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IASSIST/IFDO 2001 Conference “A Data Odyssey”

IASSIST/IFDO 2001 Conference “A Data Odyssey”. Session C3 Digital Archiving Amsterdam,The Netherlands, 16 May 2001. The Ada Project. Heiko Tjalsma. The Ada Project. Archiving Digital Academic Heritage. Heiko Tjalsma NIWI-Data-archives NIWI-Research. NIWI Amsterdam The Netherlands

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IASSIST/IFDO 2001 Conference “A Data Odyssey”

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  1. IASSIST/IFDO 2001 Conference “A Data Odyssey” Session C3 Digital Archiving Amsterdam,The Netherlands, 16 May 2001

  2. The Ada Project Heiko Tjalsma

  3. The Ada Project Archiving Digital Academic Heritage

  4. Heiko TjalsmaNIWI-Data-archivesNIWI-Research NIWI Amsterdam The Netherlands heiko.tjalsma@niwi.knaw.nl

  5. NIWI Data Archives since 1997 • Since 1964: STEINMETZ ARCHIVE: Social Science • Since 1991: NHDA - Netherlands Historical Data Archive: History

  6. Background • 1997/1998 two reports on “Academic Digital Heritage” • NHDA & University Library Leiden • Paid for by IWI-SURF National Foundation • National research organisations worried: NWO, KNAW

  7. Main questions • Who cares for the long-term preservation of “the” digital academic resources of the universities and research institutes ? • What should be preserved and who should do the appraisal? • Who should do this long-term preservation be carried out?

  8. Digital Resources I • Research data files • Publications, pre-prints • Collections (images, multimedia) • Bibliographical information • Moderated list servers

  9. Digital Resources II • Internet/Intranet pages: CWIS pages • Computer-aided educational applications • WWW-educational sites

  10. Conclusions: categories • Most interesting categories: • research datafiles (administrative etc. data) • electronic publications (websites included) • Varying options: • pre-prints • list servers • e-mail messages

  11. Conclusions of the earlier reports I • For many categories and disciplines long-term preservation policy missing • Awareness of the problem is growing • (Inter)national data archives or comparable specialised institutes preferred

  12. Conclusions of the earlier reports II • Appraisal to be carried out by scientists and scholars themselves and historians • Urgent need for pilot projects

  13. Appraisal: Two categories • Category 1: useful for and within a discipline • Appraisal by scientists from that discipline and data archivists • Category 2: of general cultural, historical or scientific interest • Appraisal by historians (of science) and data archivists

  14. ADA-Project 2000-2002 • Financed by IWI-SURF again • Part of IWI 2000 Tender on Preservation and Archiving • Finished November 2002

  15. ADA-Project 2000-2002 • Pilot project: demonstrator project • Market research • IT-research • For NIWI: Feasibility study

  16. ADA:Data-Archiving Services • Providing long-term archiving on demand • Service contract • Service levels • Different from “traditional” data-archiving

  17. Case study • Meertens Institute • Dialectology, ethnology and onomastics • Varying data formats, audio files

  18. Feasibility study • Technically: Storage - conversion strategy • Data description: DDDI • Financially: what price? • Management: cooperation with other institutes, earlier involvement

  19. Digital Archiving Projects in the Netherlands • E-Archiving: University Libraries Utrecht, Delft and Maastricht • Long-term preservation Websites Dutch Political Parties (University of Groningen)

  20. Digital Archiving in the Netherlands • Digital Longevity Program National Archives • National Library Deposit: National Electronic Deposit Library - DNEP • Need for a Dutch Digital Preservation Coalition!

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