University of Maryland
College of Information Studies
LBSC 784 0101
Digital Preservation
Course Syllabus
Spring 2013 HBK 0109
Dr. Bruce Ambacher
4121L Hornbake
Tel: 3021-405-2043
Email: bambache@umd.edu
Class: Monday 5:30 – 8:15 pm
Office Hours: 4:15 – 5:15 pm Monday and by appointment
Course Overview
This course will address the issues and practices involved in digitizing analog materials
and in preserving digital materials. It will address current issues, the search for solutions
and standards, digital preservation programs, risk management, and disaster recovery.
Several contemporary digital preservation efforts will be examined in detail through
lecture and student case studies.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course students will be able to:
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Identify basic principles and concepts relating to digital preservation.
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Understand the often competing issues and factors influencing digital preservation
decisions affecting both born-digital materials and materials selected for digitization.
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Recognize the components required to establish and maintain a successful digital
preservation program.
Readings
The course readings will be online, in e-reserves or available in Course Documents. EReserves will be available through the class elms blackboard site. Additional readings
and other materials may be distributed during the semester.
Materials marked “Examine” are intended for background. You should examine them to
understand the information in them and be aware of them when you have reason to need
them in the future.
Materials marked “FYI” are usually loosely related to the course material of the
associated topic and are for your information and/or enjoyment.
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Course Structure
The course structure will consist of weekly lectures and discussion led by the instructor
and/or a guest expert. There also will be student presentations of their digital
preservation case studies.
Course Requirements
Students are expected to attend class, having read the assigned readings and prepared to
participate in the discussion.
Digital Preservation Policy Report (15%)
Each student will select a digital repository or digital collaboration initiative anywhere in
the world and evaluate it in terms of how it is addressing the digital preservation issues it
faces. As usual, it is best to avoid one’s place of employment. The report should be 5-7
pages, double-spaced, and should:
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Describe the institution’s or collaboration’s policy (or practice if it lacks a formal
policy) as evidenced by:
a. Mission statement/ Acquisition policy
b. Services provided to users
c. Security
d. Digital preservation program and practices
e. Any special features or noteworthy elements
Evaluate the institution’s or digital collaboration’s digital collection and digital
preservation program as practiced, based on appropriate archival and records
management standards.
Refer to the literature on digital preservation policies as appropriate.
Propose ways that the “success” of the program could be measured or evaluated.
Propose ways that the institution’s or collaboration’s policy and practice could be
strengthened.
This report is due February 25, 2013.
Digital Preservation Approach for Your Personal Digital Materials (20%)
In your personal, academic, and professional life you have begun to amass personal
digital data files such as word processing, music, photography, spreadsheets, email
accounts, games, second life activities, social networking, and various software
applications. Few, if any, of you have begun serious digital records management and
preservation activities for these files. All would suffer varying degrees of loss and/or
expend significant time and energy to replicate the files, if they can be replicated.
The purpose of this assignment is to have you consider how to apply the principles,
standards, approaches and activities discussed in this course and elsewhere to your
personal digital data files. The report should be 5-7 pages, double-spaced, and should:
1. Describe the categories of personal data files you have.
2. Describe the digital preservation issues associated with each data category.
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3. Describe the approach(es) you would take to provide long term access to those
data files you determine have long term value to you. Discuss why you think
those broader standards, principles and best practices will succeed.
4. Describe all files, if any, for which you cannot provide long term access using
current standards, principles, approaches, and best practices. What will you
do for those data files?
5. Discuss what changes, if any, you will make in the future when creating or
acquiring digital data files and software.
You may find it most convenient to prepare your report according to the structure and
guidelines of the following Library of Congress Guide: “Sustainability of Digital Formats
Planning for Library of Congress Collections Content Categories.” The URL is:
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/content/content_categories.shtml.
The Report on your Digital Preservation Approach for Your Personal Digital Materials is
due April 1, 2013.
Case Studies (30%)
Student teams will be required to research and prepare both an oral report and an
extended written report on some aspect of digital preservation. Teams of two to three
students are encouraged to ensure greater depth of research and coverage of the topic.
Your individual reports focused on repository preservation policy and your personal
digital holdings. These team projects should focus on practices and applications that
demonstrate efforts to implement the principles of digital preservation and find workable
solutions to the issues addressed in the course.
