SUNScholar/Repository Preservation

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Introduction

Please read: 2015 - GIBSON - AN INTRODUCTION FOR LIBRARIANS TO LONG TERM DIGITAL PRESERVATION OF THE DIGITAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH RECORD BY ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

SUNScholar is the container for the digital research objects produced by researchers at Stellenbosch University and it is the long term strategy of the library to preserve the research archive by developing a repository preservation plan. The repository preservation plan (RPP) is usually for the repository director/manager to formulate in collaboration with the institutions IT department.

The repository preservation plan assists with the following:

• Long term capacity planning for the operation and maintenance of the research archive container.
• Long term preservation of the digital objects (curation) contained in the research archive.

Research

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The essential elements of a repository preservation plan

Below are links to pages that detail the essential elements of a repository preservation plan.

The major issues to consider in the repository preservation plan

Below are links to pages detailing the issues to resolve with repository preservation planning.

Links

• http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuration/digitalpreservation
• http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/spobooks.bbv9812.0001.001
• http://dpworkshop.org/workshops/management-tools
• https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/scontent/aboutPages/preservationAndStewardship.xml
• http://www.sr.ithaka.org/training/sustaining-digital-resources-course
• http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/digital-preservation-policy-framework-case-study
• http://ptsefton.com/2014/07/04/trip-report-peter-sefton-open-repositories-2014-helsinki-finland.htm

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Hgibson (talk) 13:47, 2 May 2015 (SAST)