Looking at Preservation from the Digital Library Perspective

Fleischhauer, Carl

doi:10.1353/mov.2003.0027

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“…This vulnerability stems from their reliance on specific hardware and software configurations, which undergo constant advancements and iterations. Thus, another significant challenge to the long-term preservation of digital information is also the issue of "rapidly changing storage devices" [15]. As a result, the longevity and accessibility of digital media are inextricably linked to the sustained compatibility and interoperability of these underlying technological components.…”

Section: Challenges In Constructing Digital Cultural Repositoriesmentioning

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“…Metadata is the linchpin of digital collections, enabling efficient location, access, and contextual understanding of digital items. Besser [15] suggests that metadata serves as the primary safeguard against obsolescence and degradation of digital information. Institutions can mitigate future inaccessibility risks by providing comprehensive metadata, capturing essential technical, descriptive, and administrative details.…”

Section: Metadata Infrastructure For Digital Archivingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Debunking the Myth of Obsolescence: Strategies for Digital Heritage Conservation

2024

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This essay extensively explores the multifaceted challenges and complexities associated with preserving digital cultural heritage, using the BBC Domesday Project as a case study. It underscores the critical importance of meticulous planning, future-proofing, and proactive strategies in digital archival endeavors. Emphasizing the significance of adopting open standards and establishing clear data ownership provisions, the essay aims to mitigate risks of obsolescence and safeguard digital cultural heritage for future generations. Furthermore, it addresses the concept of obsolescence in digital preservation and proposes strategic recommendations to prevent potential catastrophic issues, ensuring sustained access and relevance over time. In addition, the document delves into the criteria for selecting materials for digitization, highlighting the importance of metadata infrastructure in digital archiving. It discusses the challenges associated with constructing digital cultural repositories and emphasizes the necessity of balancing various priorities, including cultural significance, rarity, fragility, research potential, accessibility, user-friendliness, and institutional objectives during the selection process. Moreover, the essay underscores the pivotal role of metadata in ensuring the longevity and accessibility of digital resources and archives. Overall, this essay serves as a comprehensive guide for cultural heritage institutions, offering valuable insights and recommendations for the preservation and interpretation of digital heritage objects.

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Section: Challenges In Constructing Digital Cultural Repositoriesmentioning

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Section: Metadata Infrastructure For Digital Archivingmentioning

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Debunking the Myth of Obsolescence: Strategies for Digital Heritage Conservation

2024

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“…11 At the same time, interest in the digitization of video grew. As a result, moving image archives took up new concerns about digital preservation (Fleischhauer 2003;Besser 2001). New projects, such as the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), emerged to encourage ' collaboration among a wide range of partners' in developing digital preservation practices (Campbell 2002: 32).…”

Section: Collaboration and Change Management: Developments In Video Pmentioning

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Analog Video in Moving Image Archives & Conservation: Infrastructures of Knowledge from Production to Preservation

Sorensen

2018

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The essay uses a set of theoretical ideas offered by Susan Leigh Star to argue for a shift in contemporary understandings of, and approaches to, video preservation. Instead of focusing on the granular characteristics of tape and their material stability, I argue, the audiovisual archival community should view preservation as a set of linked systems that function within a web of shifting perspectives and context-driven solutions.

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Preserving Digital Public Television: Not Just an Archive, but a New Attitude to Preserve Public Broadcasting

Rubin¹

2009

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Television production has shifted rapidly from an analog process to one where virtually all programs are created and finalized as digital files. Such productions in public television are at great risk of being lost, because practices for long-term preservation of digital video are just now emerging, and because there is no mandate for preservation within the public broadcasting system. NDIIPP funded Preserving Digital Public Television, a partnership between WNET-TV in New York, WGBH-TV in Boston, PBS and New York University, to build a model preservation repository for digital video files and to examine the broader issues related to operating such a repository. In addition to designing the repository itself, the project became a lead advocate for adopting technical and metadata standards across the television field. The project also successfully challenged the public television system to recognize that preservation is necessary to keep digital productions alive. This resulted in public broadcasting allocating money for the first time to launch an initiative with a goal of properly managing its collective archival holdings.

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Looking at Preservation from the Digital Library Perspective

Cited by 3 publications

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Debunking the Myth of Obsolescence: Strategies for Digital Heritage Conservation

Debunking the Myth of Obsolescence: Strategies for Digital Heritage Conservation

Analog Video in Moving Image Archives & Conservation: Infrastructures of Knowledge from Production to Preservation

Preserving Digital Public Television: Not Just an Archive, but a New Attitude to Preserve Public Broadcasting

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