Each student team must submit an abstract for approval. The abstract is not a lengthy
formal proposal. It can be one or two paragraphs identifying the team and stating the
proposed case study, what the student team sees as the importance of that problem,
application, practice, etc., and their proposed approach and sources. Aspects can change
as the student team researches and develops their case study. My main purpose in
reviewing and approving the selections is to ensure there is enough material on which to
base the presentation, that the focus is appropriate (neither too broad nor too narrow), and
that the findings highlight the digital preservation "lessons learned" for that topic.
All case study abstracts must be submitted by February 25, 2013.
Case Study Presentation (15%)
Each student or team will present the results/findings/conclusions of their case study in
class. Two teams will present in the last hour of class on April 8, April 15, and April 22.
The remaining teams will present on April 29. The instructor will determine the
presentation schedule based on the most logical grouping of case studies once all the
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teams have selected their case studies. Each case study presentation should last no more
than thirty minutes and should focus on the
1. goals of the effort being studied,
2. activities undertaken, tools/systems being implemented
3. results or significant accomplishments/conclusions to date, and
4. impact that the effort has had/will have on the preservation of digital records
and objects.
The presentation should include electronic slides (e.g., powerpoint). All team members
will receive a common grade for the case study presentation. Each team should prepare
handouts for the class that abstract the effort and its contributions. The team should
prepare a brief bibliography of required readings and distribute it to the class a
minimum of one week before the case study presentation so the class is prepared for the
discussion. Failure to provide a reading list at least one week prior to your presentation
will reduce your oral presentation grade.
Additional information about the case study presentation is available on the elms
blackboard site. See Case Study Outcomes.
Case Study Written Report (15%)
Each team will prepare a collective written report on their case study. The collective
written report should be between 15 and 20 pages, double-spaced with citations to
sources (footnotes, endnotes or notations in the text) where appropriate. The report
should indicate the authors of each section and whether any team member contributed
significantly more or less than the team’s average contribution to the written report. The
slides and class reading list can be included as attachments beyond the page limit.
The Case Study written report is due to the instructor no later than one week after the
case study oral presentation.
Final Exam (25%)
There will be a take-home final exam in the course. The final will be handed out at the
end of class on May 6. It must be returned to the instructor by e-mail or in paper form by
5:30 pm, May 13, 2013.
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Class Participation (10%)
Students are expected to attend class, having read the assigned readings and prepared to
participate in the discussion. Students will be graded on how well prepared they are for
class, as well as their contributions to the learning environment.
Grade
The course grade will be assigned in accordance with University and CLIS guidelines:
A=Outstanding; B=Satisfactory; C=Barely Adequate; D/F=Failure; I=Incomplete.
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The grade will be computed as follows: Digital Preservation Policy Report = 15%; Case
study = 15%; Case Study Presentation = 15%; Personal Data Files Digital Preservation
Report = 20%, Final exam = 25%; Class participation = 10%.
Please note: The University of Maryland, College Park has a nationally recognized
Code of Academic Integrity, administered by the Student Honor Council. This Code sets
standards for academic integrity at Maryland for all undergraduate and graduate students.
As a student you are responsible for upholding these standards for this course. It is very
important for you to be aware of the consequences of cheating, fabrication, facilitation,
and plagiarism. For more information on the Code of Academic Integrity or the Student
Honor Council, please visit http://www.shc.umd.edu
To further exhibit your commitment to academic integrity, remember to include and sign
the Honor Pledge on all examinations and assignments:
"I pledge on my honor that I have not given or received any unauthorized assistance on
this examination (assignment).”
