Browsing by Subject "digital preservation"

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    A balancing act: The ideal and the realistic in developing Dryad's preservation policy
    (2014-08-05) Mannheimer, Sara; Yoon, Ayoung; Greenberg, Jane; Feinstein, Elena; Scherle, Ryan
    Data preservation has gained momentum and visibility in connection with the growth in digital data and data sharing policies. The Dryad Repository, a curated general–purpose repository for preserving and sharing the data underlying scientific publications, has taken steps to develop a preservation policy to ensure the long–term persistence of this archived data. In 2013, a Preservation Working Group, consisting of Dryad staff and national and international experts in data management and preservation, was convened to guide the development of a preservation policy. This paper describes the policy development process, outcomes, and lessons learned in the process. To meet Dryad’s specific needs, Dryad’s preservation policy negotiates between the ideal and the realistic, including complying with broader governing policies, matching current practices, and working within system constraints.
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    Learning through virtual reality: Virtual Bethel case study
    (2018) Copeland, Andrea; Wood, Zebulun; Spotts, Lydia; Yoon, Ayoung; Library and Information Science, School of Informatics and Computing
    Focusing on the challenges of teaching virtual reality creation and preservation, our paper will present a case study involving the virtual recreation of the Bethel AME Church sanctuary. We were particularly interested in students’ skills, the technology, and costs associated with teaching and learning virtual reality, and how these factors influence overall student learning experiences. Two courses are explored: 3D Production and Digital Preservation. We have learned that teaching and learning in this space is technology and skill intensive. By assessing the skills and technology needed as well as the costs and student experiences, we are better able to communicate the needs of these projects to potential funders and collaborators. We’ve determined that without external funding, we are currently at capacity and will need funding for additional collaborative projects. The level of technical ability of the students influenced their level of satisfaction as well as their capacity to learn.
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    Librarian roles in data curation
    (2013-01-28) Coates, Heather L.
    This presentation is aimed at SLIS students and practicing academic librarians interested in learning more about data curation and the potential roles for librarians in this emerging field. Throughout, background information and relevant literature are discussed in terms of pragmatic librarian knowledge and expertise. Specific topics addressed include the roles and responsibilities of various individuals and organizations involved in research, the activities that take place across the research life cycle, as well as opportunities for librarians to fill existing service and expertise gaps.
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    Managing a Digital Media Backlog: Lessons Learned on Zipping Through Disks
    (2023-03-31) Rayman, Denise
    Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives at IUPUI is working on a 2-year project, funded by the Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund, to transfer all records off of a 30-plus year backlog of floppy disks, optical discs, zip disks, flash drives, and all other sorts of obsolete digital media hiding in paper collections. Like many archives, we have known for years that our window to preserve this material was rapidly closing as media readers disappeared, and the media itself succumbed to inherent vice. Denise Rayman will present how they created a plan to save this material, including inventorying material, estimating labor hours needed, developing a budget, and managing the logistics of multiple student workers processing media simultaneously. These hard-won lessons in project management are applicable to other archivists working on similar backlog projects.
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    Meeting the NSF Data Management Plan Requirement, IFRA 2012
    (2013-01-28) Coates, Heather L.
    This invited presentation was given at the 2012 Indiana Forum for Research Administrators. It covers the various issues related to the NSF Data Management Plan Requirement and highlights the role of data in digital preservation, scholarly communication, and the responsible conduct of research and research ethics. In addition, services and resources provided by the IUPUI University Library in support of the NSF requirement are introduced.
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    Take the Data, Leave the CD-ROMs: Rescuing information from legacy databases
    (2023-11-15) Sipocz, Olivia; Rayman, Denise
    How can we rescue good data from bad databases? Many archives have interesting and unique material languishing in legacy databases on CD-ROMs. We present a case study on rescuing unique nonprofit tax returns stored on over 700 CD-ROMs and show how other archivists can work with similar material.
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    The Use of Personal Value Estimations to Select Images for Preservation in Public Library Digital Community Collections
    (2014-05) Copeland, Andrea J.
    A considerable amount of information, particularly in image form, is shared on the web through social networking sites. If any of this content is worthy of preservation, who decides what is to be preserved and based on what criteria. This paper explores the potential for public libraries to assume this role of community digital repositories through the creation of digital collections. Thirty public library users and thirty librarians were solicited from the Indianapolis metropolitan area to evaluate five images selected from Flickr in terms of their value to public library digital collections and their worthiness of long-term preservation. Using a seven-point Likert scale, participants assigned a value to each image in terms of its importance to self, family and society. Participants were then asked to explain the reasoning behind their valuations. Public library users and librarians had similar value estimations of the images in the study. This is perhaps the most significant finding of the study, given the importance of collaboration and forming partnerships for building and sustaining community collections and archives.