Digital Preservation

MetaArchive Cooperative: A Collaborative Network for Digital Preservation
October 16, 2009

MetaArchive Cooperative: A Collaborative Network for Digital Preservation

As identified by the U.S. Congress, there is a national need for collaborative approaches to digital preservation services for cultural, historical, and political repositories. Responding to this need, the Library of Congress established the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) in 2003 to produce a “national network of partners collaborating on digital preservation” … Continue reading MetaArchive Cooperative: A Collaborative Network for Digital Preservation

Avoiding the Calf-Path: Digital Preservation Readiness for Growing Collections and Distributed Preservation Networks
May 5, 2009

Avoiding the Calf-Path: Digital Preservation Readiness for Growing Collections and Distributed Preservation Networks

Over the past six years, the members of the MetaArchive Cooperative have worked to identify a series of best practices for distributed digital preservation readiness. These best practices can benefit ongoing initiatives as well as start-up programs which have not yet established regular procedures and standards for directory structures, metadata, and file naming conventions. We … Continue reading Avoiding the Calf-Path: Digital Preservation Readiness for Growing Collections and Distributed Preservation Networks

Cooperative Approaches to Digital Preservation
April 2, 2009

Cooperative Approaches to Digital Preservation

In this panel, representatives from four archives – the MetaArchive Cooperative, Alabama Digital Preservation Network, Data-PASS, and the Persistent Digital Archives and Library System – discuss the versatility, low cost, and compelling benefits of using cooperative distributed digital preservation networks to safeguard categories of digital content that define our culture, identity, and history and that … Continue reading Cooperative Approaches to Digital Preservation