"This curriculum is a teaching aid for an Introduction to Preservation course at Library and Information Science schools. It encompasses issues for libraries, archives, museums, and collections-holding institutions of all kinds. Educators are encouraged to modify, rearrange, and enrich the lesson plans in any way they see fit. Please read the section titled Before You Begin to gain a better understanding of the way the curriculum works."

Persistence of Memory:
Sustaining Digital Collections
December 9-10, 2008
Chicago, Illinois

 

 

Goal of This Unit:

* To acquaint and/or refresh those who need to become familiar with issues of collection management, serials records functions, and preservation.

 

MetaArchive/LOCKSS Distributed Preservation Networks Workshop

Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)
June 20, 2008 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Omni William Penn Hotel

This all-day workshop will provide information and training for institutions seeking to build or join LOCKSS-based distributed digital preservation networks. Please consider attending if you are interested in learning more about the technical logistics and operational considerations of hosting or participating in a Private LOCKSS Network for distributed preservation.

 

The PREMIS Editorial Committee is pleased to announce the release of the PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata, version 2.0. This document is a revision of Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final report of the PREMIS Working Group, issued in May 2005. The PREMIS Data
Dictionary and its supporting documentation is a comprehensive, practical resource for implementing preservation metadata in digital archiving systems. Preservation metadata is defined as information that
preservation repositories need to know to support digital materials over the long term.

A blast from the past (including good old electric erasers ;)

Now updated to include preservation and circulation artifacts, and other misc. library 'technology' 

Short definition:

"Digital preservation combines policies, strategies and actions that ensure access to digital content over time."

3 minutes of bugs eating books - set to techno music!

"Preservation is a fundamental role and responsibility of the research library," according to a new statement from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), "Research Libraries' Enduring Responsibility for Preservation."

"With digital information forming a growing share of the cultural record-joining a variety of analog formats-a new level of attention needs to be focused on preservation strategies. Research libraries must continue to invest in local preservation activities while increasingly engaging in collaborative preservation activities as well."

"The CoLibri System is an innovative internationally patented book protection system. With CoLibri, you can quickly and easily apply a special transparent, custom fitted durable and protective covering to your books."

"The National Library of New Zealand is pleased to announce the open-source release of version 3.2 of its Metadata Extraction Tool.

The Metadata Extraction Tool programmatically extracts preservation metadata from a range of file formats including PDF documents, image files, sound files, office documents, and many others. It automatically extracts preservation-related metadata from digital files then outputs that metadata in XML. It can be used through a graphical user interface or command-line interface."

Managing the Intangible: Creating, Storing and Retrieving Digital Surrogates of Historical Materials

Dates: Monday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Times: Program Schedule
9:00 am to 5:00 pm each day
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Reception on Monday, April 30

Location:
UMUC Inn and Conference Center
3501 University Boulevard, East
Adelphi, Maryland 20783

The name of the listserv is DIGIPRES. For purposes of clarity, a working definition of digital preservation is included in this invitation.

**Digital preservation combines policies, strategies and actions that ensure access to information in digital formats over time.**

The unmoderated listserv shall have the following characteristics:

* cultural organization [mainly library but also archives and museums] centered
* not TOO technical but technical topics could certainly be covered
* not focused on any single digital preservation initiative but touching on them all
* Questions from practitioners could be asked and answered, such as:

* At your digital repository, how do you ...[whatever]?
* Which metadata schema do you use for your institutional repository?
* When you buy electronic books, do you attempt to guarantee long term access to the files in your license agreements?

Powerpoint presentation about shelving books and other handling tips.   Nice photo illustrations

Powerpoint presentation gives instructions on vacuuming the stacks, etc. 

"The Library of Congress, as part of the PREMIS maintenance activity, commissioned Karen Coyle to provide this study to assist the newly established PREMIS Editorial Committee, in consultation with the PREMIS Implementers Group, with its first revision of the data dictionary and schemas.  The intention is to improve the specification so that institutions trying to assess their rights to preserve materials in digital formats will be able to provide enough information in their digital repositories to make such assessments about their materials over time. In this study Karen Coyle reviews the landscape of digital rights, analyzes various preservation rights scenarios and the sorts of preservation actions that digital repositories might take, relates copyright law to preservation actions, and provides recommendations for revision where the data dictionary needs expansion."

Photos of conervation labs contributed by PADG members

Penn in now an institutional member of LBI

OCLC's website for the PREMIS working group

LC's site for ongoing PREMIS activity