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January 7, 2015
Hosted and Distributed Services
CurateGear 2015 was an interactive day-long event focused on digital curation tools and methods. Participants saw demonstrations, heard about the latest developments, and discussed application in professional contexts. The event was sponsored by the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation … Continue reading Hosted and Distributed Services
September 3, 2013
Creating a Framework for Applying OAIS to Distributed Digital Preservation
This paper describes work being done towards a Framework for Applying the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) to Distributed Digital Preservation (DDP). Such a Framework will be helpful for future analyses and/or audits of repositories that are performing digital preservation in highly distributed ways. A great deal of work has already … Continue reading Creating a Framework for Applying OAIS to Distributed Digital Preservation
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
September 20, 2010
The Importance of Trust in Distributed Digital Preservation: A Case Study from the MetaArchive Cooperative
Distributed digital preservation is a maturing and appealing solution to the pressing problem of ensuring the survivability of digital content. Like all other digital preservation efforts, distributed digital preservation solutions must communicate trust to their Designated Communities as they continue to mature. The following paper discusses the importance of establishing this trust, retraces the development … Continue reading The Importance of Trust in Distributed Digital Preservation: A Case Study from the MetaArchive Cooperative
September 20, 2010
Chronopolis and MetaArchive: Preservation Cooperation
This paper will examine ongoing work between two major preservation systems, the Chronopolis Digital Preservation Program, [6] and the MetaArchive Cooperative. [13] In the past year, these two systems have begun work on bridging their technical underpinnings to create a more robust, reliable, longlived preservation community for their users. The main emphasis of this work … Continue reading Chronopolis and MetaArchive: Preservation Cooperation
