Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by Brian Kelly
Introduction This seven point checklist presents some steps that creators and managers of community digital archives might take to make sure that their data is available in the long term. It is useful for many circumstances but it will be particularly relevant to community archives that depend on third party suppliers to provide technical infrastructure. [...]
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Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by Brian Kelly
Introduction Archiving is a confusing term and can mean the backup of digital resources and/or the long-term preservation of those records. This document talks about the physical archiving of your Web site as the last in a series of steps after selection and appraisal of Web resources has taken place. This will be part of [...]
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Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by Brian Kelly
Introduction This document provides some approaches to selection for preservation of Web resources. Background Deciding on a managed set of requirements is absolutely crucial to successful Web preservation. It is possible that, faced with the enormity of the task, many organisations decide that any sort of capture and preservation action is impossible and it is [...]
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Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by Brian Kelly
Introduction An organisation’s home page provides the doorway to its Web site. How it changes over time reflects both how an organisation has changed and how the Web has changed. Keeping a record of both the visual and structural changes of the home page could be very important in the future. Scenario Suppose your organisation [...]
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Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by Brian Kelly
Introduction We have become increasingly familiar with the term Web 2.0, referring in a very general way to the recent explosion of highly interactive and personalised Web services and applications. Collaboration and social networking are a key feature, for example through contributing comments or sharing write access and collaborating. Many of these applications have now [...]
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Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by Brian Kelly
Introduction Institutions now create huge amounts of Web-based resources and the strategic importance of these is finally being recognised. Long-term stewardship of these resources by their owners is increasingly becoming a topic of interest and necessity. What is Web ‘Preservation’? Digital preservation is defined as a “series of managed activities necessary to ensure continued access [...]
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Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by Brian Kelly
Why Do I Need a Preservation Policy? The digital world is one of continual change and rapid development of technology. Web sites change content, are radically restructured or disappear. Software is released in new versions, which may not be (fully) compatible with resources created using the earlier versions. Recording media for digital resources also deteriorates, [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2010 by Brian Kelly
The Role of Planning Digital media is well placed to be reused, and to be available for different applications e.g. as a source of images for marketing, a picture library resource or for an online collections database. There are several aspects to this: The formats of documents or data files, by following established standards, remain [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2010 by Brian Kelly
About This Document This document provides top tips which can help to ensure that Web sites can be preserved. The Top 10 Tips 1 Define The Purpose(s) Of Your Web Site You should have a clear idea of the purpose(s) of your Web site and you should document the purposes. Your Web site could, for [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2010 by Brian Kelly
About This Document This briefing document provides an introduction to digital preservation. What Is Digital Preservation? Digital preservation is the management of digital information over time. It takes the form of processes and activities that ensure continued access to information and all kinds of records, both scientific and cultural heritage, that exists in digital form. [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2010 by Brian Kelly
An Introduction To Digital Preservation About This Document This briefing document provides an introduction to digital preservation. What Is Digital Preservation? Digital preservation is the management of digital information over time. It takes the form of processes and activities that ensure continued access to information and all kinds of records, both scientific and cultural heritage, [...]
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