Digital Preservation in Open-Source Digital Library Software

Madalli, Devika P.; Barve, Sunita; Amin, Saiful

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2012.02.004

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“…This included articles discussing being a trusted repository, articles discussing OAIS (or related models), and articles discussing open source software. As an example of articles that focused on digital preservation aspects of technology, Madalli et al (2012) explained how open standards promoted the digital preservation: "It is necessary to convert items from proprietary formats into open formats and open standards, so they can then be uploaded into a digital archive for future storage, retrieval, and preservation" (p. 164).…”

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A nine dimensional framework for digital cultural heritage organizational sustainability

Eschenfelder

Shankar

Williams

et al. 2019

OIR

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Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to report on how library and information science (LIS) as a field operationalizes the concept of organizational sustainability for managing digital resources, projects and infrastructures such as digital libraries and repositories over time. It introduces a nine dimensional framework for organizational sustainability in the digital cultural heritage community. Design/methodology/approach-Content analysis of publications from three LIS databases (2000-2015). Findings-Comparing the articles to the nine dimension framework shows that most LIS articles discuss technology, financial or management dimensions. Fewer articles describe disaster planning, assessment or policy dimensions. Research limitations/implications-Three LIS databases might not include all relevant journals, conferences, white papers and other materials. The data set also did not include books; library management textbooks might include useful material on organizational sustainability. Claims about the prevalence of themes are subject to methodological limits of content analysis. Practical implications-Organizations that steward digital collections need to be clear about what they mean when they are referring to organizational sustainability so that they can make appropriate decisions for future-proofing their collections. The analysis would also suggest for a greater need to consider the full range of dimensions of organizational sustainability. Originality/value-By introducing a new nine dimensional framework of organizational sustainability the authors hope to promote more and better conversations within the LIS community about organizational sustainability. The authors hope these conversations will lead to productive action and improvements in the arrangements of people and work necessary to keep digital projects and services going over time, given ongoing challenges.

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A nine dimensional framework for digital cultural heritage organizational sustainability

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Shankar

Williams

et al. 2019

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“…98). In another example: “It is necessary to convert items from proprietary formats into open formats… for future storage, retrieval, and preservation.” (Madalli et al ) In a counter example of how technology impedes sustainability, Zorich () warned how “one of their greatest sustainability problems is rooted in the heterogeneous recording practices…” (pp 25).…”

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What are we talking about when we talk about sustainability of digital archives, repositories and libraries?

Eschenfelder

Shankar

Williams

et al. 2016

Proc. Assoc. Info. Sci. Tech.

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This paper reports on how LIS authors depict the concept of sustainability of digital archives, repositories and libraries in English language texts from 2000-2015 indexed in three major LIS databases. Our results show that sustainability is not as popular a topic as one might expect. Results show that most authors discuss sustainability at a superficial level rather than in-depth. Sustainability is a multi-faceted concept, and we explore the prevalence of nine codes, representing different facets of sustainability, in the texts. We found most authors discussed sustainability in terms of technology, management, relationships or revenue. Fewer described assessment, disaster planning or policy facets. We also describe the range and variation in subthemes we encountered within each code. We conclude with suggestions for advancing conversation about organizational sustainability in the LIS literature.

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“…The study of Madalli et al (2012) make some observations regarding digital preservation support available in existing open source DL software based on test beds (CDS-Invernio, DSpace, EPrints, Fedora, Greenstone and MyCoRe) created for that purpose. They concluded that there is much yet to be known and studied when it comes to the preservation of digital information as its state of development is still at a very early and experimental point.…”

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Evaluation and usage scenarios of open source digital library and collection management tools

Gkoumas

Lazarinis

2015

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate open source software (OSS) for digital libraries and collection management and to propose different utilization scenarios based on the characteristics of the tools. Design/methodology/approach – The tools are assessed on the basis of their technical features and options, the type of the content they manage, the support for common library operations such as cataloging and circulation, the searching support and the interoperability options. Then they are evaluated by users and finally a number of usage scenarios are analyzed based on the results of the evaluation. Findings – The basic findings of the study is that open source digital library and collection management tools offer advanced operations and support various metadata and interoperability protocols with easy and user-friendly interfaces. Most of the tools are extensively used under various settings and establishments already. Language support for the interfaces should be extended with more languages and some tools with limited operations should be improved to be of practical use. Practical implications – The findings of the paper could be used support the selection of specific open source tools for various types of establishments. Originality/value – The study reviews the characteristics of a few OSS for digital libraries and collection management and reveals their specific strengths and weaknesses. It also presents a number of realistic scenarios and proposes the usage of specific tools based on time, technology and staff constraints.

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Digital Preservation in Open-Source Digital Library Software

Cited by 12 publications

References 3 publications

A nine dimensional framework for digital cultural heritage organizational sustainability

A nine dimensional framework for digital cultural heritage organizational sustainability

What are we talking about when we talk about sustainability of digital archives, repositories and libraries?

Evaluation and usage scenarios of open source digital library and collection management tools

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