Preservation – Why the Urgency? “A National Library is a place where a nation nourishes its memory and exerts its imagination – where it connects with its past and invents its future.” Pierre Ryckmans

“To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself.” Okri, Ben A way of being free. Phoenix House,1997. Preservation – Why the Urgency?

Legislative Mandate for Preservation National Library of New Zealand Act  The purpose of the National Library is to enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations by, as appropriate,-  (a) collecting, preserving, and protecting documents, particularly those relating to New Zealand, and making them accessible for all the people of New Zealand, in a manner consistent with their status as documentary heritage and taonga;

Preservation Metadata Schema NLNZ’s Metadata Standards Framework 2000 Preservation Metadata – November 2002/June schema – a logical model data model - for implementation extract tool repository.

Preservation Metadata Schema The four entities of the NLNZ schema.

Preservation Metadata Schema

Preservation Metadata Schema – Resolution

Preservation Data Model – Image Resolution

Preservation Metadata Data Model

Preservation Metadata Data Model for Images

Preservation Metadata Extract Tool

The Preservation Master in the Digital Archive Workflow

Digital Strategies Business process workflows, eg selection, acquisition, handling of digital objects Infrastructure for digital material, eg storage, access, file naming, data authentication – the idea of the trusted repository Associated Digital Library activities, eg metadata (resource discovery, preservation, structural) and persistent identifiers Web harvesting for the capture and preservation of New Zealand web sites Bulk digitisation of textual materials Migration and emulation (especially of complex objects)

Broadband Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Broadband Consolidation Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Broadband Consolidation Storage Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Broadband Consolidation Storage PersistentIdentifiers Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Broadband Consolidation Storage PersistentIdentifiers Preservation Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Broadband Consolidation Storage PersistentIdentifiers Preservation Web harvesting Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Broadband Consolidation Storage PersistentIdentifiers Preservation Web harvesting Digitisation Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Broadband Consolidation Storage PersistentIdentifiers Preservation Web harvesting Digitisation GenericInterface Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Broadband Consolidation Storage PersistentIdentifiers Preservation Web harvesting Digitisation GenericInterface ResourceDiscovery Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Broadband Consolidation Storage PersistentIdentifiers Preservation Web harvesting Digitisation GenericInterface ResourceDiscovery Rights Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Broadband Consolidation Storage PersistentIdentifiers Preservation Web harvesting Digitisation GenericInterface ResourceDiscovery Rights NZ JournalsOnline PictureAotearoaElectronic SiteLicence Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Broadband Consolidation Storage PersistentIdentifiers Preservation Web harvesting Digitisation GenericInterface ResourceDiscovery Rights NZ JournalsOnline PictureAotearoaElectronic SiteLicence Te Puna Review Digital Strategies Content Applications Infrastructure Infrastructure to Support Digital Strategies

Digital Archive Workflow (Draft)

Next Steps Standards development Data model Extract tool XML representations Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard (METS) The practical experience that NLNZ and other organisations will gain from managing a wide range of digital objects.

Repositories RLG/OCLC Attributes of a Trusted Digital Repository Compliance with the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Administrative responsibility Organizational viability Financial sustainability Technological and procedural suitability System security Procedural accountability

Overview of the OAIS Model from Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System

3. Financial Sustainability 4. Technological Sustanability 5. System Security 6. Procedural Accountability 1. Administrative Responsibility 2. Organisational Viability 6. Accountability (Certification) Courtesy of Anne Kenney – Cornell University

3. Financial Sustainability 4. Technological Sustanability 5. System Security 6. Procedural Accountability 1. Administrative Responsibility 2. Organisational Viability 6. Accountability (Certification) Courtesy of Anne Kenney – Cornell University

Secure Integrated Digital Preservation Matrix Value added Services External Relations and Dependencies Certification Program Financial Model Program Components Administrative Responsibility/Viability Courtesy of Anne Kenney – Cornell University

Preservation Metadata & Nirvana – An Impossible Dream? Resourcing Trust Sustainability Nirvana

Preservation – Why the Urgency? “Nothing makes clearer that a library is an organisation, rather than a building or a collection, than the requirement for institutional commitment if electronic information is to have more than a fleeting existent.” (Peter Graham) “The real challenge is creating appropriate organisational contexts for action.” (Paul Conway)