Practical Guides to Digital Preservation
- 1. Practical Guides to Digital Preservation of Library Resources: Skills and Technologies Presentation at a 3-Day Capacity Building Workshop on Library, Research & Information Management for Optimal Performance organized by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Abuja 24th to 26th June, 2024 David Oguche Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Supreme Court Complex, 3 Arms Zone FCT-Abuja
- 2. Introduction Need for Digital Preservation Production of Digital Materials Adoption of ICTs by MDAs National Policy Implementation
- 3. Digital Preservation Global/National Digital Preservation Digital preservation at the global or national level with major drivers like UNESCO, DPC, IFLA and other national governments Personal Digital Preservation Digital Preservation by individuals for personal use or exhibition Institutional Digital Preservation Digital Preservation at institutional levels such as universities, colleges, organisations and research institutions, usually driven by their libraries, museums, archive 03 01 02
- 4. Longevity Ensures long-term access to information. Security Protects against data loss, corruption, and obsolescence. Compliance Meets legal and policy requirements. Access Improves availability of resources globally. Importance of Digital Preservation
- 5. Key Concepts: DIGITAL PRESERVATION The series of managed activities necessary to ensure continued access to digital materials for as long as necessary DIGITAL CONTENT combination of various information types like as for example text, images, geospatial data, audio and video A concept used to describe data about data, crucial for retrieval and management METADATA the action or process of selecting, organizing, and looking after the items in a collection or exhibition DIGITAL CURATION RELATED CONCEPTS: digitization, archiving, data curation, electronic records management
- 6. Digital Preservation & Digital Curation Objective Key Action Emphasis
- 7. Digital Preservation Strategies Bit-Level Preservation • Ensuring the integrity of the bits constituting digital objects. Format Migration • Regularly updating file formats to current standards Emulation • Using software to replicate the original environment of a digital object. Metadata Management • Maintaining comprehensive metadata for discoverability and management.
- 8. Technical Skills Data Migration. Software Proficiency. Programming & Scripting Policy Dev Skills Preservation Planning. Rights Management Project Mgt. Skills Project Planning. Quality Assurance Analytical Skills Digital Asset Management Cataloguing & Metadata Management Digital Curation Basic Skills for Digital Preservation
- 9. Technologies for Digital Preservation Technologies for Digital Preservation Digital Repositories File Format Standards Metadata Standard Digital Curation Tools Storage solutions
- 10. Best Practices in Digital Preservation & Curation for Libraries ● Create a Digital Preservation Policy and Plan ● Identify Digital Assets ● Select Appropriate File Formats ● Establish Metadata Standards: ● Backup Data Regularly ● Ensure Data Integrity ● Implement Version Control ● Adopt Storage Solutions ● Disaster Recovery Planning: ● Collaborate with Experts ● Train Staff ● Provide Access
- 11. Digital Preservation & Curation tools CollectionBuilder CollectionBuilder is an open source tool for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that are driven by metadata and powered by modern static web technology. CONTENTdm CONTENTdm is a digital collection management system consisting of a server on which content is stored, a web-based content discovery interface and tools to upload and manage the content. CONTENTdm also offers a hosting service, whereby users store materials on OCLC servers. DSpace DSpace is an open source repository software package typically used for creating open access repositories for scholarly and/or published digital content. Hyku Hyku is a repository application for managing cultural heritage content. Islandora Open-source software for managing and discovering digital assets Omeka Omeka is a free, open-source content management system for online digital collections. As a web application, it allows users to publish and exhibit cultural heritage objects, and extend its functionality with themes and plugins. Quartex Digital asset manager and content management system to display your collections. (Pricing based on file storage size). Wax Wax is a minimal computing project for producing digital exhibitions focused on longevity, low costs, and flexibility.
- 12. Practical Steps to Digital Preservation Assessment and Planning Digitization Metadata Creation Storage and Backup File Format Management Access and Security Maintenance and Monitoring Training and Capacity Building
- 13. PRACTICAL SECTION Stay Calm. Be focused We can do it 13
- 14. Thank you Any questions? You can find me at ● @ogucheed ● ogucheed@gmail.com