LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Digital Preservation interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:09:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/458459972/library-of-congress-digital.html The latest issue of Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is available. In it is an article on "Meeting the Challenge: Federal Agencies Collaborate on Digitization Guidelines."To subscribe to this newsletter, go to this web page, type in your e-mail address and press Enter. After you confirm your email address, you'll be asked to select what you want to receive from the LOC -- scroll down and click on “Digital Preservation.”If you are interested in past newsletters, they are archived online in PDF/A.Technorati tag: Digital PreservationThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. (Source: Digitization 101) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 674499 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2008/11/library-of-congress-digital.html The latest issue of Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is available. In it is an article on "Meeting the Challenge: Federal Agencies Collaborate on Digitization Guidelines."To subscribe to this newsletter, go to this web page, type in your e-mail address and press Enter. After you confirm your email address, you'll be asked to select what you want to receive from the LOC -- scroll down and click on “Digital Preservation.”If you are interested in past newsletters, they are archived online in PDF/A.Technorati tag: Digital PreservationThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. (Source: Digitization 101) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 674373 http://acrlog.org/2008/11/19/digital-scholarship-reconsidered/ In 1990 Ernest Boyer made an important contribution to the literature of higher education by authoring the book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate. Boyer&#8217;s material was based on the results of a 1989 survey of faculty across the nation sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Boyer said we must &#8220;&#8230;break out of the tired old teaching versus research debate and define, in more creative ways, what it means to be a scholar&#8221;. He described four types of scholarship in order to expand higher education&#8217;s thinking about what it meant to produce scholarly work; it needn&#8217;t be defined only by scholarly monographs or publications in high-impact peer review journals. Boyer suggested that teaching, application, and integration (of existing knowledge) could be as important to the advancement of knowledge and higher eduction as the scholarship of discovery. While Boyer&#8217;s work is considered a classic of higher education literature and is essential reading for academic librarians, the ideas in the book never really had much of an impact - at least not in the ways for which Boyer had hoped. Instead the academic community, has for the most part, stayed true to its one narrow vision of scholarship - the scholary journal article or book. Fast foward to 2008. A new report by the Ithaka Group explores how faculty make use of digital scholarly resources for their research, and some of these resources expand the notion of the phrase &#8220;scholarly resource.&#8221; In the report Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication authors Nancy Maron and Kirby Smith explore the range of digital resources being used by scholars for their research. These resources include e-only journals, data, blogs, and discussion forums. About blogs, the report says they are &#8220;being put to interesting use by scholars. ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 674356 http://freegovinfo.info/node/2153 Do you ever worry about funding for your library? Have you ever thought about how to get a grant to help your library? Do you wonder about how you might attract grant funding to a library in the age of Google and the Web? If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, I recommend the article Digital Infrastructure and Public Interest by Vince Stehle, in Grantmakers in the Arts Reader, Fall 2008. (I posted a link to this article a few days ago but, after John referred to it in his 66 Days to Government Information Liberation post, I wanted to follow up a bit and mention why I think the Stehle article is important for libraries. This also gives me an opportunity to contribute some more to the excellent discussion that John is facilitating about Government Information Liberation.) Stehle is a program director at the Surdna Foundation, which makes grants in the areas of environment, community revitalization, effective citizenry, the arts, and the nonprofit sector, and he was writing for Grantmakers in the Arts Reader. In addressing his audience of grantmakers, foundations, and people who support non-profits he says that there is an opportunity and even "an imperative" for foundations to support non-commercial work and help build "a public interest infrastructure" that will "promote the free exchange of knowledge over the Internet." In specifically emphasizing the need for non-commercial support he says that we cannot rely on the private sector to operate in the broad public interest except as that interest translates into profit: "While there are billions of dollars in Silicon Valley venture firms seeking to invest in the next Google, Facebook, or YouTube, there is no equivalent capital pool available for investment in the expansion of social enterprises operating in the public interest. ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:48:35 +0100 674001 http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/2008/11/18/first-digital-curation-centre-scarp-case-study-released-on-brain-image-preservation/ The first Digital Curation Centre SCARP (Sharing Curation and Re-use Preservation) case study has been released: Curating Brain Images in a Psychiatric Research Group: Infrastructure and Preservation Issues. Here&#39;s the description: Curating neuroimaging research data for sharing and re-use involves practical challenges for those concerned in its use and preservation. These are exemplified in a case study of the Neuroimaging Group in the University of Edinburgh&#8217;s Division of Psychiatry. The study is one of the SCARP series encompassing two aims; firstly to discover more about disciplinary approaches and attitudes to digital curation through &#39;immersion&#39; in selected cases, in this case drawing on ethnographic field study. Secondly SCARP aims to apply known good practice, and where possible to identify new lessons from practice in the selected discipline areas; in this case using action research to assess risks to the long term reusability of datasets, and identify challenges and opportunities for change. (Source: DigitalKoans) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:37:21 +0100 673941 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/457109315/digital-humanities-observatory.html The Digital Humanities Observatory is a central component within the Humanities Serving Irish Society initiative. The DHO was established under auspices of the Royal Irish Academy to manage and co-ordinate the increasingly complex e-resources created in the arts and humanities. It will enable research and researchers in Ireland to keep abreast of international developments in the creation, use, and preservation of digital resources (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00:05 +0100 674049 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/457250475/report-keeping-records-of-science.html Keeping the records of science accessible: can we afford it? is a 14-page report on the 2008 Annual Conference of the Alliance for Permanent Access, held in Budapest on Nov. 4, 2008. Abstract:This summary aims to highlight those presentations and comments with the greatest relevance for the key theme of the conference, ‘Business models for permanent access’, leaving the reader to gain more detailed insights from the individual powerpoint presentations. Reported by Inge Angevaare, coordinator of the Netherlands Coalition for Digital Preservation.I won't have time to read this for a while, but as I skim through the report, these points from Neil Williams stand out:Massive and rapidly increasing data floodResponsibility to preserve the correct data, for future needImportance of unified policy either at (inter)national or disciplinary levelPreservation is a specialist skill in its own right. Be clear, and separate who is responsible for archiving data (the provider) and preserving and organising the archive (the archivist).Technorati tag: Digital PreservationThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. (Source: Digitization 101) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 674058 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2008/11/report-keeping-records-of-science.html Keeping the records of science accessible: can we afford it? is a 14-page report on the 2008 Annual Conference of the Alliance for Permanent Access, held in Budapest on Nov. 4, 2008. Abstract:This summary aims to highlight those presentations and comments with the greatest relevance for the key theme of the conference, ‘Business models for permanent access’, leaving the reader to gain more detailed insights from the individual powerpoint presentations. Reported by Inge Angevaare, coordinator of the Netherlands Coalition for Digital Preservation.I won't have time to read this for a while, but as I skim through the report, these points from Neil Williams stand out:Massive and rapidly increasing data floodResponsibility to preserve the correct data, for future needImportance of unified policy either at (inter)national or disciplinary levelPreservation is a specialist skill in its own right. Be clear, and separate who is responsible for archiving data (the provider) and preserving and organising the archive (the archivist).Technorati tag: Digital PreservationThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. (Source: Digitization 101) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673923 http://pintini.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/11/17/d-lib-magazine-nov-dec-08.html Au sommaire, notamment, du dernier n° de D-Lib Magazine (vol. 14, n° 11/12, nov.-déc. 08):Edito:- Evolution in the Area of Digital Scholarly CommunicationCommentaire:- The Future of Repositories?Over the past few years, repositories have been created as a product intended to foster dissemination of scholarly works, a shared objective for most academic institutions. Because of this, repositories have grown at a rapid pace over the past decade, with the software trinity of EPrints, DSpace and Fedora leading the field. The openness and willingness of these repository systems to evolve has greatly increased the ability of repositories to disseminate scholarly works; however, the repository community is still in its infancy, and further change as a holistic community is required to support both the users of the systems (institutions) and the users of the resources within the systems (scholars).Articles:- Repository to Repository Transfer of Enriched Archival Information PackagesResponsibility for digital preservation must be distributed among many heterogeneous, geographically dispersed repositories. It must be possible for materials archived in one repository to be exported to and ingested by a second repository without loss of authenticity, digital provenance, or other vital preservation information. Several research and demonstration projects have focused on identifying issues in the exchange of information packages and defining transfer formats. In the TIPR (Towards Interoperable Preservation Repositories) project recently funded by the IMLS, partners Cornell University, New York University and the Florida Center for Library Automation will take this research to the next level. TIPR will continue to test and refine the transfer mechanism while beginning to address the semantic issues of repository-to-repository transfer. ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:31:00 +0100 673664 http://hangingtogether.org/?p=555 I didn’t come to Austin to get an archival jolt from a digital artists’ book. I&#8217;ve been at the Ransom Center this weekend attending a conference on literary archives and writers&#8217; papers, &#8220;Creating a Usable Past.&#8221; I have never seen William Gibson’s 1992 artists&#8217; book, one evidently well-known on the Internet. The cataloging notes say Agrippa has some photosensitive engravings and a disk holding the poem, &#8220;which may be displayed on a computer screen only once, and then is irretrievably encrypted.&#8221; Matt Kirschenbaum, professor at MITH, hacked the code of Agrippa and played it for us on a Mac emulator. Matt tells us his work will be up on the web in six weeks or so. I was having something akin to Ted Bishop&#8217;s experience with the symptoms of archive fever. Ted is a Virginia Woolf scholar. In Riding with Rilke he describes the &#8220;jolt&#8221; of reading Woolf&#8217;s suicide letter. Yesterday morning the audience at the august Ransom Center was reading Agrippa on the big screen. The Mac emulator made it feel a bit like I was reading it in 1992. Back in 1992 I don&#8217;t think I knew what an artists&#8217; book was. Three of UT&#8217;s undergraduates have been blogging the conference at flairforarchives. (Source: hangingtogether.org) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:55:20 +0100 673405 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/455439966/ Presentations and a conference report from the Alliance for Permanent Access to the Records of Science 2008 Conference are now available. (Source: DigitalKoans) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:14:08 +0100 673397 http://sla-divisions.typepad.com/itbloggingsection/2008/11/save-the-date-s.html This announcement below was sent to the Digital-Preservation discussion list and it seemed appropriate for this blog. Last Thursday would have been the 63rd birthday of Bob Oakley, the late director of the Georgetown University Law Library and a pillar in the law library community.