Universidad del Turabo
Listening to Many Voices: Designing a Digital Preservation System for the Pedro Rosselló
Gubernatorial Library and Museum
Sarai LastraPrato CIRN 2012
6-9 November 2012
Vision To become a modern research, teaching and study center for people of all backgrounds, ages, where different viewpoints are welcomed. To make actively available its resources, programs and services, especially to those who remain underserved by providing an environment that stimulates critical thinking. MissionDedicated to promoting a greater appreciation for Puerto Rico’s cultural and political heritage, the process of governing and the importance of public services.
COMMUNITY ETHOS
Inaugurated 6 December 2011Building has 10,500 sq./ ft. Cost of $4,963,583Rivera y Alejandro Architects and Engineers, Inc.BUILDING - PHYSICAL FACILITIES
• Projection systems, amplified audio & video, video conferencing
• Amphitheater has 130 seats • Control room for professional recordings &
productions• Streaming capabilities for audio and video• Press Box for audio transmissions• ADA 2010 compliant equipment• Interconnection with campuswide TV network,
Virtual Study Room, Terrace, UTs museum
AMPHITHEATER, TERRACE
Integrates several technologies
• Collection was officially transfered in 2000 to SUAGM for preservation, conservation and dissemination
• Composed of various formats (documents, artifacts, audios, videos) generated from 1993-2001
• Estimates: 1,092 cubic ft. (~ 1.5 million) document16,000 videos25,000 audios1,378 artifacts (158 registered & catalogued) 508 books (all catalogued)
• The archive is organized according to the Provenance PrincipleCOLLECTION (2 Jan 1993 – 2 Jan 2 2001)
FONDO GOBERNADOR PEDRO ROSSELLÓ GONZÁLEZ
MUSEUM COLLECTION • Popular Arts & Artisans – 38 (no machine
used)
• Sculptures = 4 (one of a kind)
• Artifacts = 112 (machine used/industrial arts)
MUSEUM ARTIFACTS
REGISTRY
• Little space designed for exhibits / used the walls• Exhibits show major accomplishments of Dr. Rosselló and First Lady during his term as governor• Intent is to show a compendium of events, initiatives, key projects, that reveal the governor’s work in a more personal & revealing way EXHIBITS
VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
• Web http://bpr.pr• Mobile for Iphones y IPADs:
BMGPR • Facebook• Twitter• CONTENTdm – Digital
Collection• Digital Preservation System –
currently being designed
DIGITAL PRESERVATION SYSTEM
• Digitizing Governor’s Collection (1993-2001)• Currently digitized 15% of audios & videos
(21.81TB)• Required purchase storage system for large
scale databases• Currently, installing IBM N7900 System
Storage 500TB with scalability 2,046 TB• Plan: digitize 80% outside vendors, 20%
inhouse
CHALLENGES – DIGITIZING THE GOVERNOR’S FUND
DIGITAL PRESERVATION SYSTEM
HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE 50 YEARS FROM NOW PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE FORMATS?
• Viability (readability)
• Renderability
• Understandability
CHALLENGES – LONG TERM PRESERVATION
DIGITAL PRESERVATION SYSTEM
How can we make sure 50 years from now people can access (read) the digital formats?
•OPEN ARCHIVAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (OAIS)
•TRUSTED DIGITAL REPOSITORIES (TDRs)
• DATA DICTIONARY FOR PRESERVATION METADATA (PREMIS)
MODEL – NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NEW ZEALAND
CHALLENGES – ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE OF DIGITAL PRESERVATION STANDARDS
DIGITAL PRESERVATION SYSTEM
HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE 50 YEARS FROM NOW PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE FORMATS?
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CHALLENGES – LONG TERM PRESERVATION
• Complete organization of documents by Dic 2013
• Complete digitization project (3-5 years)
• Provide access to digitized content at (http://bpr.pr)
• DPS -- automation preservation processes (3-6 years)
CHALLENGE Provide access to information
¡Gracias, Grazia Mille, Thank You!
Visít us today at: http://bpr.prUniversidad del Turabo
Carr. 189, Km 3.3, Gurabo, PR 00778787-743-7979 x 4874
• Publications • Conferences• Informal Dialogues• Forums on governance
CHALLENGE : Collection keeps growing (2001 -- present)
CHALLENGE – VISION, MISSION
the library – museum provides free access to the licensed version of the World eBook Library database with more than 2 million books to all.
`Goal to actively make its resources, programs and services accessible,
