1. Implementing Metaarchive At Robert E. Kennedy Library
Michele Wyngard, Digital Repository Coordinator
California Polytechnic State University
CSU Institutional Repository Conference, San Jose State University
April 10, 2015 1

2. Hire Digital Archivist
Project timeline
2012
2013
2014
2015
Environment
scan and report
Join MetaArchive
Hire Digital Archivist
Server node
Ingestion server
Prioritize and prep
content
Test ingests
Ingest content
Refine digital
preservation
policy 5

3. Current Preservation NeedsTB
ETDs, faculty scholarship, campus docs
SCA digitized master files TB
Audio/visual, images
SCA born-digital collections TB
Archive-It, oral histories, other collections
GIS & Data Services ?
Subscription ejournals and ebooks ?
Total TB
Est 5 yrs TB 3

4. MetaARchive costs 3 year minimum commitment required Cost Details
LOCKSS Alliance Membership
$5,882/yr
Carnegie Class: Large Master’s Colleges and Universities
MetaArchive Membership
$3,000/yr
Preservation level member
Server cost
$4,600
One-time required cost
Storage Cost
$1,463/yr (2.5TB)
$.59/GB/yr or $585/TB/yr
Total for Year 1
$14,945
Total for Years 2 and 3
$10,345/yr 8

5. Staff Roles Library information technology Digital Archivist
Digital Repository Coordinator
Set up node server (worked with Campus ITS)
Set up and maintain ingestion server
Monitors updates
(MetaArchive software is updated automatically,
Server OS is updated by ITS)
Manage node duties
Manage and ingest SCA digitized master files and SCA born-digital collections
Manage and ingest repository content 4

6. DC@CP specifics PROCESS: Enable LOCKSS manifests
Create collections in MetaArchive CMS (Conspectus)
Enter Archival Unit Info in Conspectus
Notify MetaArchive that AU’s are ready
3 plugins covering different series types:
Series, ETDs, galleries, books
Journals
Conferences
Only .156 TB of content, but *lots* of AU’s 3

7. SCA Content Specifics PROCESS: Bagger to create bags (<200GB)
Bag Split Utility to split bags to 28GB
Move to ingestion server
Create collections in MetaArchive CMS (Conspectus)
Enter Archival Unit Info in Conspectus
Notify MetaArchive that AU’s are ready 3

8. If you have questions please contact: MetaArchive Program Manager
DSPACE Content Specifics
LOCKSS will soon be optimized to parse and filter the OAI-PMH XML directly - no need for stylesheet transformation
Currently archiving DSpace ETDs from:
Oregon State University
Indiana State University
Virginia Tech is piloting new LOCKSS plugins for DSpace ingests – available Summer 2015
If you have questions please contact:
Matt Schultz
MetaArchive Program Manager

9. challenges
Scalability/prioritizing content
Possibility of migration 3

10. Thank you Michele Wyngard Digital Repository Coordinator 805-756-2315
Zach Vowell
Digital Archivist
Special Collections and Archives
Robert E. Kennedy Library 13