14 September 2009 Hugh J Campbell Digital Preservation and PRONI The Story So Far
PRONI PRONI created by Public Records Act (NI) 1923 Opened its doors in March 1924 54km Paper Records held
Electronic NICS Jan 03 – EDRMS Infrastructure project initiated Jan 05 – 3 Pilot sites go-live Roll-out to rest of NICS Line of Business applications
Why worry? In the era of Access to Information - Freedom of Information, Data Protection, etc. – retrieval has become a critical business need. Digital black hole.
PRONI – Digital Preservation Resources committed Staff Training DPC membership
PRONI – web archiving Project underway Select 30 government websites Harvest on agreed basis Make available via PRONI website TNA and European Archive
PRONI – web archiving Future – develop web archivist role Increase number of sites and extend beyond central government PRONI to preserve the websites
PRONI – Long-term access Business Case developed for long term access
PRONI – Digital Preservation Project underway Select service provider to develop business case for digital preservation Identify resources Consider options
PRONI – Digital Preservation Anticipated outcome Resources identified – staff; finance Responsibilities identified: PRONI; NICS; wider public sector Trusted Digital Repository