&nbsp; Today, we are pleased to announce a symposium dedicated to his memory. Immediately preceding the 2009 AALL Annual Meeting, on Saturday, July 25, in Washington, DC, the Georgetown Law Library will be holding The Future of Today’s Legal Scholarship (FTLS), a Symposium in Honor of Bob Oakley, which will build upon the fundamental assumption that blogs are an integral part of today’s legal scholarship. This symposium will bring together academic bloggers, librarians, and experts in digital preservation to brainstorm and debate the great challenges presented for future researchers of materials currently populating the blogosphere.&nbsp; These challenges include unreliable materials, disappearing scholarship and documents, and the proliferation of online legal scholarship.&nbsp; Symposium participants will collectively develop innovative practices to ensure that valuable scholarship is not easily lost. Join the conversation now by tagging items you think are relevant to this symposium with the del.icio.us tag FTLS2009. Details about the symposium and a complete list of all FTLS2009 tagged items can be found at http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/ftls/. (Source: Blogging Section of SLA-IT) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:42:21 +0100 673276 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/454311778/october-issue-of-ariadne.html The October 2008 issue of Ariadne is now available. Some articles relevant to OA: Rob Davies, Europeana: An Infrastructure for Adding Local Content Leo Waaijers, Copyright Angst, Lust for Prestige and Cost Control: What Institutions Can Do to Ease Open Access R. John Robertson, et al., A Bug's Life?: How Metaphors from Ecology Can Articulate the Messy Details of Repository Interactions Sally Rumsey and Ben O'Steen, OAI-ORE, PRESERV2 and Digital Preservation (Source: Open Access News) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673069 http://blogs.ala.org/nrmig.php?title=call_for_proposals_for_nrmig_program_at_&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 ALCTS NRMIG (Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group) invites your proposal to participate in a program on workflow tools for digital libraries, to take place at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, July 9-15, 2009. Please note that the deadline to submit a proposal has been extended to Friday November 21st. With the increasing volume of digital content that libraries are creating and maintaining, long-term data curation is emerging as a key consideration for the profession. In order to support data preservation and re-use on a local level, as well as facilitate resource sharing, library professionals need practical tools to help them efficiently manage large volumes of data over time. What types of tools and techniques do you utilize to automate the creation and maintenance of metadata? Presentations should focus on current practices and new technologies, and include concrete demonstrations and/or examples of automated workflow tools and techniques employed at a local level or in collaborative endeavors. Specific implementations may cover a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: -Digital preservation of assets and collections -Data production, or validation of metadata, to comply with a particular schema or protocol -Data migration / interoperability across systems or applications -Interoperability, data harvesting, e.g., for resource sharing -Data production in distributed environments -Open source or proprietary software tools -Tips or techniques for working with particular standards and protocols The program forum will be a panel, in which each participant has from 20-30 minutes to present, followed by a Q &amp; A period at the end of the program. To submit a proposal for presentation, please email a brief description of your proposed topic to Joanna Burgess at burgessj@reed.edu by November 21, 2008. (Source: ALA Weblog Service) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:24:06 +0100 672468 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2008/11/cfp-nrmig-ala-annual-09-program-on.html CFP: NRMIG ALA Annual 09 Program on Workflow Tools for Automating Metadata Creation and MaintenanceALCTS NRMIG (Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group) invites your proposal to participate in a program on workflow tools for digital libraries, to take place at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, July 9-15, 2009.With the increasing volume of digital content that libraries are creating and maintaining, long-term data curation is emerging as a key consideration for the profession. In order to support data preservation and re-use on a local level, as well as facilitate resource sharing, library professionals need practical tools to help them efficiently manage large volumes of data over time. What types of tools and techniques do you utilize to automate the creation and maintenance of metadata?Presentations should focus on current practices and new technologies, and include concrete demonstrations and/or examples of automated workflow tools and techniques employed at a local level or in collaborative endeavors. Specific implementations may cover a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:-Digital preservation of assets and collections-Data production, or validation of metadata, to comply with a particular schema or protocol-Data migration / interoperability across systems or applications-Interoperability, data harvesting, e.g., for resource sharing-Data production in distributed environments-Open source or proprietary software tools-Tips or techniques for working with particular standards and protocolsThe program forum will be a panel, in which each participant has from 20-30 minutes to present, followed by a Q &amp; A period at the end of the program. To submit a proposal for presentation, please email a brief description of your proposed topic to Joanna Burgess at burgessj@reed.edu by November 21, 2008. ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:02:00 +0100 672473 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AginfoBlogFromIaald/~3/453961573/making-our-agricultural-information.html Yesterday a small group of aginfo enthusiasts met at Wageningen UR to exchange experiences on the ways they make their information more accessible. It offered a rich insight into some practicalities of becoming ‘truly accessible’ – as the CIARD initiative calls on us to be.IAALD Board member Barbara Hutchinson opened, explaining AgNIC’s ‘born digital’ and ‘re-born digital’ initiatives that aim to provide “persistent long-term access" to the research outputs of US agricultural research and extension. She particularly highlighted the issue of ‘link rot’ – where after even a short period, many web resources can no longer be found via their URL. See her presentation; and further reading.Ingeborg Nagel and Harry Heemskerk introduced ‘Search4Dev’ a new repository that the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) will soon launch. “For Dutch development organizations”, the new site will harvest and make accessible a much wider set of outputs than is normally found in research and academic repositories. The project is a close collaboration with DPRN and their ‘global-connections’ portal. The Dutch national Royal Library will take care of the long term preservation of the repository content.  See their presentation.Hugo Besemer of WUR explained two projects from Wageningen UR: ‘Wageningen Yield’ and ‘Groen Kennisnet’ – or ‘green knowledge net.’ The former is the primary system/repository of WUR, where according to Besemer, they “make public whatever we can.”Hugo's colleague Ger Naber introduced the world soil information database at ISRIC. According to Naber, this was a "small library" whose content - soil maps and related resources - was only accessible to people that visited. For the past two years, the emphasis has shifted towards digital resources and services - 'bringing the services to the people'. ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673406 http://pintini.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/11/13/ariadne-oct-08.html Au sommaire, notamment, du dernier n° d'Ariadne (n° 57, octobre 08):Articles:- Copyright Angst, Lust for Prestige and Cost Control: What Institutions Can Do to Ease Open AccessLeo Waaijers writes about copyright, prestige and cost control in the world of open access while in two appendices Bas Savenije and Michel Wesseling compare the costs of open access publishing and subscriptions/licences for their respective institutions.- Implementing e-Legal Deposit: A British Library PerspectiveRonald Milne and John Tuck summarise progress towards implementation of the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 which extended provision to non-print materials. Particular reference is made to the British Library.- A Bug's Life?: How Metaphors from Ecology Can Articulate the Messy Details of Repository InteractionsR. John Robertson, Mahendra Mahey and Phil Barker introduce work investigating an alternative model of repository and service interaction.- OAI-ORE, PRESERV2 and Digital PreservationSally Rumsey and Ben O'Steen describe OAI-ORE and how it can contribute to digital preservation activities.Comptes-rendus:- Embedding Web Preservation Strategies Within Your InstitutionChristopher Eddie reports on the third one-day workshop of the JISC-PoWR (Preservation of Web Resources) Project held at the University of Manchester on 12 September 2008.- iPRES 2008Frances Boyle and Adam Farquhar report on the two-day international conference which was the fifth in the series on digital preservation of digital objects held at the British Library, on 29 – 30 September 2008.Critique d'ouvrage:- Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web ServicesRalph LeVan looks at a comprehensive work on how to consume and repurpose Web services. (Source: pintiniblog) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:31:00 +0100 672737 http://pintini.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/11/12/depots-institutionnels-12-11-08.html - Harvard repository and FAQs(source: OAN, 31/10/08)DASH: DI de l'université de Harvard[lire à ce propos sur Caveat Lector: Re-assessing Harvard in light of its FAQs]- Reasons researchers really rate repositories(source: OptimalScholarship, 02/11/08)- Small institutions and repositories(source: Caveat Lector, 03/11/08)- Mandating and the scholarly journal article: attracting interest on deposits?(source: UKSG / via OAN, 03/11/08)Présentations de cette conférence organisée fin octobre à Londres- Visualising Repository Contents(source: RepositoryMan, 04/11/08)- DPC What's new in digital preservation(source: Digital Preservation Coalition, mars-août 08)- INFORMAL Comparison of Some Institutional Repository Solutions(source: Metalogger, 19/10/08)- Some (more) thoughts on repositories(source: eFoundations, 07/11/08)A propos d'une réunion du JISC Repositories and Preservation Advisory Group (RPAG)- Repositories Making Life Easier For Faculty?(source: RepositoryMan, 07/11/08)- DORAS (DCU Online Research Access Service)(source: OAN, 06/11/08)Le DI de la Dublin City University- A content integrity service for digital repositories(source: HP Labs Technical Reports / via OAN, 05/11/08)- A content integrity service for digital repositories (source: HP Labs / via ResourceShelf, 04/11/08)- JHOVE2"The open source JHOVE characterization tool has proven to be an important component of many digital repository and preservation workflows. However, its widespread use over the past four years has revealed a number of limitations imposed by idiosyncrasies of design and implementation. The California Digital Library (CDL), Portico, and Stanford University have received funding from the Library of Congress, under its National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP) initiative, to collaborate on a two-year project to develop a next-generation JHOVE2 architecture for format-aware characterization." (Source: pintiniblog) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:26:14 +0100 672022 http://freegovinfo.info/node/2131 John, Thanks for this interesting thread about Government Information Liberation! I hope I am not misreading your enthusiasm if I characterize it as part of a new optimism that so many of us are feeling after the election. I certainly feel more optimistic than I have for a long time! I want to key in on two things you've mentioned in your first few posts in your thread. (I may be going off on a bit of a tangent from what you were saying, but I hope not.) One is the idea of "weaving the political perspective with the policy perspective with the governmental structure perspective." The other is the "values" of libraries and librarians. First: weaving. A few of us at FGI had a conversation this week about the intersection of government information with non-government information. We discussed how the old model of separating government documents departments and collections in libraries was probably more of a library operational convenience than anything else. We certainly did the best we could with that model and the tools we had at the time to provide the best access we could to government information, but the model of separate collections was never ideal for users. Now, in the digital age, the model of separate (ok, I'll even use the buzzword: "stovepipe") collections has become less necessary and even less fruitful than it was in the paper and ink world. Projects like govtrack.us and the many projects from the Sunlight Foundation and other remixes and Insanely Useful Web Sites demonstrate how technology can help us overcome a lot of limitations we faced in the past and create tools for civic engagement. I would really like to see libraries creating similar projects and collaborating with projects like these! We have done it before when we created gateways to GPO Access and were so successful that GPO had to stop charging for access and start cooperating with this grass-roots effort. ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:39:37 +0100 671610 http://jobs.nasig.org/?p=570 The Boston College Libraries seek a Head of Continuing and Electronic Resources. This position is responsible for providing leadership and oversight to a self-motivated department which includes two professional librarians and seven support staff positions. The Head is expected to foster a collaborative environment, actively promote staff development, and establish standards for the acquisition, cataloging and processing of continuing resources in all formats. The Head ensures that staffing is appropriately deployed to provide reliable management of the electronic resources which are critical to the research and teaching of the University. This position reports to the AUL for Collection Services, and works collaboratively with the other Collection Services Heads: Collection Development; Monographic Services; Metadata Services; Preservation. The Head of C&#038;ER also works very closely with the Electronic Resources and Systems Librarian and the Digital Resources Reference Librarian to ensure effective management and licensing of electronic resources. Deadline: Resumes will be accepted until December 15, 2008. job posted on college website (Source: NASIG Jobs) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:10:55 +0100 672242 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2008/11/jisc-study-on-digital-preservation.html In case you haven't seen this announcement in email:The JISC are pleased to announce the publication of a study on Digital Preservation Policies which can be downloaded in PDF format from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/jiscpolicyfinalreport.aspxA major business driver in all universities and colleges over the past decade has been harnessing digital content and electronic services and the undoubted benefits in terms of flexibility and increased productivity they can bring. The priority in recent years has been on developing e-strategies and infrastructure to underpin electronic access and services and to deliver those benefits. However any long-term access and future benefit may be heavily dependent on digital preservation strategies being in place and underpinned by relevant policy and procedures. This should now be an increasing area of focus in our institutions.This JISC funded study completed by Charles Beagrie Ltd aims to provide an outline model for digital preservation policies and to analyse the role that digital preservation can play in supporting and delivering key strategies for Higher and Further Education Institutions. Although focussing on the UK Higher and Further Education sectors, the study draws widely on policy and implementations from other sectors and countries and will be of interest to those wishing to develop policy and justify investment in digital preservation within a wide range of institutions.Two tools have been created in this study:1) a model/framework for digital preservation policy and implementation clauses based on examination of existing digital preservation policies;2) a series of mappings of digital preservation to other key institutional strategies in UK universities and colleges including Research, Teaching and Learning, Information, Libraries, and Records Management. ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:30:00 +0100 671493 http://freegovinfo.info/node/2127 NextGov's Tech Insider has a comment on the problems at Change.gov: Lessons from Change.gov, By Gautham Nagesh, Tech Insider, November 11, 2008. There isn't much new information in this article, but it does illustrate the digital age paradox of, on the one hand, how easy it is to make information disappear on the web by just removing it and, on the other hand, how hard it can be to make information disappear forever. As Nagesh says: The fact that so many sites have posted cached versions of the deleted web pages just drives the point home further; in this day and age, nothing you post on the Internet is going to go away quickly just because you pull it off your server. While there are ad-hoc caches here and there of some of the change.gov pages that have been removed, does anyone know where they are? Can a citizen find them? How long will it be before those ad-hoc copies are removed because whoever saved them loses interest or shuts down their blog or runs out of money or...? One conclusion that can we draw from this is that ad-hoc solutions are inadequate. Sure, some blogger may have saved a copy of one of the Agenda pages Change.gov removed, and another may have saved another, but this is no way to do systematic preservation. We are lucky that the Dot Gov Harvest is harvesting the Change.gov site, and I think Starr will post information about public access to those crawls here at FGI soon. But harvesting web sites is not a complete solution either. Harvesting is imperfect and incomplete. Links can break, embedded content can be lost, databases can prohibit or inhibit crawls of their content, and crawls can only save occasional snapshots dynamic sites. There is a solution that is less ad-hoc and more comprehensive: governments need to actively deposit their content at the time of production with depository libraries. ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:20:34 +0100 671504 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/450859780/jisc-study-on-digital-preservation.html In case you haven't seen this announcement in email:The JISC are pleased to announce the publication of a study on Digital Preservation Policies which can be downloaded in PDF format from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/jiscpolicyfinalreport.aspxA major business driver in all universities and colleges over the past decade has been harnessing digital content and electronic services and the undoubted benefits in terms of flexibility and increased productivity they can bring. The priority in recent years has been on developing e-strategies and infrastructure to underpin electronic access and services and to deliver those benefits. However any long-term access and future benefit may be heavily dependent on digital preservation strategies being in place and underpinned by relevant policy and procedures. This should now be an increasing area of focus in our institutions.This JISC funded study completed by Charles Beagrie Ltd aims to provide an outline model for digital preservation policies and to analyse the role that digital preservation can play in supporting and delivering key strategies for Higher and Further Education Institutions. Although focussing on the UK Higher and Further Education sectors, the study draws widely on policy and implementations from other sectors and countries and will be of interest to those wishing to develop policy and justify investment in digital preservation within a wide range of institutions.Two tools have been created in this study:1) a model/framework for digital preservation policy and implementation clauses based on examination of existing digital preservation policies;2) a series of mappings of digital preservation to other key institutional strategies in UK universities and colleges including Research, Teaching and Learning, Information, Libraries, and Records Management. ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 671701 http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=5596 The Boston College Libraries seek a Head of Continuing and Electronic Resources. This position is responsible for providing leadership and oversight to a self-motivated department which includes two professional librarians and seven support staff positions. The Head is expected to foster a collaborative environment, actively promote staff development, and establish standards for the acquisition, cataloging and processing of continuing resources in all formats. The Head ensures that staffing is appropriately deployed to provide reliable management of the electronic resources which are critical to the research and teaching of the University. This position reports to the AUL for Collection Services, and works collaboratively with the other Collection Services Heads: Collection Development; Monographic Services; Metadata Services; Preservation. The Head of C&ER also works very closely with the Electronic Resources and Systems Librarian and the Digital Resources Reference Librarian to ensure effective management and licensing of electronic resources. Responsibilities: Provide vision and leadership in developing and maintaining cost-effective efficient procedures and workflows for managing continuing resources in all formats. Keep current (and ensure that staff are current) with new developments in types, formats, and carriers of continuing and electronic resources, as well as with the emerging and evolving technologies used to deliver them. Work collaboratively with the Collection Heads to coordinate policies, streamline workflow, and ensure cooperation and communication among the departments. ... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:14:04 +0100 671124 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/449751951/ DigitalPreservationEurope has released Database Preservation: The International Challenge and the Swiss Solution. Here&#39;s the abstract: Most administrative records are stored in databases. Today&#8217;s challenge is preserving the information and making it accessible for years to come, ensuring knowledge-transfer as well as administrative sustainability. Lack of standardization has hitherto rendered the task of archiving database content highly complex. The Swiss Federal Archives have developed a new XML based format which permits long-term preservation of the relational databases content. The Software-Independent Archiving of Relational Databases (short: SIARD) offers a unique solution for preserving data content, metadata as well as the relations in an ISO conform format. (Source: DigitalKoans) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:20:40 +0100 671637 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/449729584/ The DSpace Foundation and Fedora Commons have received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support planning for DuraSpace. Here&#39;s an excerpt from the press release: Over the next six months funding from the planning grant will allow the organizations to jointly specify and design &quot;DuraSpace,&quot; a new web-based service that will allow institutions to easily distribute content to multiple storage providers, both &quot;cloud-based&quot; and institution-based. The idea behind DuraSpace is to provide a trusted, value-added service layer to augment the capabilities of generic storage providers by making stored digital content more durable, manageable, accessible and sharable. Michele Kimpton, Executive Director of the DSpace Foundation, said, &quot;Together we can leverage our expertise and open source value proposition to continue to provide integrated open solutions that support the scholarly mission of universities.&quot; Sandy Payette, Executive Director of Fedora Commons, observes, &quot;There is an important role for high-tech non-profit organizations in adding value to emerging cloud solutions. DuraSpace is designed with an eye towards enabling universities, libraries, and other types of organizations to take advantage of cloud storage while also addressing special requirements unique to areas such as digital archiving and scholarly communication.&quot; The grant from the Mellon Foundation will support a needs analysis, focus groups, technical design sessions, and meetings with potential commercial partners. A working web-based demonstration will be completed during the six-month grant period to help validate the technical and business assumptions behind DuraSpace. (Source: DigitalKoans) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:03:49 +0100 671638 http://litsisvlcteam.blogspot.com/2008/11/digital-preservation-policies-study.html (Source: Information Services Blog (VLC)) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:39:00 +0100 671660 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/448677310/ The National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program has funded the two-year JHOVE2 project, which will &quot; develop a next-generation JHOVE2 architecture for format-aware characterization.