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Preservation of Software Barbara Sierman (digital preservation manager)E-Humanities Software and Tools Sustainability, 10-4-2013
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Mission of the KBMission of the KB• The KB is the national library of the Netherlands: we
bring people and information together.
• We offer everyone access to everything published in and about the Netherlands (strategic priority #1)
• “We guarantee long-term storage of digital information” (strategic priority #3)
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E-Humanities and Digital E-Humanities and Digital PreservationPreservation
• Relationship e-humanities & digital preservation• Recent study “Sustaining our digital future”
http://www.sr.ithaka.org/research-publications/sustaining-our-digital-future
• Digitization projects & related tools, services
• Keeping digital collections accessible• Permanent activity
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Digital preservation at the KB-NLDigital preservation at the KB-NL
• E-depot since 2002• Main digital collections:
• Born digital material: • E-journals• E-Books
• Digitized material • Web Archive
• Fast growing amount of digital objects: 2PB in 2020
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Preservation Strategy: MigrationPreservation Strategy: Migration• Strictly speaking “transformation” (OAIS)
• Expected Risk : Obsolescence of file format• Measure : standards, limited set of file
formats• In practice
• Position of National Library• Other reasons for migration• Only for “straight forward” digital objects
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Preservation Strategy: Emulation
• Risk: unable to render material faithfully Loss of “original look and feel”
• Especially “complex” digital objects• Several potential collections
- interactive material (CD-ROMs)- supplemental files added to e-journals and e-books- webarchives
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Emulation researchEmulation research• Research with IBM, resulting in LTP Studies
2002• Emulation, Universal Virtual Computerhttp://www.kb.nl/expertise/e-depot-en-digitale-duurzaamheid/publicaties-en-links/kbibm-long-term-preservation-study
• The Preservation Layer Model (PLM)• Emulating the hardware
• Development of Dioscuri (with NA)
• But how to get the software?• Software archive: licenses, manuals,
metadata descriptions etc.
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Planets project 2006-2010Planets project 2006-2010• Emulation becomes more complex
• The complexity of modern computer environments• Complex and often interacting applications
• Legal Issues• Digital rights management• Copy protection measures
• Knowledge: How is software working? • Issues with setting up a Software Archive
• Variety in sw releases, different languages, geographical areas, parameters
• Preservation of software requires OAIS archive conditions (like other digital objects)
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EU project KEEP 2009-2012EU project KEEP 2009-2012• Focus on multimedia works• TOTEM Trustworthy Online Technical Environment Metadata
Registry
• Description of hardware and related software
• Emulation Framework• Project to implement it in KB “research
environment” with samples of the collection
• To work properly: Software Archive needed!
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EU project KEEP legal studyEU project KEEP legal study• National, European & International legislation
are not consistent• Libraries and Archives have special rights, but in
EU not all have the same rights• EC law does not provide the full legal
permissions required for KEEP (the emulation framework)
• For example : “Reproduction of computer programs and databases even when carried out by memory organisations and authorized under national laws, is in conflict with EC Law”
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Open Planets FoundationOriginally founded to safeguard the “products” of EU projects
Now: A vivid Digital Preservation Platform for a large communityblogs, hackatons, webinars etc.
Collaboration with software suppliers, like Microsoft Research (OPF member)
Software/emulation as a service (SaaS/EaaS)
http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/
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NCDD: a place to act?
• A national challenge• In NCDD various collections represented
• AV material• Digital Art• Interactives etc.
• Platform for collaboration
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Conclusions
• There is a need for a software archive for emulation• We have a pretty good idea what is should look like• Some individual initiatives (Australia, New Zealand)• Even better: a collaborative initiative
Thank you!
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