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Academic P reservation Trust

Academic P reservation Trust. a consortium committed to digital preservation. The Problem. The scholarship that is being produced today, both print and digital, is at serious risk of being lost forever to future generations. What we know….

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Academic P reservation Trust

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  1. Academic Preservation Trust a consortium committed to digital preservation Robin Ruggaber, University of Virginia Michele Kimpton, DuraSpace Andrew Woods, DuraSpace

  2. The Problem The scholarship that is being produced today, both print and digital, is at serious risk of being lost forever to future generations. CNI Fall Member Meeting 2012

  3. What we know… • Universities don’t have a cost-effective, fail-safe way to preserve the scholarly record • Preservation repositories exist but are often single points of failure • The rapid growth of digital scholarship and researchmeans we must act now to preserve born-digital content. CNI Fall Member Meeting 2012

  4. Political Upheaval Then… “The loss of the ancient world's single greatest archive of knowledge, the Library of Alexandria, has been lamented for ages….” The Burning of the Library of Alexandria by Preston Chesser And now… The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which helped provide young people with access to computers and social media during Egypt's January 2011 protests, is now facing its own upheaval. Natural Disasters…aftermath of Katrina A few Vulnerabilities … CNI Fall Member Meeting 2012

  5. Isn’t someone already doing this?

  6. APTrust Partners CNI Fall Member Meeting 2012

  7. Community at Work • The Librarians • Content & Technical • Implementation Partners

  8. APTrust Governance: Advisory Group CNI Fall Member Meeting 2012

  9. Meeting the Demand

  10. Uniqueness • Disk Storage • DuraCloud • HathiTrust • DPN • Levels of Preservation • Organization Models • Threat Protection

  11. Initial Focus • Organizational Governance • Funding and Resources • Content Strategy • Technical Architecture • Implementation

  12. Looking toward Dec, 2013 • Growth Plan • Policies • Sustainable Financial Plan • Stabilization – working out the kinks • Service Growth –what’s next • Planning - Consortia development opportunities

  13. Architecture Deep Dive • Ingest • Aggregation • Administrative Tools • Where are we with DPN

  14. Next Steps • Welcome to Scott Turnbull • Milestones • Implementation • Meetings – ARL & APTRust Partner • Organizational

  15. Learn more at aptrust.org Learn more at aptrust.org

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