1. The NLW Digital Asset Management System Paul Bevan DAMS Implementation Manager paul.bevan@llgc.org.uk

2. Institutional Context The LLGC DAMS is safekeeping for Wales’ digital assets but, it is an element within a wider Digital Asset Management Solution, which is an element within the library’s integrated systems, which come together to: The LLGC DAMS is safekeeping for Wales’ digital assets but, it is an element within a wider Digital Asset Management Solution, which is an element within the library’s integrated systems, which come together to: … preserve and give access to all kinds and forms of recorded knowledge, especially relating to Wales and the Welsh and other Celtic peoples, for the benefit of the public including those engaged in research and learning.

3. Institutional Context: Development Aims History of development with Fedora History of development with Fedora Key Aims: Key Aims: Add functionality to VITAL Add functionality to VITAL Developments in line with communities (Fedora, Vital and other DAMS) Developments in line with communities (Fedora, Vital and other DAMS) Skills and Resources Skills and Resources Cataloguers experience Cataloguers experience Re-use skills Re-use skills Single Search Single Search Solution to adhere to Standards; METS, PREMIS, OAIS, TDR etc etc Solution to adhere to Standards; METS, PREMIS, OAIS, TDR etc etc

4. OAIS Overview

5. Why OAIS? Useful Overview Useful Overview Standard and ‘tested’ Standard and ‘tested’ Overlaps with TDR (medium-term goal) Overlaps with TDR (medium-term goal) Granularity GranularityBut... Not overly restrictive (interpretation?). Not overly restrictive (interpretation?). Complex & inaccessible Complex & inaccessible

6. METS METS as SIP, AIP and DIP METS as SIP, AIP and DIP Contains Metadata from: Contains Metadata from: JHOVE/Automatically Extracted JHOVE/Automatically Extracted RightsMD RightsMD DescriptiveMD (minimum required for locating) DescriptiveMD (minimum required for locating) PreservationMD PreservationMD METS functions as the rules not the enforcement mechanism METS functions as the rules not the enforcement mechanism

7. Rights Management Object Storage Servers Dissemination Layer FEDORA Preservation Check (eg. DROID) Virus Check Error Check (Checksum) Preservation Tasks (eg. Migration) Object Electronic Deposit Off-Air Recording Digital Archives Digitisation Ingest Mechanisms …

8. FEDORA iPortal Storage Solution(s) VITAL Client User Staff Layered Disseminator Structure Direct Route (eg. Google, URL) External Depositor Ingest Process Web Deposit Interface VITAL Access Portal Rights?

9. Object (PID/Handle) DS: METS DS: DC (OAI-PMH) DS: Relationships DS: Object (eg. TIFF File) DS: Object (eg. JPEG File) DS: Object (eg. Thumbnail File) DS: Object (eg. Zoomify File) Referenced Near-Line Tape Store Fast Image Server Server Object Model (AIP): Still Image

10. Metadata Types & Locations Asset Virtua VITAL MARC21 METS DC

12. Key Issues for Integration Seamless Transition IMS to DAMS Seamless Transition IMS to DAMS Skin Skin Language choice Language choice Persistent Session Persistent Session Search history Search history Cart Cart Shared Rights Shared Rights LDAP LDAP Single Sign on Single Sign on

13. Managing the Implementation Implementation Group comprising mix of standards, IMS project management, technical, and digitisation staff. Carried over from pilot. Implementation Group comprising mix of standards, IMS project management, technical, and digitisation staff. Carried over from pilot. 2 DAMS Implementation Managers (Systems & Technical) 2 DAMS Implementation Managers (Systems & Technical) Key interactions with other personnel as required. Key interactions with other personnel as required.

14. Managing the Implementation Milestones: Milestones: Migration of existing Digitised Material Migration of existing Digitised Material Switch over to VITAL for delivery of assets Switch over to VITAL for delivery of assets Ingest of other existing formats (eg. VDEP, Websites, A/V) Ingest of other existing formats (eg. VDEP, Websites, A/V) Implementation of further disseminators required for access. Implementation of further disseminators required for access.

15. Further Developments: Archives & Archival Digital Asset Management http://teilo:8080/cocoon/archives/en/Login.html http://teilo:8080/cocoon/archives/en/Login.html http://teilo:8080/cocoon/archives/en/Login.html http://teilo:8080/relationships/pages/searchPID.jsp http://teilo:8080/relationships/pages/searchPID.jsp http://teilo:8080/relationships/pages/searchPID.jsp llgctest1:180 llgctest1:180 E-Theses E-Theses

16. Questions? paul.bevan@llgc.org.uk