Deposit Libraries

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Deposit Libraries Digital Preservation - Role
and Actions -

• by Johan Steenbakkers
• ICSTI, Paris 14-02-2002

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the challenge accepted

• The move towards electronic publications makes
  electronic back-files necessary
• Digital Preservation is a problem that has been
  discussed over a long period
• National Libraries are working on practical
  solutions

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Netherlands
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requirements

• Components of an electronic publication
• formatted bit-stream
• program to interpret the format
• Digital Preservation requires
• copying the bit-stream
• retaining interpreters functionality

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strategy

• Digital Preservation steps
• archive
• preserve
• guarantee long-term access

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guidelines standards

• Infrastructure for preservation
• specific archiving environment (
  deposit system)
• deposit system compliant with OAIS model
• deposit system a separate unit within ICT
  infrastructure

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deposit systems

• Under construction
• deposit system BL IBM (UK)
• deposit system KB IBM (NL)
• Functions (ltgt OAIS)
• loading, storage, maintenance, administration,
  delivery, preservation
• not yet long-term access function

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long-term access problems

• Problems technically solved
• retain the formatted bit-stream
• retain the rendering software
• The problem not yet solved
• retain the hardware environment to run the
  rendering software

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long-term access solutions

• Jeff Rothenberg RAND, Europe / USA
• emulation-based preservation
• Raymond Lorie IBM Almaden, USA
• data preservation use of Universal Virtual
  Computer (UVC)

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emulation

• Jeff Rothenberg RAND, Europe / USA
• Now
• save the bit stream
• save the original software
• create emulator specifications
• In future
• build emulator according the specification

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data preservation

• Raymond Lorie IBM Almaden, USA
• Now
• store the logical data description
• store the image (bitmap)
• In future
• re-create the logical view using an interpreter
  program on an UVC
• Proof of Concept has been successful

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Netherlands
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organising digital archiving

• National International Measures
• develop E-deposits
• use (archiving) standards
• promote research long term access
• Actors
• Governments and (Inter)National Organisations
• ICT companies Publishers
• Deposit Libraries / National Libraries

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more information

• www.kb.nl/dea
• seminar proceedings

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