reports

29 April Student Case Studies 6 May Challenges for the Future13 May Final Exam Due

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January 25Unit 1: Overview, Framing Concepts – What do we preserve? The OAIS Reference

Model, Lifecycle Models, Trustworthy Repositories and Standards,

Readings:

Paul Conway, “Overview: Rationale for Digitization and Preservation,” in Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access. Andover, MA, NEDCC, 2003. Available at: http://www.nedcc.org/resources/digitalhandbook/ii.htm

Tom Clareson, “NEDCC Survey and Collquium - Explore Digitization and digital Preservation Policies and Practices,” RLG DigiNews, 10:1 (February 2006). Available at: http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file1339.html#article1

Nancy Y. McGovern, “A Digital Decade: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going in Digital Preservation?” RLG DigiNews 11:1 (April 2007). Available at: http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file137.html#article3

Examine:Anne Gilliland-Swetland, Enduring Paradigm, New Opportunities: The Value of the Archival Perspective in the Digital Environment. CLIR, 2000. Available at: http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub89/pub89.pdf

Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access (2010). Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-term Access to Digital Information. La Jolla, Calif.: Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access. Available at: http://brtf.sdsc.edu/biblio/BRTF_Final_Report.pdf

Cornell University, Timeline: Digital Technology and Preservation. Available at: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/dpm-eng/timeline/viewall.html

National Science Foundation and Library of Congress, It’s About Time: Research Challenges in Digital Archiving and Long-term Preservation, August 2003. Available at: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/library/resources/pubs/docs/about_time2003.pdf

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Consultative System for Space Data Systems, Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System, June 2012. This is ISO 14721 without the ISO cover matter. Available at:

http://public.ccsds.org/publications/archive/650x0m2.pdf

FYI:

“The History of Computer Memory,” PC Plus, June 2009. Available in Course Documents.

Nick Bolton, “The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day,” New York Times, December 9, 2009. Available in Course Documents.

Kari Kraus, “When Data Disappears,” The New York Times, Sunday Review, The Opinion Pages, August 6, 2011. Available in Course Documents.

Bill LeFurgy, “What Skills Does a Digital Archivist or Librarian Need?” The Signal, LoC Digital Newsletter, July 13th, 2011. Available in Course Documents.

February 4Unit 2: Digital Artifacts and Digital Objects, Selection for Preservation

Nature of Digital Objects

Readings:

Myron Gutmann, Kevin Schürer, Darrell Donakowski, and Hilary Beedham, “The Selection, Appraisal, and Retention of Social Science Data,” Data Science Journal, 3 (2004), 209-221. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2481/dsj.3.209

Digital Preservation Coalition, Interactive Assessment: Selection of Digital Materials for Long-term Retention. Select the Decision Tree. Available at: http://www.dpconline.org/advice/preservationhandbook/decision-tree/decision-tree-interactive-assessment

The National Archives (UK), Appraisal Policy, Version 1, August 2004. Available at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/appraisal_policy.pdf

David Rosenthal, et. al., “Requirements for Digital Preservation Systems,” D-Lib Magazine, 11:11 (November 2005). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november05/rosenthal/11rosenthal.html

Examine: InterPARES, Appraisal Task Force Report (2003) Available at: http://www.interpares.org/book/interpares_book_e_part2.pdf

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Table of Digital Preservation Principles (in Course Documents)

UNESCO Threats to Digital Continuity (in Course Documents)

UNESCO Threats to Digital Integrity (in Course Documents)

University of California Curation Center (2012). Unified Digital Format Registry, http://www.udfr.org/

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Unit 3: Attributes to Preserve User Communities, information types and attributes, information attributes

Readings:

M. Witt, J. Carlson, S. Brandt and M. Cragin, “Constructing Data Curation Profiles,” International Journal of Digital Curation. 4:3 (2009), 93-103. Available at: http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/137/165

Luciana Duranti, “Reliability and Authenticity: The Concepts and their Implications,” Archivaria 39 (1995): p. 5-10. Available at: http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/article/view/12063/13035

