[Digihubsadmin] some possibilities(?)

Mon Aug 18 09:47:15 EDT 2014

Stephen,

If state-wide long-term digital preservation is something we think all think we need,  first we'd need to select a set of tools to begin and then we'd need to plan and administer it. A grant might help us do that, and if it was in-scope, I'd be glad to collaborate with hub libraries and Kent to make it happen.  And this kind of discussion should allow us to better clarify the kinds of metadata that we'd like to see captured with digital masters so that we can have a legitimate chance at doing digital preservation rather than keeping and verifying bits.

At least for myself, digital preservation as it covers costs for ongoing staffing and technology is a big concern. I have limited resources in the way of programming cycles, and I barely have an administrative budget for such a thing. And ongoing equipment costs will be significant, and I'm concerned even though everyone assures me that the costs of digital storage are coming down. Low costs for large volume can still be a big number. And I worry about it even as Google and Microsoft seem able to offer more and more free storage space as part of e-mail accounts. And we all know the issue isn't just an issue of space, but also an issue of materials management, refresh, migration and etc.

 And there are some workable models out there to which a program might refer. So, there are bit level coop models like MetaArchive or ADPnet (http://www.metaarchive.org/public/resources/presentations/2010PLN_presentations/Trehub_ADPNet_Organizational.pdf). These use older tools like LOCKSS and would not represent an innovation on existing practice, but might work while we figure out a more robust solution. There are also  higher cost non-profit vendors like OCLC, Duraspace, or the San Diego Supercomputing Center. And we have the numerous for-profit options emerging from all over including companies like Iron Mountain. Even equipment manufactures like Seagate are getting into the business of cloud storage. Finally there are numerous projects that use DSpace out of MIT. Then there are projects that always require programming cycles to stand-up, and these usually involve some combination of Hydra, Fedora, and Blacklight.

As I see it, what I need/want at this time would for a state-wide cooperative to put in place a shared digital preservation system. I would  want to look to the literature to see if someone else has done a usable breakdown of features and costs using tools like OAIS and projects like PREMIS to  benchmark a hard-nosed gap analysis of solutions for setting up digital preservation systems. If not, I'd like to see such an analysis in a proposal to set-up a state-wide system for Ohio that could ride herd on the problem of long-term digital preservation (and access) for the digital masters of all of the digital surrogates I will be producing.

C/

Chatham Ewing
Digital Library Strategist
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Ave., N.E.
Cleveland, OH 44114
216.213.3962 (mobile)
chatham.ewing at cpl.org
http://www.cpl.org  

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I personally think it would be well worth all of our time to pursue this opportunity.  Many years ago (and Kim Fender  may be the only one who remembers this) there was a core group who talked about going for a NLG Digitization Grant.  Unfortunately, the State Library is very limited on the amount of match that we can provide but I (as well as several of us here) are used to being 5% on paper and 50% in real-time!  Katy Klettlinger, the new LPD consultant has extensive digitization experience and would have some great ideas and concepts if we move forward.

Missy Lodge
Associate State Librarian for Library Development
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Columbus, OH 43201
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Subject: [Digihubsadmin] some possibilities(?)

Yesterday, the IMLS released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for their FY2015 National Leadership Grants for Libraries, http://www.imls.gov/notice_of_funding_opportunity_fy2015_national_leadership_grants_for_libraries.aspx

From the notes of the IMLS "National digital platform" meeting (http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/IMLSFocusNotes_NYC.pdf), I suspect that some of these grants will go toward expanding the DPLA hubs. Are there costs involved for the Digitization Hubs that might be covered by one of these grants?

I also had a meeting yesterday with Jeff Fruit and Nancy Lensenmayer from the KSU SLIS during which we talked a bit about the Digitization Hubs. I noted that this project does not really address digital preservation, but I have sensed some interest in more formally pursuing preservation; they were interested in a possible partnership if that happens, perhaps even within the context of a grant. (If I'm interpreting my notes from the 7/22 OhioDIG meeting correctly, Meghan Frazer from OhioLINK also mentioned digital preservation as one of their interests.)

I'll be the first to admit that almost all of this stuff is over my head, but I wanted to share these possibilities, for what they might be worth.

Stephen
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