(Jan 2011) Digital Curation (Guest Lecture)
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DIGITAL CURATION
Dr. Carolyn [email protected]
School of Information Studies
McGill University
GLIS 639: Intro to Museology
28 January 2011
Image Credit: Tim Gough, New York Times, October 2, 2009 (All Rights Reserved).
Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/fashion/04curate.html
“ … the word archive has lost much of its traditional meaning and associations … archivists have literally lost control over the definition of archive.” (Hedstrom, 1991, p. 336)
“…despite the recent appropriation of „archive‟ as a verb to mean „store‟ or „to preserve,‟ the traditional meaning of archives as a noun is narrower.” (CLIR, 2001, p. 85)
“Traditionally, preservation and archiving have had two distinct definitions with preservation being a necessary component of, but not equivalent to, the totality of archiving.” (Tibbo, 2003, p. 11)
CURATE IS NOT ALONE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-2vv7Y6Rww
KEEPING UP WITH DATA ROT
DISCUSSION
DIGITAL PRESERVATION (ALA) - Short/Medium
SHORT: “Digital preservation combines policies, strategies and actions that ensure access to digital content over time.”
MEDIUM: “Digital preservation combines policies, strategies and actions to ensure access to reformatted and born digital content regardless of the challenges of media failure and technological change. The goal of digital preservation is the accurate rendering of authenticated content over time.”
SOURCE: http://www.ala.org/ala/alcts/newslinks/digipres/index.cfm
DEFINITIONS
DIGITAL PRESERVATION (ALA) – Long
“Digital preservation combines policies, strategies and actions to ensure the accurate rendering of authenticated content over time, regardless of the challenges of media failure and technological change. Digital preservation applies to both born digital and reformatted content.
Digital preservation policies document an organization’s commitment to preserve digital content for future use; specify file formats to be preserved and the level of preservation to be provided; and ensure compliance with standards and best practices for responsible stewardship of digital information.
Digital preservation strategies and actions address content creation, integrity and maintenance.”
DEFINITIONS
DIGITAL PRESERVATION (ALA) – Long
CONTENT CREATION INCLUDES:
– Clear and complete technical specifications
– Production of reliable master files
– Sufficient descriptive, administrative and structural metadata to ensure future access
– Detailed quality control of processes
DEFINITIONS
DIGITAL PRESERVATION (ALA) – Long
CONTENT INTEGRITY INCLUDES:
– Documentation of all policies, strategies and procedures
– Use of persistent identifiers
– Recorded provenance and change history for all objects
– Verification mechanisms
– Attention to security requirements
– Routine audits
DEFINITIONS
DIGITAL PRESERVATION (ALA) – Long
CONTENT MAINTENANCE INCLUDES:
– A robust computing and networking infrastructure
– Storage and synchronization of files at multiple sites
– Continuous monitoring and management of files
– Programs for refreshing, migration and emulation
– Creation and testing of disaster prevention and recovery plans
– Periodic review and updating of policies and procedures
DEFINITIONS
Digital curation, broadly interpreted, is about maintaining and adding value to a trusted body of digital information for current and future use.
The active management and preservation of digital resources over the life-cycle of scholarly and scientific interest, and over time for current and future generations of users.
“What Is Digital Curation?”http://www.dcc.ac.uk/about/what/
DEFINITIONSDIGITAL CURATION (DCC)
Source: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/lifecycle-model/
–Creating durable digital objects–Hardware and software obsolescence–File formats–Rights management and other legal and ethical issues–Metadata (minimum/optimal/practical)–Appraisal and selection–Quality control and “trustworthiness”–Commitment to the long-term–Resource allocation, costing, and staffing–Funding for development and sustainability
WHY THIS MATTERSA SAMPLE OF SELECT ISSUES
Council on Library and Information Resources. (2001). The evidence in hand: Report of the Task Force on the Artifact in Library Collections. (CLIR Publication No. 103). Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub103/contents.html
Hedstrom, M. (1991). Understanding electronic incunabula: A framework for research on electronic records. American Archivist, 54(3), 334-354.
Tibbo, H.R. (2003). On the nature and importance of archiving in the digital age. In M. Zelkowitz (Ed.), Advances in Computers: Information Repositories, 57 (pp. 1-67). San Diego, CA: Elsevier.
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