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ICADS Topic: Digital Preservation


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Theme: Managing digital collections

This page provides links to information about initiatives and innovative projects relating to Digital Preservation at the national libraries contributing to ICADS (IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Digital Strategies). For more general information on the topic follow the PADI Topic links below.

What's in scope?

  • Preservation policy development
  • Risk assessment and appraisal of digital collections
  • Development of workflows and preservation services
  • Assessment and evaluation of technical options (e.g. migration, emulation)
  • Preservation planning
  • Preservation metadata schema, metadata generation and development.

For additional resources

see full PADI Topic list

ICADS libraries contributing to the topic:

British Library | Deutsche Nationalbibliothek | Library of Congress | National Library of Australia | National Library of New Zealand

British Library

Risk Assessment 2007
Bright, Peter; McLeod, Rory; Wheatley, Paul (Date Created: Nov 2007) (United Kingdom)
This document was prepared by the British Library Digital Preservation Team to prioritise the British Library's digital content based on qualitative and quantitative analysis of risk. It will assist recognition of issues faced by legacy digital assets and trigger mitigation actions and develop prioritised plans to address them.
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/ccare/introduction/digital/riska
ssessment.pdf
(Contributor: British Library )
Digital Preservation Plans - Microsoft Live Books
This document defines the preservation plans for the Microsoft Live Book data ingested by the Library. The purpose of this document is to approve the formats to be retained by the project, and identify the tools and methods used to preserve for the long-term the associated files for the Microsoft project. As such, the document can be viewed as a guide to recommended practice.
Contact: Paul Wheatley
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/ccare/introduction/digital/digpr
esmicro.pdf
(Contributor: British Library )
Digital Preservation - Overview
The British Library is collecting and creating an increasing amount of material in various digital formats. The diversity of digital material and frequent changes in computer technology present challenges for long-term preservation and ongoing access. The British Library is at the cutting edge of such work, and these pages cover how the Library is addressing the challenges of digital preservation.
Contact: Paul Wheatley
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/ccare/introduction/digital/index
.html
(Contributor: British Library )
Preservation Plan for e-journals
This document defines the preservation plan for ejournal content that is ingested by the Library. The purpose of this document is to record the steps that will be taken and the tools and methods used to preserve for the long-term the associated files for the ejournal project. As such, the document can be viewed as a guide to recommended practice.
Contact: Paul Wheatley
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/ccare/introduction/digital/digpr
esejournal.pdf
(Contributor: British Library )
Digital Preservation Strategy
This document outlines the Library's strategy for the preservation of its digital collections in order to ensure continued acccess in the future.
Contact: Paul Wheatley
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/ccare/introduction/digital/digpr
esstrat.pdf
(Contributor: British Library )

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

nestor - Network of expertise in digital long-term preservation
The objective of the project is to create a competence network of long-term archival storage and long-term availability of digital resources in Germany. The competence network should ensure that digital resources in Germany are archived on a long-term basis, are secured and are made available for use. Through national and international co-operation, a contribution should be achieved towards safeguarding our global cultural heritage. Within the project, the following range of choices are to be developed, among others:
  • a Web-based information forum with various content options for long-term archival storage and long-term availability of digital resources in Germany
  • criteria for trusted digital repositories
  • suggestions for procedures for a certification system for digital archives
  • suggestions for principles of collection and selection criteria for the archival storage of digital resources
  • policies for long-term archival storage of digital resources
  • a work-structure for the long-term availability of digital resources in the museum area
  • a concept for a sustainable form of organization of the competence network and information forum
  • co-ordination of division of duties and the assumption of long-term duties, especially in the delineation between the library, archive and museum areas
The German National Library is in charge of carrying out the project in co-operation with the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, Computer- und Medienservice / Universitätsbibliothek der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Fernuniversität Hagen (since 2006), the Generaldirektion der Staatlichen Archive Bayerns (until 2006), the Institut für Museumskunde, the Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen and the Bundesarchiv (since 2005).
Contact: Natascha Schumann
http://www.d-nb.de/eng/wir/projekte/nestor.htm
(Contributor: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek )
Parse.Insight
The EU "Insight into issues of Permanent Access to the Records of Science in Europe" project (Parse.Insight) is investigating the current status of digital preservation of primary scientific data. The aim is that the project results will support the development of a uniform European strategy and the establishment of a common European infrastructure to ensure the long-term locatability, accessibility and preservation of digital research data. The project involves appraising digital preservation measures in the area of science and comparing these with the demand from selected research areas. The comparison will highlight the areas in which more support is needed in setting up a networked infrastructure for the long-term preservation of digital research data and publications. A tool for assessing digital infrastructure measures and for simplifying investment is also to be developed.

