SUNScholar/Repository Preservation

Formulation

Digital preservation plan usually for the repository manager to formulate in collaboration with the institutions IT department.

Essential Reading

• NISO - A FRAMEWORK OF GUIDANCE FOR BUILDING GOOD DIGITAL COLLECTIONS - PDF DOWNLOAD
• NISO - A FRAMEWORK OF GUIDANCE FOR BUILDING GOOD DIGITAL COLLECTIONS - VIEW ONLINE
• CCSDS - REFERENCE MODEL FOR AN OPEN ARCHIVAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (OAIS) - PDF DOWNLOAD

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

Recommendations

• Background Research
• System Disaster Recovery
• Preservable Digital Objects
• Electronic Citation Management
• Long Term Support

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

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