Cooperative Digital Preservation of Western Canadian Content:
COPPUL’s Private LOCKSS NetworkDenise Koufogiannakis
Chair, Steering Committee
Mission
“to preserve digital collections of local interest to COPPUL members that are not being preserved elsewhere”
Participating Members
University of British Columbia
Simon Fraser University
Athabasca University
University of Alberta
University of Calgary
University of Saskatchewan
University of Manitoba
University of Victoria
University of Winnipeg
Private LOCKSS Network distribution
History 2006 COPPUL collections meeting Task group recommendations 2 year pilot approved by directors for 2008-09 Sept 2009 – directors approved a continuation
of the initiative, establishing the PLN on a permanent basis
All pilot members agreed to continue their participation, and one new member joined, brining our total to 9 institutions
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Access to Preserved Material
Original Original SourceSource
LibrarLibraryy
ProxyProxy
User
LOCKSS box
Collections Policy Collections must be of local interest and
significance to the member institution putting the collection forward.
Collections must be of greater than usual risk of being lost if not preserved by LOCKSS (they are not preserved elsewhere). Local backup is not sufficient for mitigating risk to the collection.
Collections should be “open” to all members, or all members must subscribe to the product being considered.
Titles subscribed to via large commercial packages should be excluded from consideration.
May 2008
Content focus OJS CONTENTdm DSpace Born digital theses Other digitized collections
Content Preserved
A Low Cost Preservation Solution
Summary of costs for each participating institution:o Annual LOCKSS Alliance Membership fee
o Current maximum = US$10,800
o Equipmento $500-$1500 per LOCKSS network depending upon server
configuration
o In-house staff timeo E.g. identifying, preparing, and submitting relevant
collections; technical setup; representation on COPPUL PLN committees
Issues Technical
considerations Scalability Governance
Future directions for the COPPUL PLN Adding more
content Managing growth Including content
from COPPUL members that are not PLN members
Working collaboratively with other PLNs
Adapting to change
Thank you!