The project partners are:

  • Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK (project co-ordination)
  • Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), NL
  • Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB), DE
  • Max Planck Gesellschaft (MPG), DE
  • International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM), NL
  • European Space Agency, ESRIN (ESA), FR
  • Fernuniversität in Hagen (FUH), DE
  • European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH
  • Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (SUB), DE
Contact: Sabine Schrimpf
http://www.d-nb.de/eng/wir/projekte/parse.htm
(Contributor: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek )
KEEP - Keeping Emulation Environments Portable
KEEP will develop an Emulation Access Platform to enable accurate rendering of both static and dynamic digital objects: text, sound, and image files; multimedia documents, websites, databases, video games etc. The overall aim of the project is to facilitate universal access to our cultural heritage by developing flexible tools for accessing and storing a wide range of digital objects.

KEEP will address the problems of transferring digital objects stored on outdated computer media such as floppy discs onto current storage devices. This will involve the specification of file formats and the production of transfer tools exploited within a framework, and taking into account possible legal and technical issues. KEEP will address all aspects ranging from safeguarding the original bits from the carrier to offering online services to end-users via a highly portable emulation framework running on any possible device. In addition to producing a software package, the project will deliver understanding about how to integrate emulation-based solutions with an operational electronic deposit system.

The project partners are:

  • Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
  • Bibliotheque nationale de France
  • Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands)
  • Joguin SARL (France)
  • Computerspielmuseum (Berlin)
  • Universität von Portsmouth (Great Britain)
  • Cross Czech (Ceská republika)
  • Tessella (Great Britain)
Contact: Tobias Steinke
http://www.d-nb.de/eng/wir/projekte/keep.htm
(Contributor: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek )

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Library of Congress

Preservation Metadata Standard (PREMIS) Development Project
The Network Development & MARC Standards Office has ongoing work to develop and encourage the use of the PREMIS Data Dictionary for preservation of digital material. In the recent past a revision of the PREMIS Data Dictionary was completed, supporting XML schema was rewritten, a tutorial was prepared, and implementation guidelines were written. Under way are development of tool kit components and workshops involving implementation experiences.
Partners: PREMIS Editorial Committee.
Contact: Rebecca Guenther
http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/index.html
(Contributor: Library of Congress )
PREMIS Metadata in METS Project
The Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) allows for the use of externally developed metadata schemes to be used in its two defined metadata sections, dmdSec and amdSec. METS itself is agnostic concerning the descriptive or administrative metadata schemes that its implementers choose to use, although some community based standards are recognized by the METS Editorial Board. Thus PREMIS has been registered as a recognized metadata scheme to be used as administrative metadata with METS. The PREMIS schemas were designed to be implementation neutral, and, because of the flexibility of METS, some decisions need to be made about how to use PREMIS with METS. Issues being treated include which METS sections to use for which of the four PREMIS schemas, how many of those sections to use, whether to use the PREMIS container schema, how to incorporate format specific metadata with PREMIS, and how to deal with redundancies between METS structures and PREMIS elements. A working draft providing guidance has been developed as a joint effort between the METS and PREMIS communities. Guidelines for using PREMIS with METS is available for experimentation and comments are welcome.
Partners: PREMIS Editorial Committee
Contact: Rebecca Guenther
http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/premis-mets.html
(Contributor: Library of Congress )

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National Library of Australia

Prometheus Digital Preservation Workbench
Prometheus is a semi-automated, scalable process for transferring data from physical carriers to preservation digital mass storage, helping to mitigate the major risks associated with physical carriers i.e. deterioration of the media and obsolescence of the technology required to access them. The system incorporates a range of primarily open source tools, to undertake processes including media imaging, file identification and metadata extraction. The tools are deployed as services within a service-oriented architecture, with workflow processes that use these services being coordinated within a customised system architecture utilising Java based web services.
Contact: David Pearson
http://prometheus-digi.sourceforge.net/
(Contributor: National Library of Australia )
Mediapedia
Mediapedia is a prototype web based resource intended to enable the physical identification of various media carrier types, and to record and classify associated technical knowledge with a view to assisting collection evaluation, risk management assessments and preservation management.
Contact: David Pearson
http://www.nla.gov.au/mediapedia/
(Contributor: National Library of Australia )

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National Library of New Zealand

New National Digital Heritage Archive (NDHA)
The National Library has developed a digital archive and preservation management solution to ensure the ongoing collection, preservation and accessibility of its digital heritage collections.

The NDHA is an integrated environment, including hardware and software, that supports long-term preservation of websites, sound and vision files, digital images and other born-digital and digitised items.

The NDHA uses Rosetta, the preservation system developed in partnership with Ex Libris Group, a library management systems vendor, and Sun Microsystems, a provider of open network computing systems. The NDHA is designed to be scalable both technologically and functionally over time.


Rosetta: http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/files/Products/Preservation/Rosetta-A4LOWres.pdf
SUN Microsystems Case Study: http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/files/CaseStudy/SunPreservationandNLNZ.pdf
Contact: ndha@natlib.govt.nz
http://ndha-wiki.natlib.govt.nz/ndha/
(Contributor: National Library of New Zealand )

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Related Topics: ICADS Topic: Digital Archiving | ICADS Topic: Digital Ingest & Storage | ICADS Topic: Digital Resource Discovery | ICADS Topic: Digital Rights Management | ICADS Topic: Digitisation | ICADS Topic: Web Archiving

Broader Topic: ICADS (IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Digital Strategies)

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