Table of ContentsImplications in Digitizing Special Collections Materials: the Collection, the Institution, Scholarship, Interoperability, Longevity Outline Implications for the Collection Broad Advantages & Disadvantages of Digitization Problems with How Works are Represented Donít advocate strong copyright or protection for the wrong reasons Instead of fearing lost income, worry about Unauthorized Use Protection Methods Effect on the Institution Scholarship and Interoperability Traditional Digital Library Model Ideal Digital Library Model For Interoperability Digital Libraries Need Standards Building Upon Previous Projects/Background Why are Standards and Metadata consensus important? EAD as a Standard for Finding Aids EAD facilitates: EAD ěDigital Archivesî DLF Metadata for Interoperability Testbed: the MOA II Project MOA II Participant Collections MOA II Schedule MOA II Classes of Objects MOA II Metadata MOA II Behaviors Berkeley Architecture MOA II Best practices Scanning best practices (short) Best Practices (long) Administrative Metadata- Structural Metadata: that which is relevant to presentation of the digital object to the user Serious Longevity Problems The Short Life of Digital Info: Digital Longevity Problems- The Viewing Problem The Scrambling Problem Dangers from: The Inter-relation Problem The Custodial Problem The Translation Problem Pieces of the Solution (1/2) Pieces of the Solution (2/2) Metadata can be the first line of defense Groups Working on the Big Longevity Problem http://sunsite.Berkeley.EDU/Imaging/Databases/Longevity/ Migration/Refreshing Time & Bits Time & Bits Participants Groups Working on Pieces of the Longevity Problem http://sunsite.Berkeley.EDU/Imaging/Databases/Longevity/ One Final Question: Who will collect the digital works of today that should become the Special Collections of tomorrow? More Information |
Author: Howard Besser
Email: howard@sims.berkeley.edu Home Page: http://www.sims.berkeley.edu |