Guest speaker: Professor Margaret Hedstrom, School of Information
Storage and playback technologies are changing rapidly. Individuals and organizations must convert their electronic records from obsolete formats to current technologies if they wish to continue to access them. We will discuss the nature of software dependency and review methods to reduce the impact of technology obsolescence on long-term access to electronic records.
C Rothenberg, Jeff, “Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Documents,” Scientific American (January 1995): 42-47.
O Margaret Hedstrom, It’s About Time: Research Challenges in Digital Archiving and Long-term Preservation (August 2003, U.S. National Science Foundation & Library of Congress). <www.digitalpreservation.gov/repor/NSF_LC_Final_Report.pdf>
O Margaret Hedstrom and Seamus Ross, Invest to Save: Report and
Recommedations of the NSF-DELOS Working Group on Digital Archiving and
Preservation (2003)
<delos-noe.iei.pi.cnr.it/activities/internationalforum/Joint-WGs/digitalarchiving/Digitalarchiving.pdf>
C Michele V. Cloonan and Shelby Sanett, “Preservation Strategies for Electronic Records: Where We Are Now – Obliquity and Squint?” American Archivist 65 (No. 1, Spring/Summer 2002): 70-106.
O Research Libraries Group & Online Computer Library Center, Trusted Digital Repositories: Attributes and Responsibilities, Final Report (RLG, May 2002). <www.rlg.org/longterm/repositories.pdf>
O Consultive Committee for Space Data Systems Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) (CCSDS 650.0-B-1, Blue Book, Issue 1, January 2002) <ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/nost/isoas/wwwclassic/documents/pdf/CCSDS-650.0-B-1.pdf>
O The NINCH Guide to Good Practice in the Digital Representation
and Management of Cultural Heritage Materials (National Initiative for
a Networked Cultural Heritage, 2002). READ Chapter XIV “Preservation.”
<www.nyu.edu/its/humanities/ninchguide/XIV/>