H.M. Gladney and J.L. Bennett, “What do we Mean by Authentic? What’s the Real McCoy?” D-Lib Magazine, 9:7/8 (July/August 2003. Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july03/gladney/07gladney.html

erpa guidance, Digital Preservation Policy Tool, September 2003. Available at: http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/index.php

erpa guidance, Ingest Strategy, September 2004. Available at: http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/docs/ERPANETPolicyTool.pdf

Andrew Waugh, “The Design and Implementation of an Ingest Function to a Digital Archive,” D-Lib Magazine, 13:11/12 (November/December 2007). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november07/waugh/11waugh.html

MacKenzie Smith and Reagan W. Moore, “Digital Archive Policies and Trusted Digital Repositories,” International Journal of Digital Curation 2:1 (2007). Available at: http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/article/view/27/30

Examine:

InterPARES, Authenticity Task Force Report, (2003). Available at: http://www.interpares.org/book/interpares_book_d_part1.pdf

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CLIR, Authenticity in a Digital Environment, May 2000. Available at: http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub92/pub92.pdf

Consultative System for Space Data Systems, Audit and Certification of Trustworthy Digital Repositories. Magenta Book. Issue 1. September 2011. This is ISO standard 16363. Available at: http://public.ccsds.org/publications/archive/652x0m1.pdf. And at: http://wiki.digitalrepositoryauditandcertification.org/bin/view

nestor Working Group on Trusted Digital Long-term Repositories and their Certification, A Catalogue of Criteria for Trusted Digital Long-term Repositories, at: http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/series/nestor-materialien/8en/PDF/8en.pdf

Digital Curation Centre and Digital Preservation Europe, “Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment (DRAMBORA)” at: http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/download. You are required to provide name, email, and institution. You will then receive access to the document. Be sure to allow sufficient time.

February 18Unit 4: Imaging - Introduction, project management, and costs of digitizationGuest Lecturer: Robin Pike, University of Maryland

Readings:

Steven Puglia and Erin Rhodes, “Digital Imaging - How Far Have We Come and What Still Needs to be Done?” RLG DigiNews, 11:1 (April 2007). Available at: http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file137.html

Robert Rieger and Geri Gay, "Tools and Techniques in Evaluating Digital Imaging Projects" by RLG DigiNews 3 (3) 2003.  Available at: http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObjectMain.jsp?fileid=0000070513:000006282081&reqid=84#technical1

Steven Puglia, “Costs of Digital Imaging Projects,” RLG Diginews, 3:5 (October 15, 1999). Available at: http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/links/cached/chapter3/link3.10b.digitalimagingcosts.html

Stephen Chapman, “Counting the Costs of Digital Preservation: Is Repository Storage Affordable?” Journal of Digital Information, Vol 4, No 2 (2004)http://journals.tdl.org/jodi/article/view/100

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Examine: Federal Digitization Guidelines for Cultural Heritage Institutions. Available at: http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/  See especially the Guidelines for Still Images at: http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/ 

University of Maryland, Best Practice Guidelines at: http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/publications/best_practice.pdf

Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access. The Handbook is broken into separate sections. Available at: http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=6230062&pid=r&mode=ALL&query=Handbook+for+Digital+Projects.

Library of Congress, Building Digital Collections: A Technical Overview. Available at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/about/techIn.html

Howard Besser, Introduction to Imaging, Revised edition,http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/introimages/

February 25Unit 5: Digital Reformatting – Text, Photos, oversized materials

Digital Preservation Policy Report due

Readings:

“Common Imaging Problems,” The Library in Bits and Bytes. Available at: www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/events/symposium/puglia_reed_rhodes.html

Michael Miner, “The Sun-Times Preserves Its Photo Archive By Selling It,” blog post May 6, 2010. Available in Course Documents.

Gunther Waibel, “Stewardship for Digital Images,” The Digital Museum. Available in Course Documents.

Erway, Ricky. 2012. You've Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Research.http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-06.pdf.

