Dec 03 2013
From November 18-21, POWRR Project Director Jaime Schumacher and I were privileged to attend the Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation II (ANADP II) Event in Barcelona, Spain. We submitted a poster proposal at the behest of Martin Halbert, who is one of the advisors for the POWRR project grant.
We were scheduled to present …
Sep 12 2013
As our intrepid readers know, we are now entering the testing phase of our project. Want to see where we are? Check out the wiki.
So, I attempted to test my first piece of software today. Keep in mind that this is end-user style testing, where my goal was to launch the installed software on …
Jun 18 2013
Today the NDIPP blog asked “Where is applied digital preservation research”?
*stands up*
We’re right here.
The Digital POWRR project is focused on pragmatic, practical, sustainable digital preservation for smaller and medium sized libraries and cultural heritage organizations. We know we need to do this, but the resources, and sometimes the knowledge, are tough to …
May 02 2013
Working on large initiatives like digital preservation often feels like being in a car on a bumpy road under construction. There are lots of stops and starts. It’s “hurry up and wait.”
One of the things we’ve come across here on the Digital POWRR project that we weren’t expecting are some technical roadblocks. Specifically, that …
Apr 03 2013
I’ve been thinking about this song lately. Not just because I’m a fan of the Muppets and enjoy Ben Folds (although both of these things are absolutely true).
But because keeping up with digital preservation, all of the tech, all of the news, all of the projects is hard.
I just want to …
Feb 04 2013
Everyone’s organization is different, but we all have someone who fits the description:
The Library Business Manager, otherwise known as She (or He) Who Makes Things Happen.
The Business Manager is the person who does lots of cat-herding, who makes sure that all of the forms that you didn’t know existed get filled out, and …
Nov 12 2012
One of the (many) things happening in the Digital POWRR project is that each project partner is interviewing a group of users on our individual campuses to see how users manage their own data.
We’re asking questions about what kind of data people create in their daily work, how much of it there is, what …
Sep 14 2012
One of the goals we’ve committed to in our IMLS grant is transparency about the lessons that we are learning along the way. This is the first in what we hope will be a series of “lessons learned” posts that will talk about our experiences.
Lesson 1: It will take longer to …
Aug 08 2012
Meg pointed out the whys and wherefores of digital preservation in her last post.
I’m supposed to talk about how.
Of course, since the point of the IMLS grant is to help figure out the “how” for libraries with fewer resources, I’m not going to have all of the answers just yet. We have some …
