Digitization and Digital Preservation: Strategies for COPPUL Libraries

Friday April 20, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

University of Calgary Taylor Family Digital Library

Organized by the COPPUL Digital Curation and Preservation Group and the COPPUL PLN Steering Committee, this day-long workshop will feature presentations and small group discussions geared to helping participants move forward with digital preservation. The workshop, funded by COPPUL, is limited to a maximum of 40 participants, with a seat for each COPPUL library. Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation.

Workshop Outcomes:

Through pre-readings and workshop discussions, participants will have a common level of understanding of the principles and issues around digital preservation
Participants will be up to date on the current activities of COPPUL libraries, as well as selected preservation initiatives elsewhere in Canada.
Participants will establish contacts for further discussion and collaboration
Participants will have tools to assess their library’s level of readiness to begin digital preservation initiatives

Registration information – Please consult with your Director before registering. The registration deadline for COPPUL seats is February 24, 2012. Remaining spots will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis. Fill in the registration form here

Accommodation information – If you wish to come the day before, rooms are available at the Hotel Alma, conveniently located on campus, and at the Best Western Village Park Inn (ask for the Canadian government rate), a short walk or C-train ride from campus.

For those coming on April 20, the Calgary airport is a 45 minute cab ride from campus.

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00	Continental breakfast
9:00 – 9:15	Introductions and Housekeeping
9:15 – 10:15	Digital preservation in a university context
	Vaughn Ravenscroft, Chief Information Officer (UofC)
	COPPUL libraries – digitization/preservation snapshot
	Rhys Stevens (U Lethbridge)
10:15 – 10:45	Coffee
10:45 – 12:00	COPPUL Preservation Initiatives Panel
	Mark Jordan (SFU) – preserving digital theses
	Geoff Harder (U Alberta) – International Polar Year Data Archiving Canadian Network
	Bronwen Sprout (UBC) – Archivematica implementation
	Andrew Waller (UofC) – COPPUL Private LOCKSS Network
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch
1:00 – 2:00	Other Canadian Initiatives Panel
	Steve Marks (Ontario Council of University Libraries)
	Mary Westell (UofC) - Synergies Project
2:00 – 3:00	Birds of a Feather Topics
	Small group discussions with specific questions and report back
3:00 – 3:15	Refreshment break
3:15 – 4:00	Report back and wrap up

Digitization and Digital Preservation: Strategies for COPPUL Libraries

Pre-reading List

Overview:

The paradox of digital preservation by Su-Shing Chen, University of Missouri-Columbia

http://www.fpdigital.com/resource/files/paradoxofdigitalpreservation.pdf

Planning for Digital Preservation: a self assessment tool, Liz Bishoff, North http://www.nedcc.org/resources/digital/downloads/DigitalPreservationSelfAssessmentfinal.pdf

Thirteen ways of looking at . . . digital preservation, Brian Lavoie and Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC

http://dlib.org/dlib/july04/lavoie/07lavoie.html

Digital Preservation: problems and prospects, Margaret Hedstrom, University of Michigan

http://www.dl.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp/DLjournal/No_20/1-hedstrom/1-hedstrom.html

Why Traditional Storage Systems Don't Help Us Save Stuff Forever, Mary Baker, Kimberly Keeton, Sean Martin, Internet Systems and Storage Laboratory, HP Laboratories Palo Alto

http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2005/HPL-2005-120.pdf

Digital Preservation Handbook, Digital Preservation Coalition http://www.dpconline.org/advice/preservationhandbook

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Digital Preservation Management: Implementing Short-term Strategies for Long-term Problems

http://www.dpworkshop.org/dpm-eng/contents.html

“Digital Longevity” in Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access, Howard Besser, UCLA http://www.nedcc.org/resources/digitalhandbook/ix.htm

Practices:

The State of the Art and Practice in Digital Preservation by Kyong-ho Lee, Oliver Slattery, Richang Lu, Xiao Tang, Victor Mccrary

http://www.mendeley.com/research/the-state-of-the-art-and-practice-in-digital-preservation/#

Survey of Digital Preservation Practices in Canada, Kathleen Shearer for Library and Archives Canada

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/digital-initiatives/012018-3100-e.html

Modelling Organizational Preservation Goals to Guide Digital Preservation, Angela Dappert, Adam Farquhar

http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/123

DCC Curation Lifecycle Model, Digital Curation Centre, JISC

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/curation-lifecycle-model

Understanding PREMIS, Priscilla Caplan, Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/understanding-premis.pdf

Format Obsolescence: Assessing the Threat and the Defenses, David S. H. Rosenthal

Stanford University Libraries, http://lockss.stanford.edu/locksswiki/files/LibraryHighTech2010.pdf

PRONOM-ROAR: Adding Format Profiles to a Repository Registry to Inform Preservation Services, Tim Brody, Leslie Carr, Jessie M.N. Hey, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Adrian Brown, Services Manager, Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK), Steve Hitchcock, Project Manager,

Preserv Project http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/53/25

Digital Preservation Policies Study, Neil Beagrie, Najla Semple, Peter Williams, and Richard Wright, JISC

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/preservation/jiscpolicy_p1finalreport.pdf

National Initiatives:

Digital Preservation Coalition, (United Kingdom)

http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/index.html

PANDORA (Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia)

http://pandora.nla.gov.au/

National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (Library of Congress)

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/

Digital Preservation Europe

http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/