SUNScholar/Repository Preservation

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Formulation

The repository preservation plan (RPP) is usually for the repository director/manager to formulate in collaboration with the institutions IT department.

Considerations

Currently in the academic literature, much is being said about digital curation/preservation, however this distracts from the strategic imperative of preserving the repository itself and the contents of the repository on the internet, in the same way that libraries and the contents of libraries in buildings, are preserved.

There is a very subtle but very important distinction between digital curation and repository preservation.

• Preamble - Essential Reading
• Priority 1 - Repository Long Term Support
• Priority 2 - Preservable Digital Objects
• Priority 3 - Electronic Citation Preservation

Essential Reading (Only available online)

• 2014 - IMLS/ARL - SEARCHING FOR SUSTAINABILITY
• 2014 - ARL - DEVELOPING DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP SERVICES ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET
• 2013 - DLIB - A VISION TOWARDS SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURES
• 2013 - WEBOLOGY - HAVE DIGITAL REPOSITORIES COME OF AGE?
• 2013 - DLIB - INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES: EXPLORATION OF COSTS AND VALUE
• 2013 - NDSA - STAFFING FOR EFFECTIVE DIGITAL PRESERVATION
• 2012 - PURDUE UNIVERSITY - STRATEGIES FOR LIBRARY PUBLISHING SUCCESS
• 2012 - CCSDS - REFERENCE MODEL FOR AN OPEN ARCHIVAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (OAIS)
• 2012 - BOAI - ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY
• 2011 - CCSDS - AUDIT AND CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTWORTHY DIGITAL REPOSITORIES
• 2011 - RSP UK - REPOSITORY STAFF AND SKILL SET
• 2011 - DLIB - INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES AND DIGITAL PRESERVATION: ASSESSING CURRENT PRACTICES AT RESEARCH LIBRARIES
• 2011 - IFLA - EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR DIGITAL REPOSITORY MANAGERS
• 2010 - NRF - SOUTH AFRICA - MANAGING DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
• 2008 - NISO - A FRAMEWORK OF GUIDANCE FOR BUILDING GOOD DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
• 2008 - NISO - A FRAMEWORK OF GUIDANCE FOR BUILDING GOOD DIGITAL COLLECTIONS - VIEW ONLINE
• 2008 - DRI JOURNAL - GENERALLY ACCEPTED PRACTICE FOR DISASTER RECOVERY
• 2008 - INTERSCIENCE - THE CONCEPT OF REFERENCE ARCHITECTURES
• 2006 - OCLC - DIGITAL PRESERVATION POLICY
• 2003 - ARL - CLIFFORD LYNCH - INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES: ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SCHOLARSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE
• 2002 - RLG OCLC - TRUSTED DIGITAL REPOSITORIES

Preservation Services

• http://www.portico.org/digital-preservation
• http://www.clockss.org

Contributions

From Denise Nicholson

• http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitalpreservation
• http://digi.nrf.ac.za/publ/Managing%20Digital%20Collections.pdf

Ohio State University Library

• Ohio State University Library (OSUL) Documentation Examples
  • http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/images/6/61/Osul-digital-preservation-policy-framework.pdf
  • http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/images/8/87/Osul-digital-initiatives-program.pdf
  • http://library.osu.edu/projects-initiatives/digital-projects/standards

• Ohio State University Library (OSUL) Links
  • http://library.osu.edu/blogs/digitalscholarship
  • http://library.osu.edu/documents/digital-projects/OAIS_Report.pdf
  • http://library.osu.edu/projects-initiatives/digital-projects/standards/outside-resources
  • http://library.osu.edu/projects-initiatives/osu-records-management/records-information-management-resorces

• Ohio State University Library (OSUL) Contacts
  • https://portal.lib.ohio-state.edu/intranet/staff/group/pres
  • https://portal.lib.ohio-state.edu/intranet/staff/group/DCS
  • https://portal.lib.ohio-state.edu/intranet/staff/group/infrastructure

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