Examine: National Archives and Records Administration, Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access: Creation of Production Master Files – Raster Images. Available at: http://www.archives.gov/preservation/technical/guidelines.pdf

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Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Cataloging and Digitizing Toolbox, Available at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/cataloging.html

Kit Peterson, Digital Master Images - Sample Technical Specifications for Photograph Collections. Available at: www.loc.gov/rr/print/tp/DgtlMastersSamplSpecsSelctdRcmndFinal7_2004.pdf

FYI:

Alexandra Alter, “The Next Age of Discovery,” Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2009. Available in Course Documents.

Eric Felten, “Whose Art Is It, Anyway?” Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2009. Available in Course Documents.

Mike Elgan, “Is That the Library of Congress in Your Pocket?” Computer World, January 1, 2010. Available in Course Documents.

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Unit 6:

AMERICANA Special Events Room, McKeldin Library 6:00pm

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Unit 7: Digital Reformatting – Audio, Video and other formatsGuest: Kate Murray, NARA

Readings:

ARSC Technical Committee Preservation of Archival Sound Recordings (Version 1, April 2009). Available at: http://www.arsc-audio.org/pdf/ARSCTC_preservation.pdf

 George Blood. Refining Conversion Contract Specifications: Determining Suitable Digital Video Formats for Medium-term Storage. Available at: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/81562888/George%20Blood%20LIbrary%20of%20Congress%20IntrmMastVidFormatRecs_20111114.pdf

 Evelyn Peters McLellan, “Selecting file formats for long-term preservation: InterPARES2 project general study report” (March 2007) Available at: http://www.interpares.org/display_file.cfm?doc=ip2_gs11_final_report_english.pdf

 

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Examine:JISC Digital Media Advice for Moving Images and Audio.  Available at:  http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/advice/

 Adobe video and audio primers.  Available at:http://www.adobe.com/motion/primers.html

 ALA Association for Library Collections and Technical Services Preservation and Reformatting Section Minimum Digitization Capture Recommendations. Available at: http://connect.ala.org/node/185648

 Indiana University Bloomington Media Preservation Initiative (web site and blog). Available at: http://www.indiana.edu/~medpres/

  

FYI:AV Artifact Atlas (Stanford, NYU and BAVC) Available at: http://preservation.bavc.org/artifactatlas/index.php/A/V_Artifact_Atlas

 Tadic, Linda. Video Preservation for the Millennia. AMIA Tech Review. May, 2012: Vol 4. Available at: http://www.amiatechreview.com/

 Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative: http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/

 Digitization Services. National Archives and Records Administration. Products and Services web portal. Available at :http://www.archives.gov/preservation/products/

 PrestoCentre. AV Insider journal. Available at: http://www.prestocentre.org/avinsider

 March 18

Unit 8: Digital Preservation Strategies

Readings:

Jeff Rothenberg, “Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Documents,” Scientific American, January 1995, p. 42-47 (e-reserve)

Brian Lavoie and Lorcan Dempsey, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at … Digital Preservation,” D-Lib Magazine 10:7/8 (July/August 2004). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july04/lavoie/07lavoie.html

Certification of Digital Repositories in RLG DigiNews, 9:5 (October 2005). Read Special Issue Introduction and Feature Articles 1, 2 and 3. Available at:

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http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file3047.html

Ronald Jantz and Michael J. Giarlo, “Digital Preservation: Architecture and Technology for Trusted Digital Repositories,” D-Lib Magazine, 11:6 (June 2005). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june05/jantz/06jantz.html (Also applicable the week of April 1.)

Examine;Matthew G. Kirschenbaum, Richard Ovenden, Gabriela Redwinewith research assistance from Rachel Donahue, Digital Foresnics and Born-Digital Content in Cultural Heritage Collections, CLIR pub 149, December 2010. Available at: http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub149/pub149.pdf

FYI:

“Tech history is one big format war,” Bismark Tribune, Nov 05, 2007. Available in Course Documents.

Tom Coughlin, “Storing Information for a Thousand Years,” Forbes, October 28, 2011. Available in Course Documents.