&quot; Project particpants are the California Digital Library, Portico, and Stanford University. Here&#39;s an excerpt from the Digipres announcement: Among the enhancements planned for JHOVE2 are: Support for four specific aspects of characterization: signature-based identification, feature extraction, validation, and rules-based assessment A more sophisticated data model supporting complex multi-file objects and arbitrarily-nested container objects Streamlined APIs to facilitate the integration of JHOVE2 technology in systems, services, and workflows Increased performance Standardized error handling A generic plug-in mechanism supporting stateful multi-module processing Availability under the BSD open source license To help focus project activities we have recruited a distinguished advisory board to represent the interests of the larger stakeholder community. The board includes participants from the following international memory institutions, projects, and vendors: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB) Ex Libris Fedora Commons Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) Harvard University / GDFR Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) MIT/DSpace National Archives (TNA) National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) National Library of Australia (NLA) National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) Planets project The project partners are currently engaged in a public needs assessment and requirements gathering phase. A provisional set of use cases and functional requirements has already been reviewed by the JHOVE2 advisory board. . . . The functional requirements, along with other project information, is available on the JHOVE2 project wiki. Feedback on project goals and deliverables can be submitted through the JHOVE2 public mailing lists. ... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:30:21 +0100 671021 http://pintini.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/11/10/numerisation-10-11-08.html - Google Books : le prix de la tranquillité (et du monopole)(source: affordance.info, 28/10/08)[lire aussi] [lire aussi]- PALINET to Digitize 20 Million Textual Pages(source: DigitalKoans, 30/10/08)- Que manque-t-il au plan Besson ?(source: InternetActu, 30/10/08)A propos du Plan de développement de l’économie numérique en France- A Guide to free ebooks(source: Springfield Township High School)- DPC What's new in digital preservation(source: Digital Preservation Coalition, mars-août 08)- Erwin, Jeffrey J. (2008) Copyright and the Digital Library (déposé sur E-LIS, 07/11/08)"This paper describes the legal and technical issues which bedevil the creation of online libraries, particularly in relation to copyright. It discusses the Google Books settlement of October 2008 and a number of divergent views on its value or problems for libraries." (Source: pintiniblog) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:26:06 +0100 670654 http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/2008/11/10/digital-preservation-two-year-jhove2-project-funded/ The National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program has funded the two-year JHOVE2 project, which will &quot; develop a next-generation JHOVE2 architecture for format-aware characterization.&quot; Project particpants are the California Digital Library, Portico, and Stanford University. Here&#39;s an excerpt from the Digipres announcement: Among the enhancements planned for JHOVE2 are: Support for four specific aspects of characterization: signature-based identification, feature extraction, validation, and rules-based assessment A more sophisticated data model supporting complex multi-file objects and arbitrarily-nested container objects Streamlined APIs to facilitate the integration of JHOVE2 technology in systems, services, and workflows Increased performance Standardized error handling A generic plug-in mechanism supporting stateful multi-module processing Availability under the BSD open source license To help focus project activities we have recruited a distinguished advisory board to represent the interests of the larger stakeholder community. The board includes participants from the following international memory institutions, projects, and vendors: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB) Ex Libris Fedora Commons Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) Harvard University / GDFR Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) MIT/DSpace National Archives (TNA) National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) National Library of Australia (NLA) National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) Planets project The project partners are currently engaged in a public needs assessment and requirements gathering phase. A provisional set of use cases and functional requirements has already been reviewed by the JHOVE2 advisory board. . . . The functional requirements, along with other project information, is available on the JHOVE2 project wiki. Feedback on project goals and deliverables can be submitted through the JHOVE2 public mailing lists. ... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 671084 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/09/lc-cd-r-and-dvd-r-rw-longevity-researchcd-r-and-dvd-r-rw-longevity-research/ CD-R and DVD-R RW Longevity Research Optical discs can be convenient media for access and temporary storage. Unfortunately, such media are machine-dependent, so access is contingent on surviving and working hardware and software. Additionally, such media is subject to changing manufacturer standards, as well as deterioration, just like any other material. Optical discs are made of many layers, and the materials used in these layers change over time, depending on how and when the discs were made and how they age. Depending on susceptibility, wear, and environment, various layers of optical discs may undergo oxidation, hydrolysis or mechanical stress, leading to damage (variously described as “rot” or “pin holes” or “mirroring”, etc.). These and other phenomenon may lead to errors in signal playback, which can be assessed by measuring a disc’s “block error rate” or BLER. The greater the BLER, the greater the loss of information. The Information Access Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress agreed to perform a detailed investigation of the longevity of recordable Compact Disc (CD) and Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) media. The effort was aimed at estimating the life expectancy of information stored in CD-R, DVD-R and DVD+R, as well as DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. Source: Library of Congress (Preservation) (Source: ResourceShelf) Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:56:49 +0100 670435 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=4773 State: Indiana Work Schedule Typically 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with attendance at relevant programs and events expected Comments to Applicants An official transcript will be expected from candidates invited to an on-campus interview. Notice of Vacancy Number N08-379 Desired Start Date Job Open Date 10-16-2008 Job Close Date Open Until Filled Job Title University Archivist Department LIBRARY Student Employment Department (if applicable) NOT ASSIGNED Job Type Full-Time Salary Grade 27 Salary Range $31,835.00-$45,000.00 Benefits This administrative position administers and develops the various programs and manages the daily operations of the University Archives; provides assistance and advice to the ISU community regarding file management and records systems; develops and administers record retention policies; interacts with ISU administrators, departmental personnel, students, faculty and other researchers to support their requests for records in the Archives; provides reference assistance and other information management tasks; works with the department head to plan for the deposit and preservation of electronic records and other born digital items (e.g. photographs, documents) deposited in the Archives; seeks out historically significant collections that help document the history of the university; directs website development; mounts displays/exhibits and participates in public programs/events promoting ISU; supervises staff and students. ... Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:48:01 +0100 670159 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/446528281/ Was All in the Family&#8212;the TV show where Archie Bunker raged against black people, Jews and other supposed inferiors&#8212;the first entertainment outlet to use the word &quot;crapola&quot;? And did that in turn pave the way for respectables to be able to utter &quot;crap&quot; in public? Damned if I know. I simply recall hearing a cable commentator say such things. If I put the above on the Web as absolute fact, then I&#8217;d be spreading, er, crapola&#8212;unverified information that may or may not be accurate, even if Google picks it up because of TeleRead&#8217;s prominence in its niche. Weighted toward sites popular with librarians But now a planned search engine, from OCLC, Syracuse University and the University of Washington, will strive to limit search results to librarian-vetted links. As announced yesterday: &quot;Reference Extract is envisioned as a Web search experience similar to those provided by the world&#8217;s most popular search engines. However, unlike other search engines, Reference Extract will be built for maximum credibility of search results by relying on the expertise of librarians. Users will enter a search term and receive results weighted toward sites most often used by librarians at institutions such as the Library of Congress, the University of Washington, the State Library of Maryland, and over 2,000 other libraries worldwide.&quot; Yes, there are overlaps with TeleRead, my proposal for well-stocked national digital library systems in the U.S. and other countries. I love the idea of helping people find better information than what Google links often provide. Check out a 2004 TeleRead item, Free Hate site gets Rank #1 for word &#8216;Jew&#8217; on Google&#8212;while Anne Frank&#8217;s Diary is verboten for free use. ... Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:13:53 +0100 670196 http://library.duke.edu/jobs/intern-archives-electronicrecords.html The Duke University Archives seeks applicants for a semester-long internship designed to introduce students to work with electronic records.&#160; As a part of the Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library (RBMSCL), the University Archives acquires, preserves, and makes accessible University records with permanent historical and research value.&#160; The intern will work under the supervision of the Electronic Records Archivist, primarily working on special projects decided in conjunction with their supervisor.&#160; Potential projects include assisting with the administration of DukeSpace (http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu); digital preservation; digital media collections; policy, procedure, tools, and documentation development; and records transfers.&#160; For more information, please visit our website at:&#160;&#160; http://library.duke.edu/archives/ (Source: Duke University Libraries: Jobs) Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:26 +0100 669879 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2008/11/mos-le-magazine-du-stockage-et-de-la.html Francis Pelletier from MOS magazine mailed to me the August and September 2008 issues, which contained information on new and interesting products. MOS: le magazine du stockage et de la gestion d'informations (the magazine of storage and management of information) is written in French, so let me try to give you a bit of information on the articles of interest, as well as links for more details.The August issue had an article on Pixelion (Aix-en-Provence, France), a company the produces software for image processing. (Check the web site for more information.)There was also an article on "des microformes de haute densite pour un archivage perenne" (microforms of high density for a perennial filing). The photos in the article were intriguing. Since my French is not that good, I checked online for information on the company mentioned and found this text:La société ARnanO est l’une des dernières start up créée par le laboratoire français LETI (Laboratoire d’Electronique et de Technologie de l’Information) , avec la vocation de développer les produits avancés permettant la gravure de graphismes ou de textes infiniment petits et inaltérables.A rough translation is:The company is one ARnanO recent start-ups created by the French laboratory LETI (Laboratory of Electronics and Information Technology), with the aim to develop advanced products to burn graphics or text and infinitely small and unalterable. It looks like the micro-images are stored in very high density on a "wafer" that is 200 mm in diameter.Also in the August issue was an article on NanoArk (Rochester, NY), which is using waferfiche(TM) for long-term storage. The NanoArk web site says:In the Waferfiche(TM) technology, data is stored in such a way that it is visible to the human eye with or without magnification. The data from print, digital or any other media is converted to images as a first step. ... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:55:00 +0100 670000 http://www.echosdoc.net/index.php#info747 Le JJSC (Grande-Bretagne) publie ce 30 octobre un rapport sur "Digital Preservation Policies Study" (pdf) qui formule des propositions de "bonnes pratiques" en matière de conservation des ressources numériques des universités. (Source: EchosDoc : actualité de l' I. &amp; D.) Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:00:00 +0100 669168 http://pintini.