Website: shc.umd.edu
This course follows all University policies and procedures, including adherence to the
Honor Code, accommodation for students with disabilities, and consideration for
religious holidays
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LBSC 784
Digital Preservation Schedule of Topics
28 January
4 February
Overview, Framing Concepts
Digital Artifacts and Digital Objects, Selection
for Preservation
Attributes to Preserve
Imaging - Introduction, project
management, and costs of digitization
Guest: Robin Pike, UMD
Digital Reformatting – Text, Photos, oversized
materials
11 February
18 February
25 February
4 March
11 March
18 March
25 March
1 April
8 April
15 April
22 April
29 April
6 May
13 May
Assignment Dates
Digital Preservation Policy
Report Due
Case Study abstract due
AMERICANA 6:00pm
Special Events Room McKeldin Library
Digital Reformatting – Audio, Video and other
formats
Guest: Kate Murray, NARA
Digital Preservation Strategies
Spring Break
Preserve Technology
Personal Digital Materials
Report due
Preserve Objects
Two case study oral reports
Managing Access and Use
Two case study oral reports
Case Study Written Reports
Due one week after oral
presentation
Initiatives and Collaborations in Digital
Two case study oral reports
Preservation
Guest: Terry Owen, DRUM, UMD
Student Case Studies
Challenges for the Future
Final Exam Due
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January 25
Unit 1: Overview, Framing Concepts – What do we preserve? The OAIS Reference
Model, Lifecycle Models, Trustworthy Repositories and Standards,
Readings:
Paul Conway, “Overview: Rationale for Digitization and Preservation,” in
Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access.
Andover, MA, NEDCC, 2003. Available at:
http://www.nedcc.org/resources/digitalhandbook/ii.htm
Tom Clareson, “NEDCC Survey and Collquium - Explore Digitization and digital
Preservation Policies and Practices,” RLG DigiNews, 10:1 (February 2006).
Available at:
http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file1339.ht
ml#article1
Nancy Y. McGovern, “A Digital Decade: Where Have We Been and Where Are
We Going in Digital Preservation?” RLG DigiNews 11:1 (April 2007). Available
at:
http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file137.htm
l#article3
Examine:
Anne Gilliland-Swetland, Enduring Paradigm, New Opportunities: The Value of
the Archival Perspective in the Digital Environment. CLIR, 2000. Available at:
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub89/pub89.pdf
Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access
(2010). Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-term Access
to Digital Information. La Jolla, Calif.: Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable
Digital Preservation and Access. Available at:
http://brtf.sdsc.edu/biblio/BRTF_Final_Report.pdf
Cornell University, Timeline: Digital Technology and Preservation. Available
at: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/dpm-eng/timeline/viewall.html
National Science Foundation and Library of Congress, It’s About Time: Research
Challenges in Digital Archiving and Long-term Preservation, August 2003.
Available at:
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/library/resources/pubs/docs/about_time2003.p
df
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Consultative System for Space Data Systems, Reference Model for an Open
Archival Information System, June 2012. This is ISO 14721 without the ISO
cover matter. Available at:
http://public.ccsds.org/publications/archive/650x0m2.pdf
FYI:
“The History of Computer Memory,” PC Plus, June 2009. Available in Course Documents.
Nick Bolton, “The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day,” New York Times,
December 9, 2009. Available in Course Documents.
Kari Kraus, “When Data Disappears,” The New York Times, Sunday Review, The
Opinion Pages, August 6, 2011. Available in Course Documents.
Bill LeFurgy, “What Skills Does a Digital Archivist or Librarian Need?” The
Signal, LoC Digital Newsletter, July 13th, 2011. Available in Course Documents.
February 4
Unit 2: Digital Artifacts and Digital Objects, Selection for Preservation
Nature of Digital Objects
Readings:
Myron Gutmann, Kevin Schürer, Darrell Donakowski, and Hilary Beedham, “The
Selection, Appraisal, and Retention of Social Science Data,” Data Science
Journal, 3 (2004), 209-221. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2481/dsj.3.209
Digital Preservation Coalition, Interactive Assessment: Selection of Digital
Materials for Long-term Retention. Select the Decision Tree. Available at:
http://www.dpconline.org/advice/preservationhandbook/decision-tree/decisiontree-interactive-assessment
The National Archives (UK), Appraisal Policy, Version 1, August 2004.
Available at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/appraisal_policy.pdf
David Rosenthal, et. al., “Requirements for Digital Preservation Systems,” D-Lib
Magazine, 11:11 (November 2005). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november05/rosenthal/11rosenthal.html
Examine:
InterPARES, Appraisal Task Force Report (2003) Available at:
http://www.interpares.org/book/interpares_book_e_part2.pdf
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Table of Digital Preservation Principles (in Course Documents)
UNESCO Threats to Digital Continuity (in Course Documents)
UNESCO Threats to Digital Integrity (in Course Documents)
University of California Curation Center (2012). Unified Digital Format
Registry, http://www.udfr.org/
February 11
Unit 3: Attributes to Preserve User Communities, information types and attributes,
information attributes
Readings:
M. Witt, J. Carlson, S. Brandt and M. Cragin, “Constructing Data Curation
Profiles,” International Journal of Digital Curation. 4:3 (2009), 93-103.
