The British Columbia Digital Library: Construction Tools: Preservation

The British Columbia Digital Library

Digital Library Construction Tools: Preservation

CAMiLEON Project (Creative Archiving at Michigan and Leeds: Emulating the Old on the New). International study of electronic systems emulation as a means for digital preservation. Site includes links to digital preservation resources.
CLIR Reports and Publications. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources. This page contains descriptive links to research on, among other issues, preservation of electronic resources, including an online archives of documents issued by the defunct Commission on Preservation and Access (1986-1997) which merged with the CLIR. Many CLIR reports are available online in HTML format or as downloadable Adobe PDF files. Hardcopy can also be ordered. Date added: 2001-01-16.
CoOL (Conservation OnLine Resources for Conservation Professionals hosted by Stanford University). Site includes links to full-text Electronic media and Electronic records preservation resource material.
Digital Continuity Forum Presentations (Melbourne, Australia : 2001 November 19). Site hosted by Swinburne University of Technology. Presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint or Word format on the role and responsibilities of Australian academic institutions in preserving electronic records. Date added: 2002-01-04.
Digital Curation: Digital Archives, Libraries and E-science. (England : 2001 October 19). Site hosted by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). An invitational seminar, sponsored by the Digital Preservation Coalition and the British National Space Centre, which aimed to raise the profile of the Open Archival Information System Reference Model (OAIS) standard in the UK and share practical experience. The meeting and evaluation reports are viewable or downloadable as Rich Text Format (RTF) files. Delegate presentations can be viewed or downloaded in Microsoft PowerPoint format. Date added: 2002-01-04.
Digital Preservation. Washington, D.C.: Digital Library Federation. This page contains descriptive links to work on preservation of digital objects by the Commission on Preservation and Access (CPA), the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the Digital Library Federation. Date added: 2001-01-16.
Digital Preservation Coalition (United Kingdom). Launched in 2001 and co-ordinated by the JISC Digital Preservation Focus, the coalition is a non-profit company. The online edition of Preservation Management of Digital Materials: A Handbook by Maggie Jones and Neil Beagrie is maintained by the DPC. Date added: 2001-12-26. Date updated: 2002-09-23.
Digital Preservation Commons (Online Computer Library Center [OCLC] and Research Libraries Group [RLG] hosted by OCLC). Announced in March 2000, this site intends to communicate " best practices for the long-term retention of digital objects." As of August 2001, two working groups are examining preservation metadata issues and the attributes of a digital archive.
E-preservation (Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries). Annotated links to chiefly Canadian sources on digital preservation issues.
ERPANET Project. Funded by the European Commission, the Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network aims to serve as a clearinghouse for research and best practices in the area of preservation of electronic resources in Europe. The project is managed by four partner institutions. Date added: 2001-12-19.
European Commission on Preservation and Access. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1994, the commission promotes the preservation of collections in European archives and libraries. The Web site contains a clickable/searchable Preservation Map of Europe. The commission is also managing the SEPIA (Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access) Project to assist public institutions in preserving photographs. The ECPA also acts as a clearinghouse for reports on preservation within its jurisdiction and elsewhere in the world. Date added: 2001-12-16.
Expert Centre. National Library of the Netherlands. Includes online resources and links to Dutch research and projects on digitization and preservation of digital objects. The National Library operates Metamorfoze, a national program for preservation of library material which focuses on the preservation of Dutch manuscripts, books, newspapers and magazines published between 1840 and 1950 and available in Dutch collections. Date added: 2001-12-16.
GRIP (Gateway for Resources and Information for Preservation). Amsterdam, Netherlands: European Commission on Preservation and Access. Subject gateway to preservation resources, including online publications. See also: PADI: Preserving Access to Digital Information. Date created: 2002-10-22. Date accessed: 2002-12-23. Date added: 2002-12-23.
International Internet Preservation Consortium. Paris: Bibliotheque nationale de France, 2003-. " Led by the Bibliotheque nationale de France, the Consortium also comprises National libraries of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, The Library of Congress (USA) and the Internet Archive." Date accessed: 2004-06-04. Date added: 2004-06-04.
InterPARES Project (International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems). This collaborative project, headquartered in British Columbia, Canada, is studying and modelling the requirements for the long-term storage and access to electronic records which can be authenticated. For reports of the various task forces (Authenticity, Appraisal, Preservation), look under the site's Resources section. The final report of InterPARES 1, The Long-term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records: Findings of the InterPARES Project is available as of September 2002. InterPARES 2 began on January 1, 2002 and is funded until the end of 2006. Site includes links to other digital preservation resources. InterPARES was preceded by a University of British Columbia project (1994-1997) on preserving electronic records which resulted in the U.S. Department of Defense 5015.2 Standard for certifying Records Managements Applications vendors. This standard is also endorsed by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration for use by other federal government agencies. Date updated: 2002-09-30.
