Section 108 Study Group Releases Report

Over the last three years, a panel of government, academic and information industry experts have been studying the copyright challenges faced by libraries and archives in managing and preserving digital content. On March 31, 2008 the panel, which had been convened by the U.S. Copyright Office as the Section 108 Study Group, released its report recommending an extensive series of changes to Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act. Section 108 was created as part of the Copyright Act of 1976 and provides limited copyright exemptions for libraries and archives. While it has been amended periodically over the last 30 years, Section 108 is very complicated and does not adequately address issues like archiving of Web content, preservation of both analog and digital works, and digital delivery of copies. The Study Group was convened to explore these challenges, and make recommendations to the U.S. Copyright Office for changes. This work reviews many of the Group’s recommendations

Digital Curation Vignettes: Personal, Academic, and Organizational Digital Information

This panel presents variations on the theme of digital curation by examining the digital information management and preservation practices of three different populations. Personal digital information management, personal collections transferred to institutional repositories, and a digital archiving case in a private organization, offer a wide view of the types of contexts in which digital material is being produced “in the wild.” Across the cases we found that digital record-keeping and preservation practices are not well understood or established, and that a vast amount of digital content created currently is at risk. Other issues, such as an individual’s perception of digital information value, and the feasibility of preservation beyond an individual’s or organization’s lifetime, surfaced as determinants of the current situation. The findings have important implications for appraisal and post-custodial archival strategies. They are also useful for identifying critical decision points when digital curation issues are best addressed

Policy-based collaborative approaches to preserving electronic government information

Presentation at iPRES 2018, the 15th International Conference on Digital Preservation. The presentation outlines a panel discussion on the preservation of electronic government information

Storage and Technology Obsolescence: Evaluating Digital Preservation Capacity Using the Digital Preservation Capability Maturity Model (DPCMM)

Panel presentation at the Spring 2019 MARAC Conference in Morgantown, WV.In this panel presentation, Fatemeh Rezaei, Archivist; Kristin Conlin, Reference and Instruction Librarian; and Laura Bell, Archivist at the University of Baltimore discuss how to convey the importance of a digital preservation program in a data-supported framework that ensures continuous access to digital assets to library administration. An initial assessment using the Digital Preservation Capability Maturity Model (DPCMM) revealed that our library's storage and retention of records were based on individual department standards which were not uniform or implemented with archival principles for storage and retention in mind. In this panel discussion we share our experience using the DPCMM in the Robert L. Bogomolny library at the University of Baltimore, as well as the impact of the results and the departmental conversations that occurred surrounding digital preservation in our library

Managing Digital Assets in a Collaborative Environment, 2016

This file consists of the slides for a presentation at the joint Annual Meeting for the Society of Georgia Archivists and the Society of Florida Archivists, held in Savannah, Georgia. The presentation focuses on the collaborative approach taken by members of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library, in both the Digital Services Department and the Archives Research Center, to build a digital preservation program. Topics discussed include the formation of the Digital Preservation Working Group, the ongoing activities of the ArchivesSpace Working Group, and steps taken to maximize the skills and interaction of staff throughout the AUC Woodruff Library.Delivered as part of a panel session, titled "Practical Tools for Managing Born Digital Collections and Managing Digital Assets in a Collaborative Environment," on October 13, 2016, at the Hilton Desoto Hotel in Savannah, Georgia

The DAO of Processing: Applying MPLP to Electronic Records Workflows

Digital preservation has been described as an artisanal form of archives practice, with archivists applying “hand-crafted” metadata for item-level description. Recent publications from OCLC and NDSA challenge this paradigm by providing strategies, tactics, and standards to encourage archivists to think of electronic records at a higher level, using automated tools and aggregate description to move e-records into a space where users can access and analyze them. This panel will discuss ways that various institutions are collecting, processing, and preserving electronic records as guided by the principles of More Product, Less Process while still adhering to appropriate digital preservation standards. Panelists will discuss their efforts to build simplified or automated processes at all steps of the archival workflow, from working with records creators to ingest processes to building ad hoc preservation and access systems, including supplementing metadata with user-supplied content. By “going with the flow” of electronic records processing, archivists can have the same impact on making their electronic backlogs accessible as they have had already with MPLP on “traditional” collection

