Natalie Harrower The Importance of Trusted Digital Preservation (for Humanities Data) 1 st International Workshop on Computational History June 27, 2014 Natalie Harrower Education & Outreach
What is the Digital Repository of Ireland? DRI Presentation DRI is an interactive, national trusted digital repository for contemporary and historical, social and cultural data held by Irish institutions
Core Grant: HEA PRTLI 5, €5.2M RIA (lead), NUIM, TCD, DIT, NUIG, NCAD Sep 2011 – Sep 2015 Partnership projects: diversified funding to 2019 Funding
Digital Preservation Data Discovery Access & Curation Narratives, Visualisation How do we do it? Robust TDR Infrastructure Policy and Advocacy Education and Outreach Projects and Partnerships What do we do?
DRI Repository Preview – 14 May 2014 Pilot version launched to a small group of stakeholders last month. Public launch this fall Currently have 18 collections from 15 institutions File formats include image, text, audio Content: artwork, scripts, radio, music, reports, manifestos, war posters, interviews, Irish language Ability to browse, search, view collections, objects, all metadata, download objects (depends on license)
DRI: Connecting with the Community Education & Outreach (Events & Dissemination) Partnerships Collaborative Projects DRI Core Big Data Industry Academics Libraries Archives Cultural Institutions Custodians of social data App Developers Community Interest
Why Digital Preservation?
Archiving brings order and discoverability Preservation for long-term accessibility Ability to share data = unexpected discoveries, research reproducibility, cost savings Enables links between data sets Facilitates data-driven humanities research Why Digital Preservation?
“A trusted digital repository is one whose mission is to provide reliable, long-term access to managed digital resources to its designated community, now and in the future” Why a Trusted Digital Repository?
Key Aspects of Trust a.Authenticity & Provenance b.Attention to Standards and Quality of data c.Formal Agreements & Procedures d.Data Security & Access Authentication
Sample Projects/Partnerships Irish Record Linkage, : vital registration data MoTIF: Pilot Thesaurus on Irish Folklore (with NLI) The DRI-INSIGHT RTÉ project: content discovery for archives PLOT: app for cultural tourism Social Repository of Ireland – SFI Technology Innovation Development Award (TIDA Feasibility Study) Research Data Alliance, DARIAH, Digital Preservation Coalition
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