Assessing the preparedness of university libraries for digital preservation

Ahmad, Rafiq; Rafiq, Muhammad

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102617

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“…However, digital preservation is unique in the sense that it is a multifaceted and multidimensional task (Ahmad and Rafiq, 2022a). Instead, it is an ongoing process.…”

Section: Information and Communication Technologies Have Been Instrum...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Technology is advancing at a rapid pace (Ahmad and Rafiq, 2022a) and these advancements sometimes lead to technological obsolescence, and resultantly may make the existing digital information inaccessible. To avoid this issue, migrating to new technology (software and hardware) is a vital option (Gbaje, 2011;Okoh and Sambo, 2014;Ruusalepp, 2003;Wilson, 2007).…”

Section: Digital Preservation Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Due to the paradigm shift to digital systems, dependence on digital information has grown worldwide. In the digital age, libraries are entrusted with the responsibility of providing access to vast amounts of digital information (Ahmad and Rafiq, 2022a). However, aside from accessibility, digital information also needs preservation actions because of the issues that challenge the long-term accessibility of these resources.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Libraries have been playing an instrumental role in preserving analog resources, and seem to have succeeded to a great extent in preserving these resources for future generations. However, digital preservation is unique in the sense that it is a multifaceted and multidimensional task (Ahmad and Rafiq, 2022a). Instead, it is an ongoing process.…”

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The digital preservation 101 guide for small libraries

Ahmad,

Rafiq

2023

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to present some critical digital preservation strategies that are important for the preservation of digital information. Design/methodology/approach From review of the related studies, this paper presents critical digital preservation techniques that are vital for small libraries to ensure the accessibility of the digital collections of enduring value. Findings This paper comprehends major digital preservation strategies and possibilities for small libraries through which they can overcome the financial, technological, expertise and policy constraints to implement their digital preservation program. Originality/value This paper covers the major strategies that were collated during literature review and instrumentation process for the PhD study of the first author on this topic.

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“…However, digital preservation is unique in the sense that it is a multifaceted and multidimensional task (Ahmad and Rafiq, 2022a). Instead, it is an ongoing process.…”

Section: Information and Communication Technologies Have Been Instrum...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Digital Preservation Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The digital preservation 101 guide for small libraries

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2023

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“…There exist well‐established concerns around the dire need for proactive digital preservation and curation within cultural heritage institutions (Hedstrom, 1997). Sociotechnical concerns regarding digital preservation and curation include several issues: identifying institutional preparedness for digital preservation workflows (Ahmad & Rafig, 2022); planning for long‐term preservation of web‐based content (Day, 2006); scaling institutional resources to assure digital sustainability (Montoya, 2016); and assuring that materials include enough context to explore diverse and understudied histories (Sheffield, 2016). In spite of the variety of generative outcomes associated with planning for and implementing thorough methods for digital preservation and curation, institutional and stakeholder support remain limited if present at all (Council on Library and information Resources, 2013; Poole, 2016).…”

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“Garbage Bags Full of Files”: Exploring Sociotechnical Perceptions of Formats within the Recovery and Reuse of Scientific Data

Wagner,

Fenlon,

Sorensen

2023

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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This paper explores the social and technical perceptions of physical and digital formats as they relate to work in the recovery and reuse of scientific data, specifically historical, archival, and defunct data sources. Proprietary and obsolete formats, or formats that need significant transformation work, stand out as central challenges for scientists and data curators who are recovering reusable data from archival or legacy data sources. The challenges confronting data sharing and reuse of contemporary scientific data are already known to be myriad; formats often pose a major, compounding challenge to retrospective data curation research and practice. Based on 23 qualitative interviews with practitioners conducting data recovery and reuse, ranging from marine biologists to data librarians, we study how they understand, engage with, and utilize formats within their data curation work. This paper enumerates the formats deployed throughout the scientific data curation process and explores how practitioners creating and curating scientific data based on historical and archival materials encounter, make sense of, and utilize formats. The paper focuses on practitioner perceptions of formats around the following themes: how practitioners' historical relationships to certain challenging formats inform their ongoing curation practices; the importance of contexts in prioritizing or ignoring formats within scientific curation work; and how formats reveal larger sociotechnical issues. The paper concludes by with practical and theoretical implications of navigating formats within the recovery and reuse of scientific data and offers suggestions for reconfiguring formats within broader data curation lifecycles.

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