26 research outputs found

    (Semi-)Automated digital preservation archives for small institutions and private users

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    Large heritage institutions have been addressing the demands posed by digital preservation needs for some time. In contrast small institutions and private users are less prepared to handle these challenges. An increasing quantity of digital collections is held by small institution with limited know-how and awareness of digital preservation. Digital assets are becoming more important for an increasing number of institutions in the long run (e.g. legal obligation, intellectual property or business data). The limited resource in these institutions for archiving drives the need for new approaches of (fully or semi)-automated archiving systems. Research and development in the area of digital preservation is mainly done by memory institutions and large businesses. Consequently, the available tools, services and models are developed to meet the demands of professional environments. Automated archiving systems are needed for institutions with little professional know how in digital preservation. Important aspects are hiding the complexity of the processes, providing support for decision making and automated error handling. The automation of preservation workflows raises a number of research questions, e.g. metadata management, quality assurance and tolerable limit of loss of preservation actions and automated preservation planning

    Report from the Digital Curation Curriculum Symposium (DigCCurr) 2009

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    The second Digital Curation Curriculum Symposium was held on April 1-3, 2009, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with the theme "Digital Curation Practice, Promise and Prospects". The Symposium featured sessions dealing with issues from the cutting edge of digital curation research, while others showcased recent developments in digital curation tools. At the same time, the Symposium also considered how to equip the new generation of information professionals with the necessary skills to put this research and development into practice

    Personal Digital Archiving

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    Personal Digital Archiving ist ein wenig untersuchtes Forschungsgebiet, dass sich mit der Archivierung privater Daten durch private Anwender beschĂ€ftigt. Individuelle Archivierungsstrategien, eingeschrĂ€nkte technische und organisatorische Kompetenzen und emotionale Entscheidungen verhindern automatisierte Archivierungshandlungen, wie sie fĂŒr die institutionelle Langzeitarchivierung definiert sind. Diese Arbeit untersucht, welche Konzepte der institutionellen Langzeitarchivierung in skalierter Form auch durch private Anwender adaptiert werden können und wie diese in Deutschland durch Bibliotheken in ihrer Funktion als Experten fĂŒr die institutionelle Langzeitarchivierung, aber auch als direkte Schnittstelle zum archivierenden Nutzer vermittelt werden können. Vorgeschlagen wird die Erstellung allgemeiner Informationen unter Beteiligung von nestor sowie die Vermittlung innerhalb von Veranstaltungen zur Informationskompetenz an wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken und die praktische Umsetzung durch den Aufbau gemeinschaftlicher Repositorien an öffentlichen Bibliotheken.Personal digital archiving is an underresearched area of digital preservation that deals with the preservation of personal digital objects through individuals. Varying archiving practices, limited technical and organizational competencies as well as affective actions prevent the establishment of formal archiving standards. The thesis explores how digital preservation practices can be scaled down to benefit individuals‘ archiving needs and the role of German libraries as operating instances in digital preservation and information literacy. The distribution of basic archiving information for the general public through the nationwide nestor preservation cooperative is recommended as well as teaching personal digital archiving as a part of information literacy in higher education and the establishment of community archives through public libraries

    The safeguard of audio collections: a computer science based approach to quality control--the case of the sound archive of the arena di verona

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    In the field of multimedia, very little attention is given to the activities involved in the preservation of audio documents. At the same time, more and more archives storing audio and video documents face the problem of obsolescing and degrading media, which could largely benefit from the instruments and the methodologies of research in multimedia. This paper presents the methodology and the results of the Italian project REVIVAL, aimed at the development of a hardware/software platform to support the active preservation of the audio collection of the Fondazione Arena di Verona, one of the finest in Europe for the operatic genre, with a special attention on protocols and tools for quality control. On the scientific side, the most significant objectives achieved by the project are (i) the setup of a working environment inside the archive, (ii) the knowledge transfer to the archival personnel, (iii) the realization of chemical analyses on magnetic tapes in collaboration with experts in the fields of materials science and chemistry, and (iv) the development of original open-source software tools. On the cultural side, the recovery, the safeguard, and the access to unique copies of unpublished live recordings of artists the calibre of Domingo and Pavarotti are of great musicological and economical value

    Education alignment

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    This essay reviews recent developments in embedding data management and curation skills into information technology, library and information science, and research-based postgraduate courses in various national contexts. The essay also investigates means of joining up formal education with professional development training opportunities more coherently. The potential for using professional internships as a means of improving communication and understanding between disciplines is also explored. A key aim of this essay is to identify what level of complementarity is needed across various disciplines to most effectively and efficiently support the entire data curation lifecycle

    The Resilient Village:contribution of regional initiatives to a resilient development of rural areas. A case study using the leader project ”Day of the Village” of the local action group AltmĂŒhl-Jura e.V.

