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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
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
October 24, 2011
ARL SPEC Survey on Digital Preservation
PLN Members and the ARL Digital Preservation Survey Preliminary Findings