Available at: http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/137/165
Luciana Duranti, “Reliability and Authenticity: The Concepts and their
Implications,” Archivaria 39 (1995): p. 5-10. Available at:
http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/article/view/12063/13035
H.M. Gladney and J.L. Bennett, “What do we Mean by Authentic? What’s the
Real McCoy?” D-Lib Magazine, 9:7/8 (July/August 2003. Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july03/gladney/07gladney.html
erpa guidance, Digital Preservation Policy Tool, September 2003. Available at:
http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/index.php
erpa guidance, Ingest Strategy, September 2004. Available at:
http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/docs/ERPANETPolicyTool.pdf
Andrew Waugh, “The Design and Implementation of an Ingest Function to a
Digital Archive,” D-Lib Magazine, 13:11/12 (November/December 2007).
Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november07/waugh/11waugh.html
MacKenzie Smith and Reagan W. Moore, “Digital Archive Policies and Trusted
Digital Repositories,” International Journal of Digital Curation 2:1 (2007).
Available at: http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/article/view/27/30
Examine:
InterPARES, Authenticity Task Force Report, (2003). Available at:
http://www.interpares.org/book/interpares_book_d_part1.pdf
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CLIR, Authenticity in a Digital Environment, May 2000. Available at:
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub92/pub92.pdf
Consultative System for Space Data Systems, Audit and Certification of
Trustworthy Digital Repositories. Magenta Book. Issue 1. September 2011. This
is ISO standard 16363. Available at:
http://public.ccsds.org/publications/archive/652x0m1.pdf. And at:
http://wiki.digitalrepositoryauditandcertification.org/bin/view
nestor Working Group on Trusted Digital Long-term Repositories and their
Certification, A Catalogue of Criteria for Trusted Digital Long-term Repositories,
at: http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/series/nestor-materialien/8en/PDF/8en.pdf
Digital Curation Centre and Digital Preservation Europe, “Digital Repository
Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment (DRAMBORA)” at:
http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/download. You are required to provide name,
email, and institution. You will then receive access to the document. Be sure to
allow sufficient time.
February 18
Unit 4: Imaging - Introduction, project management, and costs of digitization
Guest Lecturer: Robin Pike, University of Maryland
Readings:
Steven Puglia and Erin Rhodes, “Digital Imaging - How Far Have We Come and
What Still Needs to be Done?” RLG DigiNews, 11:1 (April 2007). Available at:
http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file137.htm
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Robert Rieger and Geri Gay, "Tools and Techniques in Evaluating Digital
Imaging Projects" by RLG DigiNews 3 (3) 2003. Available at:
http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObjectMain.jsp?fileid=0000070513:000006
282081&reqid=84#technical1
Steven Puglia, “Costs of Digital Imaging Projects,” RLG Diginews, 3:5 (October
15, 1999). Available at:
http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/links/cached/chapter3/link3.10b.digitalimagin
gcosts.html
Stephen Chapman, “Counting the Costs of Digital Preservation: Is Repository
Storage Affordable?” Journal of Digital Information, Vol 4, No 2 (2004)
http://journals.tdl.org/jodi/article/view/100
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Examine:
Federal Digitization Guidelines for Cultural Heritage Institutions. Available at:
http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/ See especially the Guidelines for Still
Images at: http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/
University of Maryland, Best Practice Guidelines at:
http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/publications/best_practice.pdf
Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access.
The Handbook is broken into separate sections. Available at:
http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=6230062&pid=r&mode=ALL&query=Ha
ndbook+for+Digital+Projects.
Library of Congress, Building Digital Collections: A Technical Overview.
Available at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/about/techIn.html
Howard Besser, Introduction to Imaging, Revised edition,
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/introimages/
February 25
Unit 5: Digital Reformatting – Text, Photos, oversized materials
Digital Preservation Policy Report due
Readings:
“Common Imaging Problems,” The Library in Bits and Bytes. Available at:
www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/events/symposium/puglia_reed_rhodes.html
Michael Miner, “The Sun-Times Preserves Its Photo Archive By Selling It,” blog
post May 6, 2010. Available in Course Documents.
