Desks Drawers & Trusted Repositories: Lance Stuchell, MSI Digital Preservation Librarian, University of Michigan Wayne State University, 10/23/2012 Digital Preservation in an Academic Library

Overview Digital preservation continuum – Application of resources to digital content Preservation at Michigan Library – Preservation activities along continuum – Removable media example Solution development in community – Gaps between research and practice – Signs of change and next steps

Digital Preservation Continuum Resources, time, technical expertise, etc.

Preservation at MLibrary Institutional Repository A/V digitization Research data Removable media Web preservation Licensed content HathiTrust support

Preservation at MLibrary Institutional Repository A/V digitization Research data Removable media Web preservation Licensed content HathiTrust support

Digital Forensics/Removable Media

Get intellectual control over inventory of media Create disk images Bitstream preservation

Digital Forensics/Removable Media Get intellectual control over inventory of media Create disk images Bitstream preservation Harder

Digital Preservation Continuum Resources, time, technical expertise, etc.

Digital Preservation Continuum Disk imaging Digital forensic tools (AIMS project) Emulation and normalization

Preservation in the Community Government Smaller Colleges Research Universities Museums Historical Societies

Digital Preservation Continuum Resources, time, technical expertise, etc. Guidance and solution development

Signs of Change OCLC physical media report Continued ownership by SAA, ALA, etc. Implementable tools and workflows – Duke Data Accessioner (Seth Shaw) – Practical E-records (Chris Prom) Recognition of gap NDSA Levels of Preservation

Next Steps Continue work on Levels of Preservation Merging of research and practice – Better communication of needs/solutions Focus on implementable tools and guidance Tools Workflows – Archivematica – Hosted and vended solutions Leadership!

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