The finishing of Day 1 at ANADP II was a group of action sessions; I attended the “Applying the OAIS Framework to Distributed Digital Preservation” session, which was facilitated by Matt Schultz (MetaArchive) and Eld Zierau (Royal Library of Denmark). I don’t have a lot of notes, as we were busy moving cutouts of different …
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Dec 04 2013
ANADP II Part 3: Day 1
Panel 1: Community Alignment (& Formation)
Conveners: Martin Halbert, Juan Bicarregui, Lluís Anglada, Luciana Duranti
Discussion of the topic “what makes a community work?”: brief outlines from panelists, followed by group discussion.
Juan Bicarregui began by discussing the Research Data Alliance and the APA (Alliance for Permanent Access).
Lluís Anglada asked, how do we align people …
Dec 04 2013
ANADP II: The Lost Poster
Here it is, in all of its glory. Thanks to Sarah Fraser, our intrepid Grad Assistant, who did the layout and design. She did an excellent job, and it was a shame that our colleagues didn’t get to see it.
Dec 04 2013
ANADP II, part 2: Day 1
Day 1 of the ANADP II conference began with opening remarks from Martin Halbert.
- He noted that the conference was intended to be not just presentations but engagement of community in exploring collaborative opportunities — promoting voluntary alliances, not top-down.
- The first conference (ANADP I) was an experiment… and so is this one.
- The …
Dec 03 2013
What we did in Barcelona, or, A trip to ANADP II [part 1]
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
Testing A Piece of Digital Preservation Management Software: Day One Thoughts
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 …
Aug 08 2013
Reflections from Digital Directions 2013 Conference
From July 21st to the 23rd I had the opportunity to attend the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) sponsored Digital Directions; Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections conference on the campus of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Along with the friendly people, good eats, and plenty of bookstores, I was able to network …
Jun 18 2013
Where is the practical digital preservation research? Some here.
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 13 2013
A little soul-baring
In our regular conference call this month I was venting, yet again, about all the trouble I have with people not being critical about 1) what digital content they create, and 2) how we can possibly save it all. These obstacles seem insurmountable. My colleagues challenged me to write about this frustration so here goes. …
May 02 2013
What Are Your Digital Preservation Roadblocks?
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 …
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