March 25 SPRING BREAK

April 1Personal Digital Materials Report dueUnit 9: Preserve Technology Data rescue, Media archeology, reverse engineering

Readings:

Stewart Granger, “Emulation as a Digital Preservation Strategy,” D-Lib Magazine, 6:10 (October 2000). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october00/granger/10granger.html

Jeffrey van der Hoeven, Bram Lohman, Remco Verdegem, “Emulation for Digital Preservation in Practice: The Results,” International Journal of Digital Curation, 2:2 (2007). Available at: http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/viewFile/50/35

Richard Entlich, “Too Close for Comfort? The Case for Off-site Storage,” RLG DigiNews, 9:6 (December 2005). Available at: http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file3594.html#article4

Charles Piller, “Unable to Repeat the Past; Storing information is easier than ever, but it's also never been so easy to lose it -- forever. We could end up with a

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modern history gap.” Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2006. Available in Course Documents.

erpa guidance, Selecting Technologies Tool, September 2003. Available at: http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/index.php (select and download this study)

Patricia Cohen, “Fending Off Digital Decay, Bit by Bit,” New York Times, March 15, 2010. Available in Course Documents.

Examine: The Digital Curation Centre at: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/. See especially Curation Policies, Resource Centre, Tools and Standards, and Research and Development.

The Online Computer Library Consortium (OCLC) at: http://www.oclc.org/search/search.pl?site=new_worldwide&client=new_worldwide&q=digital+preservation+services

Tom Dale, “E-gads! E-gone! Put Digital Preservation on Your Radar,” edoc Magazine, July/August 2005. Available on Course Documents.

April 8Unit 10: Preserve Objects

Readings:

Catherine Ayre and Adrienne Muir, “The Right to Preserve: The Rights Issues of Digital Preservation,” D-Lib Magazine, 10:3 (March 2004). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march04/ayre/03ayre.html

Karen Coyle, “The ‘Rights’ in Digital Rights Management,” D-Lib Magazine 10:9 (September 2004). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september04/coyle/09coyle.html

Phil Mellor, “CAMiLEON: Emulation and BBC Domesday,” RLG DigiNews, 7:2 (April 2003). Available at: http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file1230.html#feature3

erpa workshop, The Long-term Preservation of Databases, April 2003. Available at: http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/index.php

Heather Chaplain, "Is that Just Some Game? No, It's a Cultural Artifact." New York Times, 12 March 2007. Available in Course Documents.

Examine:Fedora Available at: http://www.fedora-commons.org/

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LOCKKS at: http://www.lockss.org/lockss/Home

PRONOM at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pronom/

GDFR at: http://hul.harvard.edu/gdfr/

April 15Unit 11: Managing Access and Use

Readings:

Ricky Erway (2012). You've Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media. OCLC Research. http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-06.pdf

Ciran B. Trace, “Beyond the Magic to the Mechanism: Computers, Materiality and What it Means for Records to be “Born Digital’,” Archivaria 72 (2011) p. 5-28. (e-reserve).

Stephen Abrams, Patricia Cruse, John Kunze and Michael Mudrane (2012).  Total Cost of Preservation (TCP): Cost Modeling of Sustainable Services, University of California Curation Center.  https://confluence.ucop.edu/download/attachments/163610649/TCP-total-cost-of-preservation.pdf

Shelby Sanett, “The Cost to Preserve Authentic Electronic Records in Perpetuity: Comparing Costs Across Cost Models and Cost Frameworks,” RLG DigiNews (2007), 7(4).  Available at: http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file2281.html#feature2

Catherine Ayre and Adrienne Muir, “The Right to Preserve: The Rights Issues of Digital Preservation,” D-Lib Magazine (2004), 10(3). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march04/ayre/03ayre.html

John Neuenschwander , “Major Legal Challenges Facing Oral History in the Digital Age,” Oral History in the Digital Age, Institute of Museum and Library Services. Available at: http://ohda.matrix.msu.edu/2012/06/major-legal-challenges/