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/11/02/strategies-de-conservation.html DigitalKoans signale la publication des deux documents suivants par le JISC:- Digital Preservation Policies Study - Digital Preservation Policies Study, Part 2: Appendices—Mappings of Core University Strategies and Analysis of Their Links to Digital Preservation "This JISC funded study aims to provide an outline model for digital preservation policies and to analyse the role that digital preservation can play in supporting and delivering key strategies for Higher and Further Education Institutions. Although focussing on the UK Higher and Further Education sectors, the study draws widely on policy and implementations from other sectors and countries and will be of interest to those wishing to develop policy and justify investment in digital preservation within a wide range of institutions. We have created two tools in this study: 1) a model/framework for digital preservation policy and implementation clauses based on examination of existing digital preservation policies; 2) a series of mappings of digital preservation links to other key institutional strategies in UK universities and colleges. Our aim has been to help institutions and their staff develop appropriate digital preservation policies and clauses set in the context of broader institutional strategies." (Source: pintiniblog) Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:12:51 +0100 669044 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/439458264/social-and-technical-aspects-of.html Catherine Howell, Reflection and Selection: Creating a digital project archive, catherine's blog, October 21, 2008. (Thanks to Fabrizio Tinti.) At the end of any project, the time comes to wrap up work and, hopefully, to prepare project outputs for dissemination and archiving. We’re working with the folks from CTREP to create the digital archive for the Learning Landscape Project. ... CTREP is a project under JISC’s Repositories and Preservation programme. At Cambridge, the CTREP team is working to integrate our VLE, Sakai/CamTools, and our institutional repository, DSpace@Cambridge. (Up in the wilds of Scotland, our CTREP colleagues at the wonderfully-named University of the Highlands and Islands are doing related integration work with TETRA / Fedora). The idea is that DSpace will appear as “just another folder” in the Resources area of a CamTools site, and that pushing items from Resources into Dspace will, eventually, be a simple matter of drag-and-drop. Metadata will be pulled in automatically, along with each individual resource item—although I’ve got a lot to learn about how that works, exactly. ... Various editorial processes happen before an item even makes it through from the project’s worksite to the second, archival site. Inevitably, our archival site does not reflect the messy “reality” embodied in the project worksite, and perhaps especially in the project Wiki. But an archive has to balance the desire to keep everything with the ultimate goal of usability ... (Source: Open Access News) Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:00:00 +0100 668737 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/438107586/ JISC has released a two-part study of digital preservation policies: Digital Preservation Policies Study and Digital Preservation Policies Study, Part 2: Appendices&#8212;Mappings of Core University Strategies and Analysis of Their Links to Digital Preservation. Here&#39;s an excerpt: This JISC funded study aims to provide an outline model for digital preservation policies and to analyse the role that digital preservation can play in supporting and delivering key strategies for Higher and Further Education Institutions. Although focussing on the UK Higher and Further Education sectors, the study draws widely on policy and implementations from other sectors and countries and will be of interest to those wishing to develop policy and justify investment in digital preservation within a wide range of institutions. We have created two tools in this study: 1) a model/framework for digital preservation policy and implementation clauses based on examination of existing digital preservation policies; 2) a series of mappings of digital preservation links to other key institutional strategies in UK universities and colleges. Our aim has been to help institutions and their staff develop appropriate digital preservation policies and clauses set in the context of broader institutional strategies. (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:55:35 +0100 668879 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristinasLisRant/~3/438657862/asist2008-final-sessions.html This last bit of sessions was disappointing - in each session, some of the presenters didn't show up. I started in From open source to open libraries, but I had heard all but the first speaker speak - and I was looking forward to that presentation:Knowledge Sharing and Management in Open Access e-Resources &amp; Communities (KM, DL)Thomas Krichel, LIU and RePeC(slides at: http://openlib.org/home/krichel/presentations/columbus_2008-10-29.ppt)archives with articles in one location but services can be widely used. RePEC is based on 900+ archives. 630k item dataset… talking at the speed of light no way I can do notes…some measures of users of servicessome measures of derobitified web impact through LogEcauthor registration success as a measure of community impact- matched registry and an independent list of top 1000 economists and 79% registered (some of these 1000 are dead, so never get to 100%)- impact on fee1) always have been free working papers2) publication delay is 2-3 years if not 10 by going down journal ladder so useless for state of artimpact a lot- more efficient for working paper- preserved working paper culture- better citation/use for working papers- preservation for working papersremaining nuisance – libraries, we’re supporting the toll based ,so as long as we do , they will continue to existkeys to success- need an extraordinary individual who can do a tremendous amount of work on “surplus” time- small group of volunteers- own server- disseminate as widely as possible[ditched that session and headed to the geographical information session - but only 2 out of 5 presenters showed, and I missed all but the last few words of Dr Buckland's, apparently to do with some aspect of http://ecai.org/ ... ... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 668660 http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/2008/10/31/jisc-digital-preservation-policies-study/ JISC has released a two-part study of digital preservation policies: Digital Preservation Policies Study and Digital Preservation Policies Study, Part 2: Appendices&#8212;Mappings of Core University Strategies and Analysis of Their Links to Digital Preservation. Here&#39;s an excerpt: This JISC funded study aims to provide an outline model for digital preservation policies and to analyse the role that digital preservation can play in supporting and delivering key strategies for Higher and Further Education Institutions. Although focussing on the UK Higher and Further Education sectors, the study draws widely on policy and implementations from other sectors and countries and will be of interest to those wishing to develop policy and justify investment in digital preservation within a wide range of institutions. We have created two tools in this study: 1) a model/framework for digital preservation policy and implementation clauses based on examination of existing digital preservation policies; 2) a series of mappings of digital preservation links to other key institutional strategies in UK universities and colleges. Our aim has been to help institutions and their staff develop appropriate digital preservation policies and clauses set in the context of broader institutional strategies. (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 668427 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/438278197/more-comments-on-google-publisher.html Here are some more comments from the press and blogosphere. From Reyhan Harmanci at the San Francisco Chronicle: ...[Allen] Adler, of the [AAP] , compared the new independent, not-for-profit Book Rights Registry to the music industry's American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), which monitors and compensates musicians for live and recorded performances of their music. &quot;It's the same concept - a central entity that protects rights holders through third-party licensing,&quot; he said.... San Francisco Electronic Frontier Foundation staff attorney Corynne McSherry said she is &quot;still digesting&quot; the agreement but had some early thoughts: &quot;I will tell you, frankly, that I kind of wish this case had gone to litigation. I think Google had a great fair-use defense,&quot; she said. &quot;A ruling from the court would have been good for everyone. It potentially could have fostered other offerings, based on that legal certainty&quot; if Google had won. Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, which is based at the Presido and has partnered with Yahoo, Microsoft and 135 libraries to create the Open Content Alliance, said the agreement moves libraries &quot;toward a monoculture.&quot; &quot;One company is trying to be the library system,&quot; Kahle said, speaking of Google's plans to create a subscription service for library collections. &quot;This is not good for a society that is built on free speech. Let's have the World Wide Web rather than the iTunes of books.&quot; From Mathew Ingram at MathewIngram.com: This settlement is a huge step forward for online and electronic access to books. As Google has repeatedly argued, this will make it substantially easier for authors and publishers to find, distribute and monetize out-of-print books — in effect, creating or enhancing a “long tail” for book publishing. ... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 668319 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/437454544/ Presentations (usually digital audio and PowerPoint slides) about data curation, e-science, virtual organizations and other topics from the ARL/CNI Fall Forum on Reinventing Science Librarianship: Models for the Future are now available. Speakers included Sayeed Choudhury, Ron Larsen, Liz Lyon, Richard Luce, and others. (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:29:51 +0100 668256 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/437079942/more-on-google-publisher-settlement.html Here are some comments on the settlement from the press and blogosphere. From Andrew Albanese at Library Journal: ...On a conference call this morning [10/28/08], the parties said that there remained a strong difference of opinion over the copyright principles at the core of the case. “We had a major disagreement with Google, and we still do,” said Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild. “We also don’t see eye-to-eye on with publishers on book contract law,” he added, before calling the settlement the “the biggest book deal” in U.S. publishing history. Taylor said two “guideposts” helped lead his organization through a thicket of issues in the suit. “Authors like their books to be read,” he noted, “and like they like a nice royalty check.” ...&#160; $45 million of [Google's $125 million] will be used to resolve claims for those whose books have been digitized—roughly $60 a book to authors.... [T]he “snippet”—the short glimpses of in-copyright book content initially offered by Google—will be replaced by a “preview” function, offering up to 20 percent of the book, including entire pages.... From Andrew Albanese in a second article for Library Journal: ...As with any class action suit, don’t expect the final results to come quickly. The settlement must still be approved by a federal judge—and as the recent Tasini settlement shows that may be no slam dunk. Further, as one attorney told LJ on background, executing the nuts and bolts of the deal—creating the registry, setting up the subscription plan, and especially disbursing Google’s payment to authors and publishers—will provide no shortage of challenges to all parties. “There will be objectors, there always are,” the attorney stated. “This is going to be incredibly complex.” The settlement could even see another lawsuit filed to seeking stop it.... ... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 667883 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/437213902/siva-vaidhyanathan-on-google-settlement.html Siva Vaidhyanathan, My initial take on the Google-publishers settlement, at The Googlization of Everything, October 28, 2008.&#160; Excerpt: ...This registry would serve as a helpful database through which scholars and publishers may find rights holders to clear rights. As of today, there is no good database for such book rights for most of the books published in the 20th century. So this has the potential to be a major boon to research and publishing. In addition, it can help rights holders accrue royalties (meager thought they might be) by exploiting a market that currently does not work efficiently or effectively -- reprints or selections from out-of-print works. Google is doing what the U.S. Copyright Office should have done years ago. As usual, Google is making up for public failure -- the opposite of market failure. • Google will offer (with nasty digital rights management) full-text copies out-of-print books (presumably only those books published by members of the AAP, thus excluding university presses, independent and small presses, vanity presses, etc.) for sale as downloads. • Google will offer much better access to many out-of-print works still under copyright. Right now Google offers these texts in useless &quot;snippet&quot; form. There would be much richer and broader access under the settlement.... In addition, this settlement, if it goes through, dodges that great copyright meltdown that I had feared. I did not want to see Google lose this suit in court. And I was confident it would. Google lawyers assured me that they were even more confident they would prevail. And they are smarter than I am. But clearly both sides saw real risk in continuing toward a courtroom showdown. However, back when Google debuted the library scanning part of the Book Search program, many of my fellow copyright critics celebrated the fact that a big, rich, powerful company was taking a stand to make fair use stronger. ... