Digital Preservation in UK HE/FE and beyond presentation to JISC/CNI June 2000 Neil Beagrie JISC Digital Preservation Focus
Overview l Introduction l The role l Background (technical and organisational) »Digital Preservation in UK HE/FE »Major Organisations and Policy in UK Digital Preservation »Co-ordination and Collaboration l JISC Preservation Focus
JISC Digital Preservation Focus The role: l Part of the DNER Programme team l Develop long-term retention strategy for HE/FE in UK l Focus for development of practices, policies and strategies l establish and manage a National Digital Preservation Coalition l generate support,inter-working and collaborative funding from appropriate agencies in UK & world- wide l disseminate and publish results and outcomes
Digital Preservation research and services in UK Higher Education l Warwick I Workshop 1995/ Warwick II 1998 l JISC/NPO digital preservation research studies l JISC pilot projects and services –AHDS –CEDARS –CAMILEON (JISC/NSF) –Data Archive (JISC/ESRC) –NESLI/content acquisition l LIC research »Preservation Management of Digital Materials Workbook l BL Co-operation and Partnership Programme
l Legal Deposit Libraries »British Library and 5 other deposit libraries (Cambridge, Oxford, National libraries of Scotland, & Wales, Dublin) l Government Archives »PRO - ULCC, EROS,emulation l Regional archives, libraries and museums »Re:source: Museums, Libraries and Archives Council »Lottery Funding (HLF, NOF) UK Digital Preservation
UK Co-ordinating Bodies l Proposed National Digital Preservation Coalition »recommendation of Warwick 2 workshop1998 »implementing Warwick 2 recommendations »co-ordination of HE & national and international collaboration l National Preservation Office » l Digital Archiving Working Group »Warwick 1 workshop1995 »JISC/NPO Research Studies
International Collaboration l RLG and North America »JISC/RLG MOU l Open Archival Information System (OAIS) »CEDARS, BL l NEDLIB / Europe »Metadata, demonstrators, emulation l Australia (NLA & PADI)
JISC Digital Preservation Focus Long-term retention strategy »records management &retention study -eLib & JTAP »archiving & access to purchased content »national strategy and legal deposit »infrastructure: projects to services
JISC Digital Preservation Focus focus for practices,policy, strategies, dissemination »preservation workbook »initiating new research –Warwick II workshop recommendations –Camileon and emulation »encourage better dissemination of current work »develop international links and information sharing »copyright -JISC multi-media rights and JISC / Publishers Association WGs
JISC Digital Preservation Focus l Digital Preservation Coalition »collaboration and catalysts »consultation »manifesto »build activities and partnerships