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Distributed Custodial Archival Preservation Environments Project
The Tufts Perspective
Marriott Wardman ParkWashington, D.C.
Veronica MartzahlRecords Archivist
August 14, 2010
Society of American Archivist 2010
Digital Collections and Archives
Digital Collections and Archives
DCAPE The Tufts Perspective
SAA 2010August 14, 2010
Veronica MartzahlDigital Collections and Archives
Introduction
Digital Collections and Archives
• Records Management Program• University Archives• Fedora Commons Repository
managed with UIT/Academic Technology
Digital Collections and Archives
SAA 2010August 14, 2010
Veronica MartzahlDigital Collections and Archives
Fedora Commons Repository
Tufts Digital Library
System:
Volume:
Object Types:
Fedora Commons 3.3
100,000 + Objects
Texts (PDF & TEI)ImagesEAD finding aidsDatasetsImage BooksOral HistoriesCollection Objects
Dark Archive“Closed Stack” area of Repositoryfor restricted university records
dl.tufts.edu
DCAPE The Tufts Perspective
Digital Collections and Archives
SAA 2010August 14, 2010
Veronica MartzahlDigital Collections and Archives
Why DCAPE?
Leveraging Resources
Scalability
Advantages of Microservices
DCAPE The Tufts Perspective
Digital Collections and Archives
SAA 2010August 14, 2010
Veronica MartzahlDigital Collections and Archives
Digital Collections and Archives6 FT Staff + 1 FT Project Staff
2 spend significant time on Fedora Commons5 spend some time on Fedora Commons
UIT/Academic Technology 18 FT Staff
5 spend some time on Fedora Commons
Leveraging Resources
Even with these staffing levels, reaching maximum output of digital processing.
However, demand for our services continues to increase.
DCAPE The Tufts Perspective
Digital Collections and Archives
SAA 2010August 14, 2010
Veronica MartzahlDigital Collections and Archives
Scalability
We need to find more efficient
ways to preserve digital materials
while maintaining standards.
DCAPE The Tufts Perspective
Digital Collections and Archives
SAA 2010August 14, 2010
Veronica MartzahlDigital Collections and Archives
Microservices
Microservices give us local control over an out-sourced service.
We are able to fine-tune our preservation environment to meet
the needs of the materials.
DCAPE The Tufts Perspective
Digital Collections and Archives
SAA 2010August 14, 2010
Veronica MartzahlDigital Collections and Archives
Why DCAPE over other services?
• Not just bit storage• Understanding of what “digital preservation” means• Utilize local policies on a broader scale• Customizable, not a cookie-cutter solution
DCAPE The Tufts Perspective
Digital Collections and Archives
SAA 2010August 14, 2010
Veronica MartzahlDigital Collections and Archives
Why DCAPE over other services?
Metadata customization
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PREMISDublin Core
Darwin CoreMETSLocal
Other Standards
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Title McIlroy Fluid Network Analyzer analog computer, 1958
Publisher Digital Collections and Archives, Tufts University
Identifier tufts:central:dca:UA136:UA136.002.DO.00140
Organizations Department of Mechanical Engineering
Places Bray LaboratorySociety of American Archivists, 2010Washington, D.C.
Digital Collections and Archives
Veronica MartzahlRecords [email protected]
DCAPEThe Tufts Perspective