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 667881 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/437156035/press-release-palinet-launches-mass.html If you are unfamiliar with PALINET, it is:One of the largest U.S. member-owned and governed regional Library Networks, PALINET represents 600+ libraries, information centers, museums, archives, and other similar organizations throughout Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and beyond.For those of us not in their region, you may have seen PALINET exhibiting at a conference like Computers in Libraries or heard one of its staff members give a presentation (e.g., Tom Clareson).The fact that they are starting a mass digitization collaborative is great news.Press release:PALINET Launches Mass Digitization CollaborativePhiladelphia, PA, October 21, 2008 — PALINET announces the launch of the PALINET Mass Digitization Collaborative, a project funded by the PALINET membership and supported in part through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Mass Digitization Collaborative offers PALINET members the capability to contribute important historical and archival materials for digitization as part of a regional digital collection. Through PALINET’s partnership with the Internet Archive, the new digital resources will be shared on the Web, ensuring unprecedented open access to the rare and special library collections of the Mid-Atlantic region.Catherine C. Wilt, PALINET’s Executive Director, says, “The Mass Digitization Collaborative is an outstanding example of how cultural heritage institutions of all types can work together to build local and regional digital collections for free and open access to all. This effort will result in the availability of 20 million pages of digitized text from PALINET members.” Robert Miller, Internet Archive’s Director of Books, adds, "PALINET is a perfect partner. The extensive academic and research collections of the members combined with our mass digitization infrastructure makes for a great low-cost, high value partnership that will serve as a model for others. ... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 667877 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2008/10/press-release-palinet-launches-mass.html If you are unfamiliar with PALINET, it is:One of the largest U.S. member-owned and governed regional Library Networks, PALINET represents 600+ libraries, information centers, museums, archives, and other similar organizations throughout Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and beyond.For those of us not in their region, you may have seen PALINET exhibiting at a conference like Computers in Libraries or heard one of its staff members give a presentation (e.g., Tom Clareson).The fact that they are starting a mass digitization collaborative is great news.Press release:PALINET Launches Mass Digitization CollaborativePhiladelphia, PA, October 21, 2008 — PALINET announces the launch of the PALINET Mass Digitization Collaborative, a project funded by the PALINET membership and supported in part through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Mass Digitization Collaborative offers PALINET members the capability to contribute important historical and archival materials for digitization as part of a regional digital collection. Through PALINET’s partnership with the Internet Archive, the new digital resources will be shared on the Web, ensuring unprecedented open access to the rare and special library collections of the Mid-Atlantic region.Catherine C. Wilt, PALINET’s Executive Director, says, “The Mass Digitization Collaborative is an outstanding example of how cultural heritage institutions of all types can work together to build local and regional digital collections for free and open access to all. This effort will result in the availability of 20 million pages of digitized text from PALINET members.” Robert Miller, Internet Archive’s Director of Books, adds, "PALINET is a perfect partner. The extensive academic and research collections of the members combined with our mass digitization infrastructure makes for a great low-cost, high value partnership that will serve as a model for others. ... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 667650 http://freegovinfo.info/node/2094 There is a great blog post over at the Center for Democracy &amp; Technology's Policy Beta Blog: "Innovation, the Open Internet, and the Next President". It gives an overview of what our new President should do (or not do!) in regards to encouraging innovation and openness of the internet. Some points include: One of the new president’s first tasks will be to select top officials for executive branch positions. The FCC, the FTC, DoJ, NTIA, and the new Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (created by recently passed legislation) all will have a hand in policies with potentially significant impact on the Internet... The president also should avoid new copyright policies that fail to protect emerging forms of free expression in the digital realm... If the next president wants to encourage innovation, preserving the open character of the broadband Internet should be a top priority, right up there with the commonly cited goal of continuing to improve the nation’s broadband infrastructure. I would also add that our new President needs to support digital preservation technologies and standards, as well as digital authentication of documents online. Here is another post on a similar vein: "Next President Has 'Open' Opportunity". The Center for Democracy &amp; Technology also has a page entitled "The Internet in Transition" with a blueprint for keeping the internet open, innovative, and free. (Source: Free Government Information (FGI) blogs) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:57:03 +0100 667261 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=31523 &quot;The Northeast Document Conservation Center is pleased to announce a suite of new products that address the training needs of archivists, librarians, and museum and historical society profession... (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:03:00 +0100 666993 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/435927287/another-oa-repository-for-research-on.html Jason Kucsma, Preserving the Digital Preservation Conversation, Jason Kucsma, October 29, 2008.&#160; An article-length proposal of an OA repository for literature on digital preservation:&#160; the Digital Preservation Resource Repository (DiPPR).&#160; Excerpt: The rapidly changing landscape and relative “newness” of the digital preservation field...affords scholars, practitioners, and students the opportunity to swap roles more fluidly than virtually any other profession. Such role-swapping, however, demands a thorough, centralized repository of published literature on digital preservation theory and best practices.... Adopting a documentation strategy introduced by Helen Samuels (1986), this repository would serve as a historical record of where the field has been, a current record of where the field stands, and a projection of where the digital preservation movement is heading.... Documenting an entire field is not without its challenges....However, now is an appropriate time to cast a wide net on published work on digital preservation literature while the scope of work is relatively manageable.... A centralized open access repository would&#160; aid in eliminating geographic and institutional barriers that may be seen as impeding the progress of the digital preservation movement as a whole. In an attempt to reign in such a seemingly large body of knowledge, the Digital Preservation Resource Repository (DiPRR, pronounced “dipper”) will focus entirely on scholarly works published in online and print journals and those additional works published independently by organizations that self-identify digital preservation as their primary concern.... Comment.&#160; It's a great idea.&#160; But there already is an OA repository for literature on digital preservation, ERPAePRINTS. ... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 667308 http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/10/elpub-2009-first-call-for-papers.html ELPUB 2009 - First Call for PapersRethinking Electronic Publishing : Innovation in Communication Paradigms and Technologies13th International Conference on Electronic Publishing10 - 12 June 2009, Milan, Italyhttp://www.elpub.netElectronic publishing via the Internet is continuously changing its shapes and models, challenging traditional players to adapt to new contexts. Innovative technologies enable individuals, scholars, communities and networks to establish contacts, exchange data, produce information, share knowledge. Open access sources and commercial players make contents available for a heterogeneous audience in diversity of environments, from business to private life, from educational and cultural activities to leisure time, and in a large variety of devices, from personal computers to mobile media.New opportunities and new needs challenge us to rethink electronic publishing, to innovate communication paradigms and technologies, to make information not just a flat equivalent of a paper but a truly digital format, to allow machine processing and new services, to face the future of mobile life. The ELPUB 2009 conference will focus on key issues in e-communications, exploring dissemination channels, business models, technologies, methods and concepts.We welcome a wide variety of papers from members of the communities whose research and experiments are transforming the nature of electronic publishing and scholarly communications. ... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:17:00 +0100 667616 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/13173 ***Special Collections Digital Initiatives Librarian and Assistant Professor * The Department of Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi seeks applicants for the position of Special Collections Digital Initiatives Librarian. The position is a twelve-month, tenure track, assistant professor. Reports to the Head of Special Collections and coordinates selected digital initiatives projects regarding the overall management (production, capture, access, and preservation) of the digital intellectual output and digital conversion of Special Collections materials. *Job Responsibilities:* The work includes: establishing operating procedures, and overseeing the technical details of production processes needed to establish and maintain a digital initiatives operation; designing and supervising workflow processes; managing standards usage compliance; encoding metadata; collaborating with other librarians, including metadata cataloging; converting textual, image, audio, and video materials int (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 666429 http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2008/10/ancestrys-grant.html Word is slowly spreading about Ancestry.com's new grant program for state archives.&nbsp; Ancestry is promising to provide $1.5 million dollars in digitization services (though no money) to state repositories.&nbsp; Best of all, it has promised to keep the application requirements simple.&nbsp; The program is described at http://www.ancestrydps.com/programs.htm. No archives has enough money for digitization, so the natural question to ask is whether this is a good deal for archivists and for the public.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the terms described in the agreement appear to be a step back from the terms Ancestry recently negotiated with NARA.&nbsp; And even those terms came under sharp criticism.&nbsp; Archivists thinking about the Ancestry program may wish to move cautiously.While Ancestry calls its new program a &quot;grant&quot; program, in spirit it is much closer to the collaborative agreements it has signed with other repositories, most notably NARA.&nbsp; (NARA's agreement with Ancestry's parent, TGN, is found at http://www.archives.gov/digitization/tgn-agreement.pdf.)&nbsp; In practice, there is little difference between NARA's partnership and the activities to be undertaken in the state grant program.&nbsp; The big difference is that the partnership had to be negotiated and NARA could demand certain terms, while Ancestry gets to stipulate the terms of its &quot;grant&quot; program.&nbsp; So what has Ancestry left out of its &quot;grant&quot; program that is found in NARA's agreement?&nbsp; The big difference concerns the scope of Ancestry's rights in the digitized documents.&nbsp; For example, in NARA's agreement, only Ancestry can provide online access to the material for the first five years. ... