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The concept of representation format, or type, permeates all technical areas of digital repositories. Policy and processing decisions regarding object ingest, storage, access, and preservation are frequently conditioned on a per-format basis. In order to achieve necessary operational efficiencies, repositories need to be able to automate these procedures to the fullest extent possible.
JSTOR and the Harvard University Library are collaborating on a project to develop an extensible framework for format validation: JHOVE (pronounced "jove"), the JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment.
JSTOR and the Harvard University Library are collaborating on a project to develop an extensible framework for format validation: JHOVE (pronounced "jove"), the JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment.
The University of Michigan has received $329,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop standardized survey instruments so that North American college and university archives can avoid duplication of effort and share the same survey and data collection tools. Leading archivists met in North Carolina in June, 2004 and reached an agreement that creation of such tools were an essential part of an effort to make the management of archives more data-driven.
The planned instruments will standardize data-collection procedures and definitions, and allow consolidation and analysis of data across institutions. Individual archives will be able to benchmark against their peers, which will help them improve their services, and prove their value to their parent institutions. The project benefits from recent strides in research on metrics development and testing in the research library and digital collection fields.ned instruments will standardize data-collection procedures and definitions, and allow consolidation and analysis of data across institutions. Individual archives will be able to benchmark against their peers, which will help them improve their services, and prove their value to their parent institutions. The project benefits from recent strides in research on metrics development and testing in the research library and digital collection fields.
The planned instruments will standardize data-collection procedures and definitions, and allow consolidation and analysis of data across institutions. Individual archives will be able to benchmark against their peers, which will help them improve their services, and prove their value to their parent institutions. The project benefits from recent strides in research on metrics development and testing in the research library and digital collection fields.ned instruments will standardize data-collection procedures and definitions, and allow consolidation and analysis of data across institutions. Individual archives will be able to benchmark against their peers, which will help them improve their services, and prove their value to their parent institutions. The project benefits from recent strides in research on metrics development and testing in the research library and digital collection fields.
A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. All links have been tested for correctness and appropriateness.