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ETD Preservation Workshop
Session One:
ETDs and Preservation Needs
Gail McMillan, Virginia Tech
Agenda Review Session #1 09:30 – 10:00
Introductions ETD Preservation Survey Results NDTLD MetaArchive Preservation Plan
Session #2 10:00 – 10:30 Distributed digital preservation network (DDPN) MetaArchive Cooperative
Session #3 10:30 – 11:00 NDLTD MetaArchive strategy Basics of DDPN harvesting and ingest
Agenda Review
Break 11:00 – 11:15 Session #4 11:15 – 11:45
Organizing ETDs for Effective Collection Management MetaArchive Conspectus Database: Metadata
Session #5 11:45 – 12:30 MetaArchive Cooperative Membership
• Roles and responsibilities
• Benefits
Who’s Here?
Martin Gail Attendees
What is Digital Preservation?
Systematic management of digital works over an indefinite period of time Processes and activities that ensure the continued
access to works in digital formats Requires ongoing attention--constant input of
effort, time, and money. Technological and organizational change are
obstacles for preserving beyond a few years.
NDLTD Preservation Strategy with the MetaArchive Cooperative
Distributed Digital Preservation Network Programmatically collect ETDs from partners Preserve ETDs among partners’ servers
Low cost to administer and run Standard hardware, open-source software Audits and repairs ETDs as needed from partners’
servers DDPN is a Dark Archive
ETD Preservation Survey
Gauge the digital library community’s interest in an ETD-specific archive
6 academic listservs ARL, ASERL, CGS, DLF NDLTD, ETD
14 multiple-choice and short answer questions Dec. 13, 2007 - April 10, 2008 95 completed surveys
ETD File Formats
85% PDF 30% JPG 27% WAV 24% GIF 23% HTML, MOV 21% AVI, MP3
MetaArchive Conspectus Database
Platforms, Institutional Repositories hosting ETDs
26% DSpace 13% ETD_db 3% Fedora 1% Eprints
29% Locally developed systems 29% Others
Structure of ETD Collections
25% Subject-like categories 21% Everything-in-one 21% Year 9% Accessibility 7% Degree 5% Author
If your institution is interested in the ETD Archive, would there be a preference for
Need information Commentsabout
55% Costs 23% Human
resources 18% Hardware 14% Responsi-
bilities;
technical 12% Access 11% Policies 9% Procedures
20% A welcome
opportunity 15% Concerns
about functionality
Participate in the ETD preservation survey
http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/surveys/ Select Digital Preservation of ETDs
Results are immediately tabulated http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/surveys/results/
NDLTD Preservation Strategy with the MetaArchive Cooperative (a.k.a. The Plan)
The NDLTD and the MetaArchive Cooperative Help higher education institutions provide long-
term open access to ETDs Outlines how institutions can achieve this goal by
becoming part of the ETD preservation network. Participate in an NDLTD MetaArchive
Preservation Network Workshop Join: NDLTD and MetaArchive
The Plan: NDLTD Preservation
Hardware Software Access Intellectual Property Organizing ETD Collections Standards Harvest Frequency Institutional Workflow
The Plan: NDLTD Preservation
ETD Authors’ Responsibilities Personnel Training Opportunities Documentation and Reports Retrieving from the ETD Archive Contact MetaArchive Program Manager
Katherine Skinner ([email protected])