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    Abstract. This Master Thesis offers a contribution for the operationalization of resilience of communities at the local level and aims to make the initiatives of regional development especially LEADER projects evaluable for its contribution to resilience of local communities. In rural areas, the effects of crises and change are particularly visible. This manifests itself in a wide variety of ecological, economic and social symptoms that pose challenges to rural village communities. In regional development, the concept of resilience has therefore become a suitable response concept to constant crises and change and can be seen as a general guideline for handling theses. Through an interdisciplinary and systems theoretical approach to resilience, it is conceptualiszed as the self-controlling capacity of social systems. The LEADER program of the EU is considered to have resilience-promoting potential. The researched question is therefore to what extent LEADER projects can contribute to the resilience of village communities. Using a mixed methods approach, resilience-promoting system characteristics are identified, and an own model is developed for the Resilience of Village Communities. The model is tested on nine villages under investigation of the case study. Furthermore, the contribution of a certain LEADER project called “Day of the Village” of the Local Action Group AltmĂŒhl-Jura in the middle of Bavaria, Germany, to the resilience of these village communities is measured. The results show that a positive effect of LEADER projects is determined, which can unfold under certain conditions. The evaluations show that the villages of the AltmĂŒhl-Jura region show strengths above all in the resilience dimension of value attitudes, mindset and belief of the individual people and strong bondings of social relationships and networks within the communities. These are resilience dimensions of particular importance for the villages and strengthen the self-organization and self-help ability. They also show a strong identification of the people with their home village. These characteristics are also those that could be strengthened by the LEADER project. In particular, the LEADER project has improved the situation of the social meeting places in the villages, but they still show here an insufficient situation. Weaknesses emerge in those resilience characteristics that describe the villages’ relationships with public institutions and administrations and its representatives, which limits their willingness to cooperate with municipalities and regional development organisations. Overall, it can be concluded that LEADER projects have a positive effect on the resilience of local communities. LEADER, through its creation of an enabling environment and its principles like the bottom up approach achieve resilience-promoting effects

    Digital Forensics and Born-Digital Content in Cultural Heritage Collections

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    Digital Forensics and Born-Digital Content in Cultural Heritage Collections examines digital forensics and its relevance for contemporary research. The applicability of digital forensics to archivists, curators, and others working within our cultural heritage is not necessarily intuitive. When the shared interests of digital forensics and responsibilities associated with securing and maintaining our cultural legacy are identified—preservation, extraction, documentation, and interpretation, as this report details—the correspondence between these fields of study becomes logical and compelling.Council on Library and Information Resource

    Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works

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    In a rapidly changing technological environment, the difficult task of ensuring long-term access to digital information is increasingly important. The Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works presents over 650 English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding digital curation and preservation. This selective bibliography covers digital curation and preservation copyright issues, digital formats (e.g., data, media, and e-journals), metadata, models and policies, national and international efforts, projects and institutional implementations, research studies, services, strategies, and digital repository concerns. Most sources have been published from 2000 through 2011; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 2000 are also included. The bibliography includes links to freely available versions of included works. It is under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Cite as: Bailey, Charles W., Jr. Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works. Houston: Digital Scholarship, 2012

    Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works

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    In a rapidly changing technological environment, the difficult task of ensuring long-term access to digital information is increasingly important. The Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works presents over 650 English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding digital curation and preservation. This selective bibliography covers digital curation and preservation copyright issues, digital formats (e.g., data, media, and e-journals), metadata, models and policies, national and international efforts, projects and institutional implementations, research studies, services, strategies, and digital repository concerns. Most sources have been published from 2000 through 2011; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 2000 are also included. The bibliography includes links to freely available versions of included works. It is under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Cite as: Bailey, Charles W., Jr. Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works. Houston: Digital Scholarship, 2012
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