Digital Preservation

Enhanced Publications: Linking Publications and Research Data in Digital Repositories

by Barbara Sierman

Component Business Model for Digital Repositories: A Framework for Analysis

by Barbara Sierman

The Jigsaw Puzzle of Digital Preservation—an Overview

by Barbara Sierman

E-Archives: la numérisation des Archives Municipales de Ponte de Lima (Portugal)

by Cristiana Freitas

FREITAS, Cristiana (2009) - E-Archives: la numérisation des Archives Municipales de Ponte de Lima (Portugal). In Revista Arhivelor: Archival Review. [s.l.]: Arhievele Nationale Ale Romaniei. ISSN 1453-1755. Vol. 82, Nº 2 (2009), p. 71-78.

Installées dans un immeuble spécialement conçu pour cet effet, les Archives Municipales de Ponte de Lima sont chargées... more Installées dans un immeuble spécialement conçu pour cet effet, les Archives Municipales de Ponte de Lima sont chargées de préserver la mémoire archivistique et historique du Département Régional et, entre autres, de la gestion intégrée de l’information de nature «archivistique » des différents organes et services de la municipalité. Conscients de cette mission, ont été réalisées trois propositions de projets à différents programmes de numérisation, prévus dans les Programmes Opérationnels Européens du cadre financier de l’Union Européenne : 1 - La numérisation d’une grande partie des Archives Historiques et la diffusion en ligne ont pour but essentiellement de faire connaître à tous les habitants, en particulier aux jeunes, la richesse du patrimoine de Ponte de Lima en offrant à la population l’accès aux ressources archivistiques conservées par les Archives Municipales de Ponte de Lima. 2 - Les dossiers de permis de construire constituent la documentation des Archives Municipales la plus consultée par les citoyens et par les services municipaux d’urbanisme. Elle est, par conséquent, plus sensible à la dégradation physique causée par la manipulation. Le projet de numérisation a été conçu comme une double réponse à ces problèmes : faciliter l’accès aux documents et préserver la documentation. Ce projet prévoit aussi d’adopter une Gestion Intégrée du Système d’Archives Municipales de Ponte de Lima (dès la création du document et tout au long de son cycle de vie) et la création de web services afin d’intégrer ce système aux autres systèmes informatiques utilisés par la Mairie de Ponte de Lima, en particulier celui du Service d’Urbanisme, afin de éviter la perte de métadonnées et d’objets numériques au cours du temps. 3 - Afin de pouvoir conserver à long terme les documents numérisés, les Archives Municipales de Ponte de Lima veulent créer un dépôt institutionnel numérique qui permette le dépôt, la gestion et l’accès à l’information des documents numérisés, actuellement stockés sous forme de supports optiques fragiles (DVD), qui par leur vulnérabilité et obsolescence pourront provoquer la perte définitive de l’information indispensable à la constitution et consolidation de la mémoire collective de la région départementale de Ponte de Lima. Les principaux objectifs de ces projets de numérisation sont de conserver et diffuser le patrimoine archivistique, ainsi que de rationaliser le travail administratif d'une part, et d’améliorer le service rendu aux citoyens d'autre part, tout en protégeant les registres originaux des manipulations fréquentes risquant, à terme, de les endommager de forme irrémédiable.

Content, Format, and Interpretation

by Simone Sacchi

Dubin, D., Wickett, K. M., & Sacchi, S. (2011). Content, Format, and Interpretation. In B. T. Usdin (Ed.), Proceedings of Balisage: the Markup Conference 2011, Balisage Series on Markup Technologies (Vol. 7). Montreal, Canada.
doi:10.4242/BalisageVol7.Dubin01

Significant properties of complex digital artifacts: open issues from a video game case study

by Simone Sacchi

Sacchi, S., & McDonough, J. P. (2012). Significant properties of complex digital artifacts: open issues from a video game case study. Proceedings of the 2012 iConference, iConference ’12 (pp. 572–573). New York, NY, USA: ACM.
doi:10.1145/2132176.2132293

In this poster we present the preliminary output of a study meant to analyze the applicability of the InSPECT... more In this poster we present the preliminary output of a study meant to analyze the applicability of the InSPECT assessment framework to a particular kind of complex digital artifact: video games. We discuss open issues and possible improvements in the assessment workflow.

‘Knee-Deep in the Data’: Practical Problems in Applying the OAIS Reference Model to the Preservation of Computer Games

by Jerome McDonough

2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

The Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System has been extraordinarily influential within the digital... more The Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System has been extraordinarily influential within the digital preservation community. The Preserving Virtual Worlds project explored the application of the OAIS Reference Model for the preservation of computer games, videogames and electronic literature within a research library setting. This paper identifies practical problems in determining the appropriate range of representation and context information needed to preserve computer games and discusses possible solutions to those problems.

A Framework for Applying the Concept of Significant Properties to Datasets

by Simone Sacchi

Sacchi, S., Wickett, K. M., Renear, A. H., & Dubin, D. S. (2011). A Framework for Applying the Concept of Significant Properties to Datasets. Proceedings of the 74rd ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Presented at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

The concept of significant properties, properties that must be identified and preserved in any successful digital... more The concept of significant properties, properties that must be identified and preserved in any successful digital object preservation, is now common in data curation. Although this notion has clearly demonstrated its usefulness in cul- tural heritage domains its application to the preservation of scientific datasets is not as well developed. One obstacle to this application is that the familiar preservation models are not sufficiently explicit to identify the relevant entities, prop- erties, and relationships involved in dataset preservation. We present a logic-based formal framework of dataset concepts that provides the levels of abstraction necessary to identify and correctly assign significant properties to their appropri- ate entities. A unique feature of this model is that it recog- nizes that a typed symbol structure is a unique requirement for datasets, but not for other information objects.