Learning from Objects: the use of advanced numerical methods to exploit a complete set of information from experimental data, for the Mona Lisa’s Digital-Twin

International audienceThe approach to wooden artefacts of historical importance, and panel paintings in particular, is a task that requires a multidisciplinary approach based on experimental observation of the artwork and advanced techniques to make these data actually useful for the knowledge and preservation of the object. This study illustrates how a series of scientific observations and instrumental analyses can be used to construct a numerical simulation that allows a deeper understanding of the physical structure and behaviour of the object itself, namely to construct a hygro-mechanical predictive model (a “Digital-Twin”) of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa panel. Based on specific request from the Louvre Museum, a group of experts with different and complementary skills cooperated and are still cooperating to construct a complete set of experimental observation and non-invasive tests; so, the integration of the collected data made the construction possible of the panel’s Digital-Twin. This paper also specifically examines how the Digital-Twin can be used to compare two framing conditions of the panel; although the two experimental configurations are not inherently comparable, the comparison is made possible by the introduction of a technique of projection of the fields obtained as results of the two analyses, named the Projected Model Comparison (PMC), which has been developed specifically for this research

Active Digital Preservation and Data/Metadata Migration

CNI 2017 Spring Membership MeetingDigital preservation activities increasingly focus on the movement of data and metadata between systems. This panel will present case studies in moving content through preservation activities with APTrust, the Digital Preservation Network, MetaArchive, and local applications. The presentations will highlight common methodologies and elicit group discussion on strategic and sustainable planning for active digital preservation. As the pace of evolution of repository systems continues to increase and new opportunities for digital preservation systems continue to emerge, the nature of active movement of repository objects and metadata has become a growing concern. The focus of content stewardship is shifting from being application-centric to data-centric, with the understanding that content must move through time. In order to provide effective mechanisms to move repository data during repository migrations and to these preservation systems, significant efforts are needed for various import, export, and verification services. The Fedora and MetaArchive communities have begun collaborative efforts to create tools that using the BagIt standard will enable preservation and system profiles that allow for ease of digital object transfer. Essential to these discussions is the role of metadata, file integrity, and size of transfers to actively manage digital objects

Does digital finance enhance corporate green innovation?

Green innovation plays a pivotal role in fostering the harmonious development of economic growth and environmental preservation. This article employs a panel regression model using data from Chinese A-share listed companies spanning from 2011 to 2020 to investigate the influence of digital finance on corporate green innovation and its underlying mechanisms. The findings reveal that digital finance effectively facilitates green innovation by mitigating corporate financing constraints and reducing business risks. Furthermore, the study highlights the moderating role of government subsidies. Additionally, a heterogeneity analysis indicates that digital finance exerts a more pronounced impact on green innovation in the east-central region compared to the western region. The breadth and depth of coverage are significant factors influencing corporate green innovation, while the level of digitization exhibits no substantial effect. Consequently, this study contributes to establishing a theoretical foundation for leveraging digital finance to advance enterprises\u27 transition towards sustainability

The selection, appraisal and retention of digital scientific data: dighlights of an ERPANET/CODATA workshop

CODATA and ERPANET collaborated to convene an international archiving workshop on the selection, appraisal, and retention of digital scientific data, which was held on 15-17 December 2003 at the Biblioteca Nacional in Lisbon, Portugal. The workshop brought together more than 65 researchers, data and information managers, archivists, and librarians from 13 countries to discuss the issues involved in making critical decisions regarding the long-term preservation of the scientific record. One of the major aims for this workshop was to provide an international forum to exchange information about data archiving policies and practices across different scientific, institutional, and national contexts. Highlights from the workshop discussions are presented