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Digital Preservation and Reformatting in 21st Century Librarianship

Explore the use of digital technology to preserve print and non-print materials, creating digital surrogates for original content. Learn about the benefits of digitization, challenges of digital preservation, and the importance of institutional commitment and standards in ensuring long-term access to digital objects.

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Digital Preservation and Reformatting in 21st Century Librarianship

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  1. digital preservation Institute on 21st Century LibrarianshipAug 10, 2000

  2. digital preservation • digital reformatting Using digital technology to preserve the information content (explicit signal) of print and non-print materials. The product is a digital surrogate for the original. • preserving digital objectsborn digital business records, archives electronic publications digital ephemera

  3. traditional reformatting • microfilming • photocopying • photography • other facsimile technologies

  4. digitization compared with traditional reformatting value added • can capture complex objects access material can be used in new ways

  5. digital reformatting • page images • masters • presentation versions • reference versions • simple readable text • markup • combination of above

  6. Once digitized, it’s just another object

  7. what makes digital preservation different? • no benign neglect loss will happen without an action • requires perpetual maintenance

  8. falsification & authentication before.jpg937a0f56f2078859c4c2f81a96d48942 after.jpgd278b0a9741e164dd01467a4f6c36273

  9. maintenance • backup • housekeeping • retensioning tapes • refreshing • monitoring & verification

  10. can digitization be preservation? • trivially: reduce need to handle originals • may actually increase demand for originals (A Good Thing™) • electronic browsing reduces casual handling • use of electronic masters for publishing

  11. can digitization be preservation? the prevailing wisdom says no • media undependable • institutional commitment to life-cycle management not in place • standards lacking • when compared to film, digitalobjects seem inherently ephemeral

  12. can digitization be preservation? Challenges • ongoing maintenance/lifecycle management • standards • no “roadmap” to follow • best practices • active involvement of technical staff and facilities

  13. can digitization be preservation? Understandable counter-reaction to the attitude that “We digitized it; it’s preserved”

  14. digitization must be preservation • We have no choice • We have a fallback • Hide your valuables where the money is

  15. digital preservation policy • tied to mission of institution • makes explicit what aspects of a collection are being preserved and why • indicates scope of institution’s commitment • declares institution’s preservation strategies • declares which standards/guidelines are being followed

  16. digital archiving • born electronic • reborn electronic • preserving what we produce

  17. storage • physical • electronic • Masters (offline, nearline) • Access (nearline, online)

  18. ever increasing demand for services continuous technological change evolving standards and best practices strategic challenges

  19. making digitization a trusted preservation tool fostering long-term outlook digital archiving strategic challenges

  20. sorry we ran overtime http://www.clir.org/ http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/ http://www.dlib.org/ http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/ http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/electronic-records/ http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/electronic-records/electronic-storage-media/ http://aic.stanford.edu/conspec/emg/

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