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Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Same Goal, New ChallengeAn introduction to the futureArch project &
BEAM
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban and Lord High Chancellor of England in Ten Volumes,
Volume 5, London, 1803
Twas Ever ThusTwas Ever Thus
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban and Lord High Chancellor of England in Ten Volumes,
Volume 5, London, 1803
Twas Ever ThusTwas Ever Thus
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Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
digitised from
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
digitised from
using manuscripts from
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Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
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digitised from
using manuscripts from
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Born DigitalManuscripts
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Archives & Mansc ri pts• Documentary materials
accumulated by individuals or organisations
• First hand accounts, correspondence, etc.
• Largely unpublished
• Increasingly hybrid
• Multiple: sources, formats, negotiations, accessions (over time)
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
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Babara Castle & the P C Ws• Total archive: 800 boxes, 1903 – 2002• Lots and lots of paper!• 1 box of video, 1 box of audio• 31 Amstrad PCW disks (including 6 never
used) 1989-1992• Two PCs, ?1992-1997, 1997-2002• Four 3’5” disks (largely backups from PC)
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Same Goal
• To have “built an ark” for manuscripts, to keep them safe, preserve their authenticity and where possible provide context
• We’re doing the same thing for born digital materials
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
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New Challenge• Digital Media
• Identifying collections• Do we keep the media?• How do we access content?
– Forensics machine & old hardware
• Digital Content (if we can get it!)
• Authenticity – emulate or transform?• Access – who, what and when?
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
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Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
futureArch• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funded• 3 Years – ends January 2012• First phase of the development of “Bodleian
Electronic Archives & Manuscripts” (BEAM)
• Who we are:• Susan Thomas, Digital Archivist & Project Manager• Renhart Gittens, Software Engineer• Peter Cliff, Software Engineer• Project Archivist (Recruiting soon)• Library Graduate Trainee (Recruiting now)
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
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Infrastructure•Establish BEAM as service
•Establish BEAMInfrastructure, sharingcommon componentswith ODL & ORA
ResearchSupport
•On and off siteaccess to hybrid
collections
Policy
•Define end-to-end
Activies
•Inform policies, roles &
responsibilities
•Embed in Library
budget
Collections
•Donor confidence•Transfer tools/help•Legacy holdings•New materials
Professional
•Training, systems &
tools for curatorial staff
•Graduate Trainee
•Dissemination High Level Aims
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
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New methods• (digital) deluge?• Early intervention
• Enable creators to manage and preserve their materials• Accession often (avoids obsolescence)• Capture contextual information from the creators (including
passwords!)
• Requires• Trust• Guaranteed confidentiality• Distributed approach
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
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Current Activity• Modifying accessions process to identify
digital material as it arrives• Secure and robust storage – DAMS• Processes and tools and a curation
manual for acquisition, capture and ingest• Identifying and preserving material in
legacy collections• Automatic metadata creation/tools
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
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Future Focus• Interfaces & tools
• For curators: management, cataloguing and enquiries, etc.• For researchers: integration with Western Manuscripts online
catalogues, the Library and, were appropriate, the Web.• Digital Preservation Policies• Extending acquisition to cope with new channels
• Materials from the Web• Materials in the Cloud
• Access• Researcher tools• Processing of archives for researcher access• Publication pathways
(closed -> reading room -> open Web)
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
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In Conc lusion• We are continuing the age old tradition of
housing manuscripts within the Library• The types of materials in collections has
changed• Collections themselves are changing• futureArch is enabling the Library and its
staff to cope with these new materials
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
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The futureArch Junk AppealWe are always on the lookout for old bits of kit – from cables to complete systems - that could be used to help us recover content from obsolete media. If you want to make some space in your office, loft or neighbourhood
skip, please contact us!
Digital Repositories Workshop: Tools and Infrastructure23rd Apr 2009 University of Oxford
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Linkshttp://delicious.com/pixelatedpete/drwitox-20090423
ThanksThanks to Susan Thomas, from whom I borrowed many of
these slides/ideas! Thanks boss!
Questions?