A PERMANENT HOUSE FOR LOCAL ARCHIVES’: A CASE STUDY OF A COMMUNITY’S ARCHIVES IN COUNTY OFFALY
Lisa Collins Shortall
The author, Lisa Collins Shortall, discusses the progress and challenges of the community archives located in County Offaly in Ireland. The article discusses the challenges that Ireland faces in terms of budgeting for the archives and preservation of local histories. Additionally, the author describes the use of digital archives and preservation as a means of preserving the local heritage and history of the community. The community archives of County Offally are the results of a coordinated effort between a private historical organization and a public library service. The author concludes by stating that the creation of the community archives has presented challenges due to the combination of two separate organizations, which may include differing ideas, and that a purely digital archive would not be financially available.
Collins Shortall, L. (2016). A permanent house for local archives’: a case study of a community’s archives in County Offaly. Archives and Records, 37(2), 143-156. Retrieved from: http://web.b.ebscohost.com.lynx.lib.usm.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=eea307d4-ed7d-48fd-bb96-a5feecaaaf72%40pdc-v-sessmgr04
DIGITAL PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGIES AND HYBRID LIBRARIES
S. Michael Malinconico
The author, S. Michael Malinconico, discusses the use of digital preservation techniques technologies and the development of hybrid libraries. This article provides a background into the development of digital preservation efforts from the early 2000s. The article discusses the different techniques used for materials and provides images and graphs to illustrate the results. Additionally, the author discusses inter-institutional cooperation and digital preservation programs developed by the OCLC. Lastly, the article discusses the development of metadata for the purposes of description of digitally preserved materials and mentions the use of discovery metadata and lists DublinCore as an example. The article concludes by discussing the challenges in the future of metadata description and suggesting the OCLC is a good course to proceed. This article is a good source to use when looking into the history and development of digital preservation technologies and the use of metadata.
Malinconico, M. S. (2002). Digital preservation technologies and hybrid libraries. Information Services and Use, 22(4), 159-174. Retrieved from: http://web.b.ebscohost.com.lynx.lib.usm.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=8&sid=eea307d4-ed7d-48fd-bb96-a5feecaaaf72%40pdc-v-sessmgr04
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH: METADATA FOR PRESERVING DIGITAL DATA
Andrew Wilson
The author, Andrew Wilson, discusses the use of metadata from two perspectives, the scientific use of metadata via research data and metadata from an archival perspective. The first perspective addresses metadata as simply data that are developed through research. The second perspective looks at metadata through an archivist’s perspective and focuses on recordkeeping and digital preservation. The author looks provide insight into the use of metadata for recordkeeping and the standards used for the creation of metadata for digital preservation and collections. Some of the standards discussed in the article are METS, PREMIS, and NISO MIX. The article concludes by discusses the challenges of creating metadata and the different types of metadata that needs to be addressed in order to address these issues.
Wilson, A. (2010). How much is enough: metadata for preserving digital data. Journal of Library Metadata, 10(2-3), 205-217. Retrieved from: http://web.b.ebscohost.com.lynx.lib.usm.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=10&sid=eea307d4-ed7d-48fd-bb96-a5feecaaaf72%40pdc-v-sessmgr04
Digital Preservation and Metadata Pathfinder 