April 22Unit 12: Initiatives and Collaborations in Digital Preservation

Case Study Written Reports dueGuest: Terry M. Owen, DRUM Coordinator, UMD Libraries

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Readings:

Clay Shirky, “AIHT: Conceptual Issues from Practical Tests,” D-Lib Magazine, 11:12 (December 2005). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december05/shirky/12shirky.html

Seamus Ross, “The Role of ERPANET in Supporting Digital Curation and Preservation in Europe,” D-Lib Magazine, 10:7/8 (July/August 2004). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july04/ross/07ross.html

Neil Beagrie, “The Continuing Access and Digital Preservation Strategy for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC),” D-Lib Magazine, 10:7/8 (July/August 2004). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july04/beagrie/07beagrie.html

Abby Smith, “Distributed Preservation in a National Context: NDIIPP at Mid-point,” D-Lib Magazine, 12:6 (June 2006). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june06/smith/06smith.html

Vicky Reich and David Rosenthal, “LOCKSS: A Permanent Web Publishing and Access System,” D-Lib Magazine, 7:6 (June 2001). Available at: http://dlib.org/dlib/june01/reich/06reich.html

Adam Farquhar and Helen Hockx-Yu, “Planets: Integrated Services for Digital Preservation, International Journal of Digital Curation, 2:2 (2007). Available at: http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/viewFile/45/31

Soo Young Rieh, Karen Markey, Beth St. Jean, Elizabeth Yakel, and Jihyun Kim, “Census of Institutional Repositories in the U.S.: A Comparison Across Institutions at Different Stages of IR Development,” D-Lib Magazine 13:11/12 (November/December 2007). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november07/rieh/11rieh.html

Philip M. Davis and Matthew J.L. Connolly, “Institutional Repositories: Evaluating the Reasons for Non-use of Cornell University's Installation of DSpace,” D-Lib Magazine, 13: 3/4 (March 2007). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march07/davis/03davis.html

Examine the following collaborations:

Internet Archive at: http://www.archive.org

InterPARES (especially authenticity and preservation) at: http://www.interpares.org/book/index.cfm

Digital Library Federation at: http://www.dlib.org/

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Digital Preservation Europe at: http://www.diigitalpreservationeurope.eu/about/

Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) at http://www.clir.org

The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) at: http://www.arl.org/sparc/ (See SPARC Institutional Repository Checklist & Resource Guide)

DSpace at: http://www.dspace.org/

LOCKKS (and CLOCKKS) at: http://www.lockss.org/lockss/Home

Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services (PLANETS) at: http://www.planets-project.eu/

April 29Unit 13: Student Case Studies

May 6Unit 14: Challenges for the Future

Readings:

D. Cull, "Conservation on the Cyber Frontier", e-conservation magazine, No. 11 (2009) pp. 18-25. Available at: http://www.e-conservationline.com/content/view/793 Jonas Palm, “The Digital Black Hole,” in TAPE Project. Available at: http://www.tape-online.net/docs/Palm_Black_Hole.pdf

James Currall and Peter McKinney, “Investing in Value,” D-Lib Magazine, 12:4 (April 2006). Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april06/mckinney/04mckinney.html

Shelby Sanett, “The Cost to Preserve Authentic Electronic Records in Perpetuity: Comparing Costs Across Cost Models and Cost Frameworks,” RLG DigiNews, 7:4 (August 2003). Available at: http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file2281.html#feature2

erpa guidance, Cost Orientation Tool. Available at: http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/index.php (select and download this study)

Christopehr A Lee and Helen Tibbo, “Where’s the Archivist in Digital Curation? Exploring the Possibilities through a Matrix of Knowledge and Skills,” Archivaria 72 (2011) 123-168. Available in e-reserves.

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Examine: NISO, “A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections” Available at: http://www.niso.org/framework/Framework2.html

FYI:

Conrad De Aenlle, “Digital Archivists, Now in Demand,” NY Times, February 7, 2009. Available in Course Documents.

May13: Take Home final due

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