Shaman: D14. 3-Report on demonstration and evaluation activity in the domain of industrial design and engineering

by Kathleen Menzies

Perspectivas de investigación: yacimientos documentales de registros sonoros (RNE Valladolid, 1940-1970)

by Mikel Díaz-Emparanza

Congreso Nacional: los escenarios de la Música Nacional Española. Música, Danza y Lírica desde Castilla  y León. " 20-22 de Otubre de 2011

Esta comunicación forma parte de una investigación personal en archivos de radio de cara a completar una investigación... more Esta comunicación forma parte de una investigación personal en archivos de radio de cara a completar una investigación sobre digitalización de documentos sonoros para la presentación de una Tesis Doctoral.
Se fundamenta en las fuentes documentales que suponen los documentos sonoros encontrados en la sede RNE en Valladolid y que recogen unas informaciones valiosas para el estudio de múltiples disciplinas.

Re-Animating Greg Lynn's Embryological House: A Case Study in Digital Design Preservation

by Lawrence Bird

published in "Leonardo", Cambridge: The MIT Press (June 2010).

Co-authored with Guillaume Labelle.

Greg Lynn's Embryological House was an early work of digital architecture: a work in which the computer was a... more Greg Lynn's Embryological House was an early work of digital architecture: a work in which the computer was a fundamental part of the design process. It was the subject of a case-study in digital preservation by the Daniel Langlois Foundation's project for the Documentation and Conservation of Media Arts Heritage (DOCAM) and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). Research identified characteristics of digital architectural artifacts which are key to their long-term preservation. The results imply a shift in the focus of preservation from the artifact to its transformation in a digital context, and a re-evaluation of preservation strategies and principles.

Re-Animating Greg Lynn's Embryological House: A Case Study in Digital Design Preservation

by Lawrence Bird

published in "Leonardo", Cambridge: The MIT Press (June 2010).

Co-authored with Guillaume Labelle.

Greg Lynn's Embryological House was an early work of digital architecture: a work in which the computer was a... more Greg Lynn's Embryological House was an early work of digital architecture: a work in which the computer was a fundamental part of the design process. It was the subject of a case-study in digital preservation by the Daniel Langlois Foundation's project for the Documentation and Conservation of Media Arts Heritage (DOCAM) and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). Research identified characteristics of digital architectural artifacts which are key to their long-term preservation. The results imply a shift in the focus of preservation from the artifact to its transformation in a digital context, and a re-evaluation of preservation strategies and principles.

Applying Random Surfer Model to Peer to Peer Networks

by Dan Petrovic

Digital information preservation is a hot topic and a fertile ground for many bubbling solutions and models in both... more Digital information preservation is a hot topic and a fertile ground for many bubbling solutions and models in both practice and theory. One of the emerging issues revolves around the fact that there is more information being produced today than we're able to store and analyse, not to mention attempts at prioritisation and archiving.

Digital Preservation and Life Cycle Management of Digital Collections

by Barbara Borghese

Digital preservation is the activity designed to ensure that digital material is preserved from destruction; as such... more Digital preservation is the activity designed to ensure that digital material is preserved from destruction; as such it should be viewed as integral part of collection management not only by traditional repositories of information such as libraries and archives but also by museums and galleries. The two main tasks of digital preservation should be the preservation of the “digital object” both in its integrity and in allowing future access to the information embedded in that object.
This research argues the importance of integrating digital preservation in the overall planning and budget stage by institutions and applying the principles of life cycle collection management to all aspects of collection management from acquisition to eventual disposal.

2011 DAS Projekt Beitrag Archaeolet

by Guido Nockemann

Blog-Post @ www.Archaeolet.de about the DAS-project.

German Version

The aim of the DAS-project is the complete digitization of the archaeological collection of the Lippischen Landesmuseum Detmold/Germany to present all objekts/finds in the WWW via the objekt-portal 'museum-digital'.

Das digitale Museum-Das DAS-Projekt im Lippischen Landesmuseum Detmold

by Guido Nockemann

Magazine article (AFAKTOR 4/11, p.36-39) about the DAS-project (Digitization of the archaeological collection of the Lippischen Landesmuseum Detmold/Germany)

Learning From the Past

by Julia Skinner

La digitalización de soportes de audio con fines docentes en un entorno virtualizado

by Mikel Díaz-Emparanza

Co-authored with Iglesias Iglesias, Iván. Published in 'I Congreso Internacional sobre aprendizaje, innovación y competitividad', CINAIC 2011. Madrid:2011

Dentro de las actividades propias del Espacio Europeo de
Educación Superior, y en el caso concreto de los nuevos... more Dentro de las actividades propias del Espacio Europeo de
Educación Superior, y en el caso concreto de los nuevos Grados
Universitarios cuya dimensión estructural se basa en la casi
“construcción diaria” y comprobación de metodologías innovadoras
de aprendizaje, la oportunidad de desarrollar nuevos métodos
docentes supone un gran aliciente en el camino hacia la excelencia, y
permite dotar al alumno de múltiples herramientas alternativas de
aprendizaje.
Hoy en día, cualquier metodología pasa por la aceptación del mundo
tecnológico que nos toca vivir y, en la mayoría de los casos, su
aprovechamiento para la práctica diaria.
A través de este trabajo se pretende implementar una sencilla
herramienta metodológica, basada en la virtualización de contenidos
y el desarrollo profesional docente y su posible interdisciplinariedad
en función de los resultados. Todas estas actuaciones redundarán en
una mejora de la calidad de la docencia en las titulaciones adaptadas
al E.E.E.S.

The Digital Dark Ages

by Simon Tanner

Dificultăți în păstrarea materialului digital pe termen lung

by Liviu Pop