2009-2011

MetaArchive II

The “Cooperative Network and Service Providers” grant enabled the MetaArchive distributed digital preservation network and service framework to formalize and extend its model into an ongoing, sustainable business. The resulting service and community was designed to be the first incubated community of the Educopia Institute, a nonprofit organization founded to cultivate community action between libraries, archives, and museums.

Project Outputs:

• Formalized preservation business model for cooperative digital preservation
• Technical pathway for content to move to and from the MetaArchive network and the Chronopolis grid architecture
• Advocacy and outreach to cultural memory organizations with at-risk digital content to engage them in digital preservation activities

Advisory Board:

• Martin Halbert
• Robert McDonald
• Katherine Skinner
• Tyler Walters

Project Partners:

• San Diego Supercomputer Center
• Emory University
• University of North Texas
• Folger Shakespeare Library
• Auburn University
• University of Louisville
• Georgia Tech
• Virginia Tech
• Florida State University