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:55:19 +0100 666530 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/433495873/digital-futures-from-digitization-to.html "Led by experts of international renown, Digital Futures focuses on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting five days, Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitisation to delivery" Sydney, Australia 2 to 6 February 2009 and London, UK 27 April to 1 May 2009 (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:47:14 +0100 666378 http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00014971/ Giglia, E. (2008) Open Access, digital preservation e deposito legale: policy, progetti e servizi per la ricerca, Roma, CNR, 8 maggio 2008. Aida Informazioni - Manifestazioni dopo 26(1-2). (Source: E-LIS) Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:47:01 +0100 666044 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=4745 State: Maryland The candidate is responsible for the development, testing, installation, and evaluation of open source institutional repository systems such as dSpace, Fedora or ePrints. Under the direction of the Electronic Systems Team Lead, the candidate collaborates with other staff on the development and implementation of test cases and conducts usability testing. In particular the candidate will be involved with the development of the NASA Knowledge Management Case Study Collection. This position will be required to produce related documentation and user manuals as needed. This is a temporary position being funded for six months. Qualifications- Required: • Proficient in one or more current programming and/or scripting languages • Demonstrated knowledge of Web design and development • Working knowledge of Dublin Core and other standard metadata formats • Ability to be self-directed, yet work in a collaborative environment • Strong analytic and problem solving skills • Demonstrated knowledge of open source IR systems such as dSpace, Fedora, or ePrints. Preferred: • Experience with heterogeneous operating systems environment such as Windows, Linux, Unix • Knowledge of issues regarding storage and preservation of large digital collections. • Experience working with XML/XSLT, HTML, Java. Gene Major Program Manager, Library Associates NASA/GSFC Library Code 272 Greenbelt, MD 20770 301-286-4394 Eugene.R.Major@nasa.gov Submitted on 2008-10-24 (Source: SLIS Careers Feed) Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:48:11 +0100 665387 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=31603 The Metadata Working Group has introduced the first specification for interoperability and preservation of metadata in digital photography. (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:03:00 +0100 664956 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/430292675/ The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking applicants for three-year doctoral fellowships in Digital Curation. The application deadline is January 1, 2009. (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:31:03 +0100 665133 http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/2008/10/23/three-year-doctoral-fellowships-in-digital-curation-available/ The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking applicants for three-year doctoral fellowships in Digital Curation. The application deadline is January 1, 2009. (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:29:07 +0100 664936 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/429741798/ Cornell University has launched its DISCOVER Research Service Group to support its data-driven science efforts. Here&#39;s an excerpt from the press release: Cornell University announced today the establishment of the DISCOVER Research Service Group (DRSG) to facilitate data-driven science at Cornell by developing cross-disciplinary data archival and discovery tools. DISCOVER will conduct pilot projects in selected strategic areas such as the development of data discovery portals using access-layer protocols now under development at Fedora Commons and the Virtual Observatory. . . . Cornell&#39;s Department of Astronomy and the University Library, in partnership with the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing, will work closely with DISCOVER, which is comprised of research groups from multiple disciplines and core data management and curation staff. . . . The overarching goal of the DISCOVER Research Service Group is to provide accessible paths for the curation, preservation, and mining of scientific data. Systems are needed to make data sets accessible physically over both space (over a wide network) and time (for the indefinite future) and also transparently, using modern Web-based tools that are expected to evolve. (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:29:31 +0100 665152 http://www.escholarlypub.com/digitalkoans/2008/10/23/cross-disciplinary-data-tools-development-cornell-establishes-discover-research-service-group/ Cornell University has launched its DISCOVER Research Service Group to support its data-driven science efforts. Here&#39;s an excerpt from the press release: Cornell University announced today the establishment of the DISCOVER Research Service Group (DRSG) to facilitate data-driven science at Cornell by developing cross-disciplinary data archival and discovery tools. DISCOVER will conduct pilot projects in selected strategic areas such as the development of data discovery portals using access-layer protocols now under development at Fedora Commons and the Virtual Observatory. . . . Cornell&#39;s Department of Astronomy and the University Library, in partnership with the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing, will work closely with DISCOVER, which is comprised of research groups from multiple disciplines and core data management and curation staff. . . . The overarching goal of the DISCOVER Research Service Group is to provide accessible paths for the curation, preservation, and mining of scientific data. Systems are needed to make data sets accessible physically over both space (over a wide network) and time (for the indefinite future) and also transparently, using modern Web-based tools that are expected to evolve. (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:27:11 +0100 664940 http://davidmattison.ca/2008/10/22/fifth-planets-newsletter-is-out/ From the announcement on DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK (02008 10 22): Planets is happy to announce that the project’s fifth newsletter is now available! The newsletter from the Planets project includes highlights from the annual review, an introduction to Plato, as well as an article introducing a conceptual model for expressing concepts and requirements in digital preservation. The newsletter also presents [...] (Source: The Ten Thousand Year Blog) Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:01:27 +0100 664454 http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=51225 For those who thought Google Book Search (http://books.google.com) and its Library Partners program represented the death knell for libraries, take a deep breath and check out the latest digital elephant in the room, HathiTrust (www.hathitrust.org). HathiTrust is a shared digital repository aimed at bringing the vast collections of print books and journals currently housed in libraries into the digital world for the purposes of access, discovery, and preservation. The project began as a partnership of the 13 university libraries of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC; www.cic.net), the 10 libraries of the University of California system (www.universityofcalifornia.edu/cultural/libraries.html), and the California Digital Library (CDL; www.cdlib.org). The University of Virginia Library (www.lib.virginia.edu) also officially joined the partnership on Oct. 13, 2008, the same day the repository itself was announced. (Source: Infotoday Newsbreak RSS Feeds) Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 665022 http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=5571 KNOWLEDGE AND LIBRARY SERVICES HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL Special Collections Processor Salary band/grade: 56 Provides intellectual access to HBS institutional and faculty collections, the Business Manuscripts collections, and the Photograph Collections. Arranges and describes collections and creates finding aids according to national standards, using XML and EAD schema. Creates metadata records for HBS digital assets managed in an XML database. Manages the re-housing and other recommended preservation actions for processed collections, maintains the accession records for all new manuscript and photographic collections. Manages and oversees the processing work area including maintaining supplies and equipment. Provides reference service and access to Historical Collections materials to faculty, students and visiting scholars. Reports to either the Special Collections Librarian (Archives) or the Special Collections Librarian (Manuscripts), depending on the collections being worked on. Actively contributes to the work of the Baker Library Historical Collections collections team, Knowledge & Information Assets team and relevant Harvard University committees. May supervise and train staff. May assist in the development and preparation of exhibitions, public programs, curriculum support resources and publications that encourage a greater understanding and knowledge of the collections. Additional Information: Our expectations are that employees of HBS adhere to and represent our Community Standards. They are: Respect for the rights, differences, and dignity of others Honesty and integrity in dealing with all members of the community Accountability for personal behavior Baker Library Historical Collections holds one of the preeminent collections of historical materials on business and economic history and philosophy in the world. ... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:25:01 +0100 664138 http://pintini.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/10/20/europe-parse-insight.html PARSE.Insight - INSIGHT into issues of Permanent Access to the Records of Science in Europe"The EU-project "PARSE.Insight - INSIGHT into issues of Permanent Access to the Records of Science in Europe" started its work in March 2008. Its areas of activity include long-term digital preservation, the provision of raw scientific data and its links to publications.Raw scientific data is often scattered over a number of research institutes and in many cases is managed locally by the researchers themselves. The rapid aging of data carriers, formats and software and hardware environments means that their long-term accessibility is under threat. In many cases no preservation strategies exist for this data. There is therefore a risk of losing data which is of great significance for research. The aim of PARSE.Insight is to draw up a roadmap and recommendations to support the e-Infrastructure for the digital preservation and long-term accessibility of this raw academic data. The project partners first analyze the digital preservation methods and the communities involved in the provision of raw academic data. They then carry out a Europe-wide survey to determine how raw academic data is currently being archived. Three case studies are providing specific and complementary information. The results will be used as the basis for plugging the gaps in the European e-Infrastructure with regard to the long-term usability of raw scientific data and then to devise a tool to support EU investment and infrastructure decisions aimed at ensuring long-term access to raw scientific data.Nine partners from the fields of libraries, research, journalism and politics are working together in PARSE-Insight. The project is scheduled to run for two years.Further information: http://www.parse-insight.eu/" (Source: pintiniblog) Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:38:13 +0100 664733 http://pintini.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/10/21/bl-plan-strategique.html The British Library's Strategy 2008 - 2011 * Capture extensively and store UK digital publications* Connect our users with content* Transform access and preservation for newspapers* Support UK research with innovative services and integrated processes* Build our digital infrastructure* Integrate storage and preservation of physical collections* Develop as an organisationVia Prosper (Source: pintiniblog) Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:37:40 +0100 664736 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LibrariansMatter/~3/426413259/ I had the best time at the  Bridging Worlds conference. The speakers were excellent and gave a worldwide perspective. The food and venue was fantastic. The small number of participants - around 250 -  made it easy to navigate and access. The backchannel and &#8220;unconference&#8221; elements of it - twitter, chatting in the breaks and general playfulness of a few delegates - made it the best conference I have ever attended. The sessions were all videod and most presenters wrote a full paper to accompany their session. These will be available soon - keep watching the Bridging Worlds blog. You can also view the slide sets, collated at slideshare.net: BridgingWorlds 2008 . Here are some ideas I came home with: We need to share - our data and our co-operative efforts. Standards - data storage, web application, metadata - are vitally important to our work. We need to know what applies in our area and work to ensure they are developed sensibly and used well. 3. The GLAM sector - Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums - is converging. Libraries play an essential role in preserving, collating and providing access to these collections. 4. We can stop debating and trying to find definitions of Library 2.0 now. A participative, user-focused, web-enabled, Open and Transparent library can exist; whatever we want to call it. It does exist in places and we need the technical and visionary skills to facilitate it if our profession can survive. 5. The physical library can be a Third Place- somewhere that is not home, not work, but a gathering place where citizens feel pride of ownership and &#8220;at home&#8221;. 6. The online library is often a Second Place. Users come to our resources after they have first tried google, and they need more depth or organisation.. 7. Not everyone is using Web 2.0 tools - it varies a lot within library staff and library user populations. 8. Unintended consequences often happen when we use Web 2. ... