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Cost models and sustainability Simon Lambert, Simon.Lambert@stfc.ac.uk

Cost models and sustainability Simon Lambert, Simon.Lambert@stfc.ac.uk Scientific Computing Department, STFC, UK APARSEN webinar, June 2013. What is APARSEN?. A Network of Excellence in digital preservation Funded by European Commission

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Cost models and sustainability Simon Lambert, Simon.Lambert@stfc.ac.uk

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  1. Cost models and sustainability Simon Lambert, Simon.Lambert@stfc.ac.uk Scientific Computing Department, STFC, UK APARSEN webinar, June 2013

  2. What is APARSEN? • A Network of Excellence in digital preservation • Funded by European Commission • 7th Framework Programme — Digital Libraries and Digital Preservation • Runs January 2011 to December 2014 (4 years) • Coordinated by Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK)

  3. Objectives of APARSEN • Broad scope • Application domains • Aspects of the problem • Approaches and techniques • Defragmentation of effort • Leading to a “Virtual Centre of Excellence”

  4. Approach of APARSEN SUSTAINABILITY USABILITY TRUST ACCESS Stream 1 Integration Stream 2 Technical research Stream 3 Non-technical research Stream 4 Sustainable uptake

  5. Costs and benefits • Digital preservation costs money … • Potentially it costs a lot of money, over an undetermined timescale … • So it would be good to have some idea of how much money is required • … and of what that money is buying in terms of benefits • Trade-off costs vs. benefits

  6. Why cost models? • A cost model is “a representation of the activity of digital preservation that can be shared, examined and critiqued and whose purpose is to shed light on the costs entailed in the activity of digital preservation” • To understand the costs of doing digital preservation • To make informed choices about investments

  7. Cost models and sustainability • Sustainability: the ability of digital preservation systems to continue their existence into the future • What costs must be incurred, and when? • Who carries out the activities that result in these costs? • Links to preservation services • Who pays the costs?

  8. What APARSEN is doing • WP32 on cost modelling • D32.1 Report on cost parameters for digital repositories (under final revision) • D32.2 Report on testing of cost models and further analysis of cost parameters (in preparation) • WP36 on business cases • D36.1 Business preparedness report (under final revision) • D36.2 Exemplar business cases for each of the stakeholder groups (in preparation)

  9. Challenges for cost models • Purpose and scope • Applicability across domains • Validation

  10. Network of Excellence

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