Gunther Waibel, “Stewardship for Digital Images,” The Digital Museum.
Available in Course Documents.
Erway, Ricky. 2012. You've Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for
Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media. Dublin, Ohio:
OCLC Research.
http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-06.pdf.
Examine:
National Archives and Records Administration, Technical Guidelines for
Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access: Creation of Production
Master Files – Raster Images. Available at:
http://www.archives.gov/preservation/technical/guidelines.pdf
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Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Cataloging and Digitizing
Toolbox, Available at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/cataloging.html
Kit Peterson, Digital Master Images - Sample Technical Specifications for
Photograph Collections. Available at:
www.loc.gov/rr/print/tp/DgtlMastersSamplSpecsSelctdRcmndFinal7_2004.pdf
FYI:
Alexandra Alter, “The Next Age of Discovery,” Wall Street Journal, May 8,
2009. Available in Course Documents.
Eric Felten, “Whose Art Is It, Anyway?” Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2009.
Available in Course Documents.
Mike Elgan, “Is That the Library of Congress in Your Pocket?” Computer World,
January 1, 2010. Available in Course Documents.
March 4
Unit 6:
AMERICANA Special Events Room, McKeldin Library 6:00pm
March 11
Unit 7: Digital Reformatting – Audio, Video and other formats
Guest: Kate Murray, NARA
Readings:
ARSC Technical Committee Preservation of Archival Sound Recordings (Version
1, April 2009). Available at: http://www.arscaudio.org/pdf/ARSCTC_preservation.pdf
George Blood. Refining Conversion Contract Specifications: Determining
Suitable Digital Video Formats for Medium-term Storage. Available at:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/81562888/George%20Blood%20LIbrary%20of%20Cong
ress%20IntrmMastVidFormatRecs_20111114.pdf
Evelyn Peters McLellan, “Selecting file formats for long-term preservation:
InterPARES2 project general study report” (March 2007) Available at:
http://www.interpares.org/display_file.cfm?doc=ip2_gs11_final_report_english.p
df
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Examine:
JISC Digital Media Advice for Moving Images and Audio. Available at:
http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/advice/
Adobe video and audio primers. Available at:
http://www.adobe.com/motion/primers.html
ALA Association for Library Collections and Technical Services Preservation and
Reformatting Section Minimum Digitization Capture Recommendations.
Available at: http://connect.ala.org/node/185648
Indiana University Bloomington Media Preservation Initiative (web site and
blog). Available at: http://www.indiana.edu/~medpres/
FYI:
AV Artifact Atlas (Stanford, NYU and BAVC) Available at:
http://preservation.bavc.org/artifactatlas/index.php/A/V_Artifact_Atlas
Tadic, Linda. Video Preservation for the Millennia. AMIA Tech Review. May,
2012: Vol 4. Available at: http://www.amiatechreview.com/
Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative:
http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/
Digitization Services. National Archives and Records Administration. Products
and Services web portal. Available at
:http://www.archives.gov/preservation/products/
PrestoCentre. AV Insider journal. Available at:
http://www.prestocentre.org/avinsider
March 18
Unit 8: Digital Preservation Strategies
Readings:
Jeff Rothenberg, “Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Documents,” Scientific
American, January 1995, p. 42-47 (e-reserve)
Brian Lavoie and Lorcan Dempsey, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at … Digital
Preservation,” D-Lib Magazine 10:7/8 (July/August 2004). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july04/lavoie/07lavoie.html
Certification of Digital Repositories in RLG DigiNews, 9:5 (October 2005). Read
Special Issue Introduction and Feature Articles 1, 2 and 3. Available at:
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http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file3047.ht
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Ronald Jantz and Michael J. Giarlo, “Digital Preservation: Architecture and
Technology for Trusted Digital Repositories,” D-Lib Magazine, 11:6 (June 2005).
Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june05/jantz/06jantz.html (Also applicable
the week of April 1.)
Examine;
Matthew G. Kirschenbaum, Richard Ovenden, Gabriela Redwine
with research assistance from Rachel Donahue, Digital Foresnics and BornDigital Content in Cultural Heritage Collections, CLIR pub 149, December 2010.