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:27:35 +0100 664767 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/426535537/eprint-durable-digital-objects-rather.html This 14 page paper was deposited into ePrints in June 2008 and may be of interest to anyone focused on digital preservation.Abstract: Long-term digital preservation is not the best available objective. Instead, what information producers and consumers almost surely want is a universe of durable digital objects—documents and programs that are as accessible and useful a century from now as they are today. Given the will, we could implement and deploy a practical and pleasing durability infrastructure within two years. Tools for daily work can embed packaging for durability without much burdening their users. Moving responsibility for durability from archival employees to information producers also avoids burdening repositories with keeping up with Internet scale. An engineering prescription is available. Research libraries’ and archives’ slow advance towards practical preservation of digital content is remarkable to outsiders. Why is their progress stalled? Ineffective collaboration across disciplinary boundaries has surely been a major impediment. We speculate about cultural reasons for this situation and warn about possible marginalization of research librarianship as a profession.Technorati tag: Digital PreservationThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. (Source: Digitization 101) Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 663422 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2008/10/eprint-durable-digital-objects-rather.html This 14 page paper was deposited into ePrints in June 2008 and may be of interest to anyone focused on digital preservation.Abstract: Long-term digital preservation is not the best available objective. Instead, what information producers and consumers almost surely want is a universe of durable digital objects—documents and programs that are as accessible and useful a century from now as they are today. Given the will, we could implement and deploy a practical and pleasing durability infrastructure within two years. Tools for daily work can embed packaging for durability without much burdening their users. Moving responsibility for durability from archival employees to information producers also avoids burdening repositories with keeping up with Internet scale. An engineering prescription is available. Research libraries’ and archives’ slow advance towards practical preservation of digital content is remarkable to outsiders. Why is their progress stalled? Ineffective collaboration across disciplinary boundaries has surely been a major impediment. We speculate about cultural reasons for this situation and warn about possible marginalization of research librarianship as a profession.Technorati tag: Digital PreservationThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. (Source: Digitization 101) Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 663283 http://litablog.org/2008/10/19/web-site-redesign/ Presented Saturday, October 18, 2008, at the LITA National Forum. Speakers from four academic libraries talked about various aspects of their web redesign projects and participated in a Q&amp;A after the presentations. Presenters were: Elizabeth L. &#8220;Beth&#8221; Black, Systems Librarian, Ohio State University Libraries Russell Schelby, Systems Developer &amp; Engineer, Ohio State University Libraries Amelia Brunskill, Liaison Librarian for the Sciences, Dickinson College Robin Leech, Head, Digital Initiatives, Oklahoma State University Libraries Edward M. Corrado, Head of Library Technology, Binghamton University Several themes came through each of the presentations. Usability testing takes time but it&#8217;s worth it. Communication is key in any redesign process. Line up your redesign with your library and campus mission and/or strategic plan. Creating the Web Implementation Team at Ohio State University Libraries Beth Black and Russell Schelby talked about the creation and guidelines for the Ohio State University Libraries Web Implementation Team (WIT) as a key component to have in place before a redesign. Beth was the head of the WIT, which included new technical positions in the library, and Russell as one of the developers on the team. Slides are available at http://hdl.handle.net/1811/34031. Team members were recruited not only for technical skills but also for project management skills and interpersonal competencies. Example interview questions were: Tell me about a time you lacked a skill that you needed and how you acquired that skill; Tell me about a time you solved one problem but created others. The team went through a conscious team building process and developed its own mission statement within the framework of the library and campus. Goals for developing standards were: security, usability, maintainability, and data preservation. ... Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:36:18 +0100 662966 http://davidmattison.ca/2008/10/18/parseinsight-european-science-records-get-the-digital-treatment/ Quoting from the front page of PARSE.Insight (Permanent Access to the Records of Science in Europe), PARSE.Insight is a two-year project co-funded by the European Union under the Sixth Framework Programme. It is concerned with the preservation of digital information in science, from primary data through analysis to the final publications resulting from the research. The [...] (Source: The Ten Thousand Year Blog) Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:49:40 +0100 662922 http://davidmattison.ca/2008/10/17/nestor-handbook-on-digital-preservation/ Germany&#8217;s Nestor (Network of Expertise in Long-Term Storage of Digital Resources) published version 1.2 in June 02008 of its digital preservation handbook, Eine kleine Enzyklopädie der digitalen Langzeitarchivierung. It&#8217;s only available in German and, when the project wraps up in 02009, a printed version should appear. The work is still in progress. Source: nestor newsletter no. [...] (Source: The Ten Thousand Year Blog) Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:52:25 +0100 662267 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=31524 &quot;This study focuses on the copyright and related laws of Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States and the impact of those laws on digital preservation of copyrighted w... (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:04:00 +0100 661819 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Digital_library&diff=245780668&oldid=prev moved intellectual property and art digitization to it&#39;s own page ← Previous revision Revision as of 23:39, 16 October 2008 Line 67: Line 67: http://146.48.87.122:8003/OLP/Repository/1.0/Disseminate/delos/2006_WP1_D142/content/pdf?version http://146.48.87.122:8003/OLP/Repository/1.0/Disseminate/delos/2006_WP1_D142/content/pdf?version =1&lt;/ref&gt; and the Streams, Structures, Spaces, Scenarios, Societies (5S) formal framework (Gonçalves, Fox, Watson, &amp; Kipp, 2004)&lt;ref&gt;Gonçalves, M. A., Fox, E. A., Watson, L. T., &amp; Kipp, N. A. (2004). Streams, Structures, Spaces, Scenarios, =1&lt;/ref&gt; and the Streams, Structures, Spaces, Scenarios, Societies (5S) formal framework (Gonçalves, Fox, Watson, &amp; Kipp, 2004)&lt;ref&gt;Gonçalves, M. A., Fox, E. A., Watson, L. T., &amp; Kipp, N. A. (2004). Streams, Structures, Spaces, Scenarios, - Societies (5S): A Formal Model for Digital Libraries. ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS), + Societies (5S): A Formal Model for Digital Libraries. ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS),22 (2), 270-312.&lt;/ref&gt; - 22 (2), 270-312.&lt;/ref&gt; &nbsp; - &nbsp; ===Digitization=== ===Digitization=== Line 104: Line 104: Other digital libraries accommodate copyright concerns by licensing content and distributing it on a commercial basis, which allows for better management of the content's reproduction and the payment (if required) of royalties. The [[Fair Use]] Provisions (17 USC § 107) under copyright law provide specific guidelines under which circumstances libraries are allowed to copy digital resources. Four factors that constitute fair use are purpose of use, nature of the work, market impact, and amount or substantiality used.&lt;ref&gt;[http://fairuse. ... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:39:00 +0100 661726 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Digital_library&diff=245779434&oldid=prev moved Digital Collections Selection Criteria into it&#39;s own page ← Previous revision Revision as of 23:32, 16 October 2008 Line 42: Line 42: == Construction and organisation == == Construction and organisation == &nbsp; + &nbsp; + See also [[Digital Collections Selection Criteria]]. &nbsp; + ===Frameworks=== ===Frameworks=== Line 67: Line 70: 22 (2), 270-312.&lt;/ref&gt; 22 (2), 270-312.&lt;/ref&gt; - ===Selection Criteria=== &nbsp; - A strategy with defined selection priorities for digitization is critical and should be informed by a convergence in the consideration for both preservation and access. The focus should be based on traditional preservation decisions such as the value of materials; the condition of materials; use of materials; and material characteristics ensuring a high level of success. For the Library of Congress, items of national interest are prime candidates and digitizing these objects improves access while reducing the wear and tear on the originals.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_7/marcum/index.html Digitizing for Access and Preservation: Strategies of the Library of Congress&lt;!-- Bot generated title --&gt;]&lt;/ref&gt; &nbsp; - &nbsp; - In the early discussions about digitization of library materials the selection decisions were proposed based on a desire for better access to that item's content and not on the condition or value of the original item.&lt;ref&gt;Gertz, J. (2000 April). Selection for preservation in the digital age: An overview. Library Resources &amp; Technical Services, 44(2), 97-104.&lt;/ref&gt; In 2001, Paula De Stefano&lt;ref&gt;De Stefano, Paula. (2001, January). ... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:32:54 +0100 661727 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Digital_library&diff=245555933&oldid=prev Types of digital libraries ← Previous revision Revision as of 23:42, 15 October 2008 Line 9: Line 9: ==Types of digital libraries== ==Types of digital libraries== - The term ''library'' is diffuse enough to be applied to a wide range of collections and organizations, but, to be considered a digital library, an online collection of information must be managed by and made accessible to a community of users. Thus, some web sites can be considered digital libraries, but far from all. Many of the best known digital libraries are older than the web including [[Perseus Project|Project Perseus]], [[Project Gutenberg]], and [[ibiblio]]. Nevertheless, as a result of the development of the internet and its search potential, digital libraries such as [[the European Library]] and the [[Library of Congress]] are now developing in a Web-based environment. Public, school and college libraries are also able to develop digital download websites, featuring [[eBooks]], [[audiobooks]], music and video, through companies like [[OverDrive, Inc.]] + The term '' digital library'' is diffuse enough to be applied to a wide range of collections and organizations, but, to be considered a digital library, an online collection of information must be managed by and made accessible to a community of users. Thus, some web sites can be considered digital libraries, but far from all. Many of the best known digital libraries are older than the web including [[Perseus Project|Project Perseus]], [[Project Gutenberg]], and [[ibiblio]]. Nevertheless, as a result of the development of the internet and its search potential, digital libraries such as [[the European Library]] and the [[Library of Congress]] are now developing in a Web-based environment. ... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:42:40 +0100 661732 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Digital_library&diff=245555806&oldid=prev Types of digital libraries ← Previous revision Revision as of 23:42, 15 October 2008 Line 9: Line 9: ==Types of digital libraries== ==Types of digital libraries== - The term ''digital library'' is diffuse enough to be applied to a wide range of collections and organizations, but, to be considered a digital library, an online collection of information must be managed by and made accessible to a community of users. Thus, some web sites can be considered digital libraries, but far from all. Many of the best known digital libraries are older than the web including [[Perseus Project|Project Perseus]], [[Project Gutenberg]], and [[ibiblio]]. Nevertheless, as a result of the development of the internet and its search potential, digital libraries such as [[the European Library]] and the [[Library of Congress]] are now developing in a Web-based environment. Public, school and college libraries are also able to develop digital download websites, featuring [[eBooks]], [[audiobooks]], music and video, through companies like [[OverDrive, Inc.]] + The term ''library'' is diffuse enough to be applied to a wide range of collections and organizations, but, to be considered a digital library, an online collection of information must be managed by and made accessible to a community of users. Thus, some web sites can be considered digital libraries, but far from all. Many of the best known digital libraries are older than the web including [[Perseus Project|Project Perseus]], [[Project Gutenberg]], and [[ibiblio]]. Nevertheless, as a result of the development of the internet and its search potential, digital libraries such as [[the European Library]] and the [[Library of Congress]] are now developing in a Web-based environment. ... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:42:02 +0100 661733</