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The book introduces systems such as CONTENTdm and rather than giving a general overview of metadata schemes, the author specifically covers three of these schemes; Dublin Core, MODS and VRA. Miller gives practical guidance on applying each of the Dublin Core elements, clarifying the terms that might lead to confusion as well as show practical examples that show common application issues and challenges in regards to general digital resource description.
In addition to this, the text offers a step-by-step guide on how to design and document a metadata scheme for local institutional needs and for more specific projects. It also gives an introduction to broader metadata topics such as XML encoding, mapping between different schemes, metadata interoperability and record sharing, OAI harvesting and the growing environment of Linked Data and the Semantic Web; explaining the use of these topics as well as uses for students and professionals alike.]]>2016-08-17T23:23:15+00:00
Title
Metadata for Digital Collections (How-to-Do-It Manual)
Subject
Pedagogy
Description
With all the numbers of libraries, archives and museums creating digitized resources and online collections, it becomes harder and harder for those charged with organizing all of this data to keep everything in order and set by certain standards. This resource helps give those people a guide on good metadata design and creation practices. It helps readers by giving them a practical, hands-on volume with which to acquire the knowledge and skills needed; be the application be in a classroom or for a profession.
The book introduces systems such as CONTENTdm and rather than giving a general overview of metadata schemes, the author specifically covers three of these schemes; Dublin Core, MODS and VRA. Miller gives practical guidance on applying each of the Dublin Core elements, clarifying the terms that might lead to confusion as well as show practical examples that show common application issues and challenges in regards to general digital resource description.
In addition to this, the text offers a step-by-step guide on how to design and document a metadata scheme for local institutional needs and for more specific projects. It also gives an introduction to broader metadata topics such as XML encoding, mapping between different schemes, metadata interoperability and record sharing, OAI harvesting and the growing environment of Linked Data and the Semantic Web; explaining the use of these topics as well as uses for students and professionals alike.
Creator
Miller, Steven J.
Publisher
Neal-Schuman Publishers
Date
2011 May 31
Contributor
Donahue, Marisa
Type
Book
Identifier
ISBN-13: 978-1555707460
Bibliographic Citation
Miller, Steven J. Metadata for Digital Collections: A How-to-do-it Manual. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2011.
http://www.amazon.com/Metadata-Digital-Collections-How-To-Do-It-Librarians/dp/1555707467/
Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives: A How-To-Do-It Manual (How-To-Do-It Manuals for Libraries)
Subject
Curation
Description
Now considered to be a standard guide, this newer edition of the 'How-to-do-it' Librarian manual has been updated to include more pertinent information. Now including crucial information on digital records, encoded arcival description (EAD), copyright issues, post-9/11 security concerns and international perspectives on tuse issues, it is all but a requirement for archivists of all backgrounds to have this book. Offering help in setting up an archive, appraisal and accessioning of records, acquisition strategies and policies, arrangement descriptions, reference and access, preservation and electronic records are some of many topics gone over. For archivists of all levels of experience and curiosity, having these topics covered in theory as well as in practice can do nothing but help their own works.
Creator
Hunter, Gregory S.
Publisher
Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
Date
2003 January 1
Contributor
Donahue, Marisa
Type
Book
Identifier
ISBN-13: 978-1555704674
Bibliographic Citation
Hunter, Gregory S. Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives: A How-to-do-it Manual. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2003.
http://www.amazon.com/Developing-Maintaining-Practical-Archives-How-To-Do-It/dp/1555704670/
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Additionally the website goes a step beyond simply giving goals and principles and gives two case studies; one in the loss of digital data and another for the study of data recovery. Both of these invaluable information for seasoned or budding archivists.]]>2016-08-17T23:24:30+00:00
Title
Guides to Good Practice
Subject
Web Archiving
Description
This website was designed and produced by the UK Archaeology Data Service and Digital Antiquity in the US over the course of a two-year collaborative project. Designed to be a guide for good standards to follow in the world of digital archiving, it outlines what digital archiving is, the goals a project should have as well as a list of principles for archiving digital data. These outlines will help to guide and keep a new project on its feet and on the right path instead of wavering and turning to a different and unrelated purpose.
Additionally the website goes a step beyond simply giving goals and principles and gives two case studies; one in the loss of digital data and another for the study of data recovery. Both of these invaluable information for seasoned or budding archivists.
The Rise and Fall of Text on the Web: A Quantitative Study of Web Archives
Subject
Web Archiving
Description
This study addresses the following research question: is the use of text on the World Wide Web declining? If so, when did it start declining, and by how much has it declined?