Available at: http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub149/pub149.pdf
FYI:
“Tech history is one big format war,” Bismark Tribune, Nov 05, 2007. Available in
Course Documents.
Tom Coughlin, “Storing Information for a Thousand Years,” Forbes, October 28,
2011. Available in Course Documents.
March 25 SPRING BREAK
April 1
Personal Digital Materials Report due
Unit 9: Preserve Technology Data rescue, Media archeology, reverse engineering
Readings:
Stewart Granger, “Emulation as a Digital Preservation Strategy,” D-Lib
Magazine, 6:10 (October 2000). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october00/granger/10granger.html
Jeffrey van der Hoeven, Bram Lohman, Remco Verdegem, “Emulation for Digital
Preservation in Practice: The Results,” International Journal of Digital Curation,
2:2 (2007). Available at: http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/viewFile/50/35
Richard Entlich, “Too Close for Comfort? The Case for Off-site Storage,” RLG
DigiNews, 9:6 (December 2005). Available at:
http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file3594.ht
ml#article4
Charles Piller, “Unable to Repeat the Past; Storing information is easier than ever,
but it's also never been so easy to lose it -- forever. We could end up with a
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modern history gap.” Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2006. Available in
Course Documents.
erpa guidance, Selecting Technologies Tool, September 2003. Available at:
http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/index.php (select and download this study)
Patricia Cohen, “Fending Off Digital Decay, Bit by Bit,” New York Times, March
15, 2010. Available in Course Documents.
Examine:
The Digital Curation Centre at: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/. See especially Curation
Policies, Resource Centre, Tools and Standards, and Research and Development.
The Online Computer Library Consortium (OCLC) at:
http://www.oclc.org/search/search.pl?site=new_worldwide&client=new_worldwi
de&q=digital+preservation+services
Tom Dale, “E-gads! E-gone! Put Digital Preservation on Your Radar,” edoc
Magazine, July/August 2005. Available on Course Documents.
April 8
Unit 10: Preserve Objects
Readings:
Catherine Ayre and Adrienne Muir, “The Right to Preserve: The Rights Issues of
Digital Preservation,” D-Lib Magazine, 10:3 (March 2004). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march04/ayre/03ayre.html
Karen Coyle, “The ‘Rights’ in Digital Rights Management,” D-Lib Magazine
10:9 (September 2004). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september04/coyle/09coyle.html
Phil Mellor, “CAMiLEON: Emulation and BBC Domesday,” RLG DigiNews, 7:2
(April 2003). Available at:
http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file1230.ht
ml#feature3
erpa workshop, The Long-term Preservation of Databases, April 2003. Available
at: http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/index.php
Heather Chaplain, "Is that Just Some Game? No, It's a Cultural Artifact." New
York Times, 12 March 2007. Available in Course Documents.
Examine:
Fedora Available at: http://www.fedora-commons.org/
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LOCKKS at: http://www.lockss.org/lockss/Home
PRONOM at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pronom/
GDFR at: http://hul.harvard.edu/gdfr/
April 15
Unit 11: Managing Access and Use
Readings:
Ricky Erway (2012). You've Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for
Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media. OCLC Research.
http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-06.pdf
Ciran B. Trace, “Beyond the Magic to the Mechanism: Computers, Materiality
and What it Means for Records to be “Born Digital’,” Archivaria 72 (2011) p. 528. (e-reserve).