JISC Digital Preservation Focus. Bristol, UK: Joint Information Systems Committee. Established in June 2000, this group, among other activities, is developing a long-term retention strategy for digital materials of relevance to post-secondary and continuing education institutions in the UK. This group also co-ordinated the establishment of the Digital Preservation Coalition. Date added: 2001-12-26. Date updated: 2002-12-23.
Joint NPO and RLG Preservation Conference: Guidelines for Digital Imaging, September 28-30, 1998. Hosted by the National Preservation Office, British Library, full-text of selected conference papers in HTML format are available. Date added: 2001-12-20.
LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe): Permanent Publishing on the Web (Stanford University). Digital preservation model and software which provides for permanent access to scientific journals published on the Internet/Web and housed on library servers.
The Long Now Foundation promotes a 10,000 year view of time-telling and information preservation. See also The Rosetta Disk Project.
National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (Library of Congress). Established by an act of Congress in December 2000, the NDIIPP's mission is to " Develop a national strategy to collect, archive and preserve the burgeoning amounts of digital content, especially materials that are created only in digital formats, for current and future generations." A background article by Dr. Amy Friedlander about the NDIIPP appears in D-Lib Magazine (April 2002). Date accessed: 2002-09-30. Date added: 2002-09-30.
National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2005-. The NDNP was established in 2004 and the Web site, hosted by the Library of Congress, went live in June 2005. The site includes specifications for the preservation of digitized newspapers. Date accessed: 2005-06-02. Date added: 2005-06-04.
National Preservation Office, British Library, Publications. Established in 1984 by the British Library, its publications includes several online publications, including leaflets and an electronic journal pertaining to the creation, management and preservation of digital collections. Date added: 2001-12-20. Date updated: 2004-12-31.
NSF Workshop on Research Challenges in Digital Archiving: Towards a National Infrastructure for Long-Term Preservation of Digital Information (April 22, 2002 : Airlie Center, Warrenton, Virginia, USA) . Sponsored and hosted by the National Science Foundation's Digital Government Program, " The purpose of this workshop is to identify the research challenges in the area of long-term preservation of digital information and to develop a set of priorities for research. The need for robust, scalable, and affordable solutions for digital archiving and preservation is becoming more pronounced as public and private organizations rely extensively and, in some cases, exclusively on information in digital form to transact business, keep official records, store and manage research data, and to publish and disseminate information. Because the digital archiving challenge is complex, progress in this area depends on segmenting the broad problem of long-term preservation into reasonable research objectives, setting priorities, mobilizing resources, and encouraging more research to address this problem. Participants in the workshop will include researchers working in the areas of digital archiving, metadata and information representation, digital libraries, storage media and distributed caching systems, information economics, web harvesting, trusted systems and authentication, and computer security." As of December 22, 2002, two draft versions of the final report are available for download in Microsoft Word format. There is also a page of links to resources on digital archiving issues. Date accessed: 2002-12-22. Date added: 2002-12-22.
PADI: Preserving Access to Digital Information (National Library of Australia). Highly recommended subject gateway to digital preservation information. See also: GRIP (Gateway for Resources and Information for Preservation). Date updated: 2002-12-23.
PRESERV (Research Libraries Group Preservation Program). Intended for RLG members, some documents issued by PRESERV are available for public consultation or free download. See also: Digital Preservation Commons (OCLC and RLG).
Preservation Studies (eLib Programme hosted by UKOLN, UK). Managed by British Library Research and Innovation Centre, this set of Electronic Libraries Programme studies covers the preservation of digital resources. Date added: 2001-12-20.
RAMP Studies. Paris, France: Records and Archives Management Programme, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Most of the studies published from 1987 to 1995 are available online in HTML format or as downloadable Rich Text Format documents studies issued before 1986 are available only on microfilm. Many of these studies deal with preservation and other issues around electronic resources. Most have been superseded by other more recent research. Date added: 2001-12-16.
Symposium 2003: Preservation of Electronic Records: New Knowledge and Decision-making. Conference hosted by the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Library and Archives Canada (formerly the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 15 to 18, 2003. Date accessed: 2002-10-09. Date added: 2002-10-09.
Trusted Digital Repositories: Attributes and Responsibilities: An RLG-OCLC Report. Mountain View, CA: Research Libraries Group, 2002. Final report from the joint RLG-OCLC digital preservation initiative available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. This report is based on the August 2001 document Attributes of a Trusted Digital Repository: Meeting the Needs of Research Resources. Date accessed: 2002-05-08. Date added: 2002-05-08.
UNESCO Archives Portal. Paris, France, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Subject gateway to Internet/Web resources by and about archives and museums. Includes a section on Preservation and Conservation. Date added: 2001-12-16.
Victorian Electronic Records Strategy (VERS). Victoria, Australia: Public Record Office Victoria. Site includes a downloadable version of Keeping Electronic Records Forever, a commissoned study undertaken by the consulting firm Ernst and Young in 1996. VERS and its electronic records management components are the results of this study. Work on VERS overlaps with that of InterPARES.

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