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October 18, 2012
Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation Action Assembly
The Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation (ANADP) II Action Assembly will align digital preservation efforts internationally between communities, including national libraries, academic libraries, public libraries, research centers, archives, corporations, and funding agencies. ANADP II will be a highly participatory event in which stakeholders will engage in facilitated discussions and action sessions to produce a … Continue reading Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation Action Assembly
October 5, 2012
Preserving Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Findings of the Lifecycle Management for ETDs Project
This paper conveys findings from four years of research conducted by the MetaArchive Cooperative, the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), and the University of North Texas to investigate and document how academic institutions may best ensure that the electronic theses and dissertations they acquire from students today will be available to future … Continue reading Preserving Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Findings of the Lifecycle Management for ETDs Project
October 4, 2012
Digital Preservation of Newspapers: Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project
In this paper, we describe research led by Educopia Institute regarding the preservation needs for digitized and born-digital newspapers. The Chronicles in Preservation project, builds upon previous efforts (e.g. the U.S. National Digital Newspaper Program) to look more broadly at the needs of digital newspapers in all of their diverse and challenging forms. This paper … Continue reading Digital Preservation of Newspapers: Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project
August 13, 2012
Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation Proceedings
On May 23-25, more than 125 delegates from more than 20 countries gathered in Tallinn, Estonia, for the “Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation” conference. At the National Library of Estonia, this group explored how to create and sustain international collaborations to support the preservation of our digital cultural memory. This publication contains a collection … Continue reading Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation Proceedings
April 18, 2012
Digital Preservation and Outreach Education (DPOE) Workshop
The Educopia Institute was pleased to be able to offer this free Library of Congress-developed workshop on digital preservation to Michigan-based cultural heritage institutions or academic research centers. Hosted by the Loutit District Library (http://loutitlibrary.org), this workshop followed the curriculum of the Digital Preservation Outreach & Education (DPOE) Program based at the Office of Strategic … Continue reading Digital Preservation and Outreach Education (DPOE) Workshop
February 24, 2012
The Life Cycle of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
ETD programs today Definitions of lifecycle management ETD lifecycle management challenges Problems of format and ingestion Problems of curatorial process Problems of intellectual property IMLS ETD Lifecycle Management Project
January 9, 2012
Identifying Continuing Opportunities for National Collaboration (ICONC)
The Identifying Continuing Opportunities for National Collaboration (ICONC) project analyzed the design and management of collaborative networks to better understand the criteria that lead to their successes and failures. Using a broad-based evaluation of collaborative models as context, the project reviewed and documented the landscape of digital preservation and digital stewardship and explored a range … Continue reading Identifying Continuing Opportunities for National Collaboration (ICONC)