Stephen Abrams, Patricia Cruse, John Kunze and Michael Mudrane (2012). Total
Cost of Preservation (TCP): Cost Modeling of Sustainable Services, University of
California Curation
Center. https://confluence.ucop.edu/download/attachments/163610649/TCPtotal-cost-of-preservation.pdf
Shelby Sanett, “The Cost to Preserve Authentic Electronic Records in Perpetuity:
Comparing Costs Across Cost Models and Cost Frameworks,” RLG DigiNews
(2007), 7(4). Available at:
http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file2281.ht
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Catherine Ayre and Adrienne Muir, “The Right to Preserve: The Rights Issues of
Digital Preservation,” D-Lib Magazine (2004), 10(3). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march04/ayre/03ayre.html
John Neuenschwander , “Major Legal Challenges Facing Oral History in the
Digital Age,” Oral History in the Digital Age, Institute of Museum and Library
Services. Available at: http://ohda.matrix.msu.edu/2012/06/major-legalchallenges/
April 22
Unit 12: Initiatives and Collaborations in Digital Preservation
Case Study Written Reports due
Guest: Terry M. Owen, DRUM Coordinator, UMD Libraries
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Readings:
Clay Shirky, “AIHT: Conceptual Issues from Practical Tests,” D-Lib Magazine,
11:12 (December 2005). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december05/shirky/12shirky.html
Seamus Ross, “The Role of ERPANET in Supporting Digital Curation and
Preservation in Europe,” D-Lib Magazine, 10:7/8 (July/August 2004). Available
at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july04/ross/07ross.html
Neil Beagrie, “The Continuing Access and Digital Preservation Strategy for the
UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC),” D-Lib Magazine, 10:7/8
(July/August 2004). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july04/beagrie/07beagrie.html
Abby Smith, “Distributed Preservation in a National Context: NDIIPP at Midpoint,” D-Lib Magazine, 12:6 (June 2006). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june06/smith/06smith.html
Vicky Reich and David Rosenthal, “LOCKSS: A Permanent Web Publishing and
Access System,” D-Lib Magazine, 7:6 (June 2001). Available at:
http://dlib.org/dlib/june01/reich/06reich.html
Adam Farquhar and Helen Hockx-Yu, “Planets: Integrated Services for Digital
Preservation, International Journal of Digital Curation, 2:2 (2007). Available at:
http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/viewFile/45/31
Soo Young Rieh, Karen Markey, Beth St. Jean, Elizabeth Yakel, and Jihyun Kim,
“Census of Institutional Repositories in the U.S.: A Comparison Across
Institutions at Different Stages of IR Development,” D-Lib Magazine 13:11/12
(November/December 2007). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november07/rieh/11rieh.html
Philip M. Davis and Matthew J.L. Connolly, “Institutional Repositories:
Evaluating the Reasons for Non-use of Cornell University's Installation of
DSpace,” D-Lib Magazine, 13: 3/4 (March 2007). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march07/davis/03davis.html
Examine the following collaborations:
Internet Archive at: http://www.archive.org
InterPARES (especially authenticity and preservation) at:
http://www.interpares.org/book/index.cfm
Digital Library Federation at: http://www.dlib.org/
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Digital Preservation Europe at: http://www.diigitalpreservationeurope.eu/about/
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) at http://www.clir.org
The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) at:
http://www.arl.org/sparc/ (See SPARC Institutional Repository Checklist &
Resource Guide)
DSpace at: http://www.dspace.org/
LOCKKS (and CLOCKKS) at: http://www.lockss.org/lockss/Home
Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services (PLANETS) at:
http://www.planets-project.eu/
April 29
Unit 13: Student Case Studies
May 6
Unit 14: Challenges for the Future
Readings:
D. Cull, "Conservation on the Cyber Frontier", e-conservation magazine, No. 11
(2009) pp. 18-25. Available at:
http://www.e-conservationline.com/content/view/793
Jonas Palm, “The Digital Black Hole,” in TAPE Project. Available at:
http://www.tape-online.net/docs/Palm_Black_Hole.pdf
James Currall and Peter McKinney, “Investing in Value,” D-Lib Magazine, 12:4
(April 2006). Available at:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april06/mckinney/04mckinney.html
Shelby Sanett, “The Cost to Preserve Authentic Electronic Records in Perpetuity:
Comparing Costs Across Cost Models and Cost Frameworks,” RLG DigiNews,
7:4 (August 2003). Available at:
http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file2281.ht
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erpa guidance, Cost Orientation Tool. Available at:
http://www.erpanet.org/guidance/index.php (select and download this study)
Christopehr A Lee and Helen Tibbo, “Where’s the Archivist in Digital Curation?
Exploring the Possibilities through a Matrix of Knowledge and Skills,”
Archivaria 72 (2011) 123-168. Available in e-reserves.
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Examine:
NISO, “A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections”
Available at: http://www.niso.org/framework/Framework2.html
FYI:
Conrad De Aenlle, “Digital Archivists, Now in Demand,” NY Times, February 7,
2009. Available in Course Documents.
May13: Take Home final due
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