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Keep IR preservation in perspective

You can't preserve an empty archive. Don't discourage deposits by making them more difficult.

Self-archiving of peer reviewed papers is a parallel activity - journals are preserving the originals, e.g.

At Koninklijke Bibliotheekhttp://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=17068&Printable=1&Article_ID=990

LOCKSS (Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june01/reich/06reich.html

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Long-term preservation is an issue that confronts those who are responsible for repositories of digital materials

This is a very current issue Contentious statements are made

about preservation: digital materials will not disappear overnight; we are not facing a doomsday (or even a BBC Domesday) scenario

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“The proliferation of experience, research, and infrastructure throughout the cultural heritage community has made trustworthy digital repositories conceptually realistic." (RLG-NARA 2005)

Trustworthiness needs organisational planning as well as technology

E.g. Cornell tutorial on Digital Preservation Management

http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/

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What is a ‘trustworthy’ digital repository?

Is an IR trustworthy? Does it need to be? Can

preservation be supported as an external service?

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OAIS is the standard reference model for digital preservation

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An IR model looks similar to the OAIS model:

The input interface can be adapted for formal preservation ‘ingest’;

An IR supports Data Management and Access

The main differences are the Archival Storage and Preservation Planning functions

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What activities might be involved in Archival Storage?

E.g. storage media, media refreshing, reformatting, backups and disaster, recovery, environment, audit, security, preservation strategy, migration, technology preservation, emulation, records management, etc.

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Adapting EPrints to support preservation as an external service

Automating file format identification at deposit using PRONOM software from the National Archives

Delivering content via an OAI harvesting interface to a preservation service provider. In PRESERV the British Library is an exemplar service provider

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PRESERV: a preservation architecture

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PRONOM in OAI export from EPrints

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Some anecdotal evidence Q: What Would It Mean To Preserve

Your Research? A1: "One would want to understand the

context - the whys and motivation for the work - both personal and in terms of the calls for research proposals.“

A2: "Capture a copy of everything I have ever published: in context, i.e. including a copy of the thing in which my article was published."

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Here are some things you can do to plan for preservation:

Find out what your users want Review range of file formats for

deposited materials. Is it feasible to restrict to a specified subset?

Educate, but don’t frighten users Specify some initial requirements Think about business models and cost Watch for developments from PRESERV

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There is no silver bullet. Take small steps

Preservation is not a show-stopper - you should not wait for all the problems to be solved

Carry on filling your IR