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Technological Sustainability

Technological Sustainability. Define Sustainability. Technological sustainability ability to display or keep the collections running with minimum downtime. have the capacity and the robustness to scale according to time. allow clients and users to focus on their field of expertise.

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Technological Sustainability

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  1. Technological Sustainability

  2. Define Sustainability Technological sustainability • ability to display or keep the collections running with minimum downtime. • have the capacity and the robustness to scale according to time. • allow clients and users to focus on their field of expertise

  3. Technological Sustainability • Sustainable software • Sustainable hardware • Sustainable practices

  4. A short course Collections • dynamic web applications • driven by content from databases and image servers. What is a dynamic web application? • Software that delivers (or serves) web-pages with content to users from a web server over the Internet (or an intranet). • Dynamic means capable of action and/or change. • Opposite of this is a static website which would imply the content is fixed.

  5. Web Application - Hardware

  6. Sustainable Software • Using the internet browser as a delivery device • Using back-end software that you know is going to be supported for some time in the future • Developing according to standards that are wide-ranging • Using back-end software that is extensible and whose innards are visible, at least to the developers.

  7. Sustainable Hardware • Tap into hardware resources (either within your institution or outside) that you specifically do not have to maintain. • Make sure space issues do not derail your collection down the line. Use SANs. • If you do own your hardware (servers, etc.), make sure that it is extensible for future growth. • If you are the curator of a collection, then you should not be the one worrying about hardware issues.

  8. Sustainable Practices • Security • Physical Security • Network Security • Software Security • Software Frameworks (FuseBox, etc) • Balancing short-term and long-term goals in development

  9. Price of Sustainability • Initial installation, maintenance and replacement of hardware • costly • Investment in robust software and adequate security • costly • Application of best practices and customization • costly

  10. One Option - Collaborate • Hardware • Shared infrastructure • Software • Shared software and development costs • Practices • Shared service and scaleable applications

  11. Handouts • Project Management • Digital Collection Disaster Prevention Handout

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