A repository is NOT

a digital archive

Stephanie TaylorULCC

Open Repositories, Helsinki, 2014

but maybe it could be...

why the rant?

a. A place or receptacle in which things are or may be deposited, esp. for storage

or safe keeping.

repository

no mention of

the long term

things a repo might not have

a preservation plan

selected preservation strategies

Emulation, migration, maintaining a computer

museum?

an archival-quality digital objects

preservation metadata

technical metadata constructed with

preservation in mind

access and rights management for the

long term

regular, planned checks to see if content is still accessible and

can 'play' ok

procedures in place to handle problems of

content becoming in-accessible over time

and in 7 minutes, I haven't time to get

started!

But...

a repo can expand to become a digital archive

as well

start with looking at the OAIS model for ideas on tasks and

roles and how a digital preservation service might be

structured.

check out

DPC –http://www.dpconline.org/

Open Planets - http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/

DCC http://www.dcc.ac.uk/

(and the links on all their sites)

start thinking about preservation

consider attending a training course

(I hear there is an award-winning course in London...

http://www.dptp.org/ )

Thanks!stephanie.taylor@london.ac.uk