Creator
Cocciolo, Anthony
Publisher
Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
Date
2015-09
Contributor
Allen, Amber
Type
Journal Article
Bibliographic Citation
Cocciolo, Anthony. "The Rise and Fall of Text on the Web: A Quantitative Study of Web Archives." Information Research: An International Electronic Journal 20, no. 3 (September 1, 2015): ERIC, EBSCOhost.
In this blogpost, Dan Cohen, executive director of the Digital Public Library of America, argues that square root sampling, a mathematically developed method for crime prevention, can help archivists make acquisition decisions, especially when large amounts of ephemera are to be archived. Cohen contends that ephemera are important collections of primary sources for practicing historians. Yet he acknowledges that the amount of available ephemera is overwhelming. The Calculus of Importance can help determine which ephemera to keep. The Calculus of Importance, according to mathematician William Press, is the ideal way to determine who should be screened for criminal activity. Cohen exemplifies the method, which is essentially a weighted form of random sampling, and maintains that it does not only apply to crime prevention, but in several other fields, archiving among them. Cohen asserts that using the calculus of importance on digital ephemera and other records that exist in large quantities is advantageous because we cannot anticipate who or what will be deemed important by future historians.
Creator
Cohen, Dan
Date
05-17-2010
Contributor
Laura Moeller
Type
Blog article
Bibliographic Citation
Cohen, Dan, “Digital Ephemera and the Calculus of Importance,” Dan Cohen (blog), 17 May, 2010.
This video showcases six presenters discussing the future of web archiving. Presenters include Stephen Abrams (California Digital Library), Martin Klein (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jimmy Lin (University of Maryland) and Michael Nelson (Old Dominion University). Topics include preservation of web content and resolving archival access to the general public. Despite the advancements in web archiving there still remains many challenges. The presenters reflect not only on the present condition of web content, preservation, and access but also on its future progress. One major preservation concern going forward is the notion of the “personalized web.” With the ability to apply many filters, it is important to identify and collect the primary source materials.
Creator
Abrams, Stephen, Klein, Martin, Lin, Jimmy, Nelson, Michael
Publisher
Library of Congress
Date
2014-10-09
Contributor
Raible, John
Type
Webinar
Bibliographic Citation
“The Future of Web Archiving,” YouTube video, 1:08:06, posted by “LibraryofCongress,” October 9, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlcsNuaZUa0.
Beyond the Encyclopedia: Collective Memories in
Wikipedia
Subject
Collective memory
Description
Michela Ferron and Paolo Massa employ a quantitative study of Wikipedia as a digital archive in order to show how one can view memory as an active process. The authors begin with a discussion of Web 2.0 as public, private, and modifiable, but unable to be completely erased. They further assert that backups of the Internet, particularly in the case of Wikipedia, allowed them to conduct longitudinal studies about data. Ferron and Massa used an XML file to show the revision history of all pages of the English Wikipedia on September 16, 2010, arguing that a revision spike occurs near the anniversary of a traumatic event. They found that pages relating the September 11, 2001 attacks received an average of 10, 701 edits per day during the anniversary, and only 4,619 edits per day otherwise. Ferron and Massa compared this data to Wikipedia pages for non-traumatic events, like Woodstock and Apollo 11, which did not receive as much attention.
Creator
Ferron, Michela
Massa, Paolo
Date
2013
Contributor
Sara Raffel
Type
Journal
Bibliographic Citation
Ferron, M., and P. Massa. "Beyond the Encyclopedia: Collective Memories in Wikipedia." Memory Studies 7.1 (2013): 22-45. Web.
This paper illuminates the multiple challenges of archiving naively digital academic content and emphasizes digital preservation is more difficult than print. Digital native content has dramatically increased with transition of academic journals and publishers eliminating print copies. The rise in the quantity of content is compounded by the authors’ assertion that digital content is “fragile and not durable”. The ability to access content in the future will depend heavily on the technologies available. The authors suggest several strategies to aid in digital content preservation: data migration, technology preservation, and software emulation. It is acknowledged financial difficulty can strain digital preservation efforts. The authors propose collaborative efforts between libraries, publishers, governmental entities, and open archival systems to increase digital content preservation.
Creator
Gaur, Ramesh and Tripathi, Manoram
Publisher
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology
Date
2012-07-18
Contributor
Raible, John
Type
Journal Article
Bibliographic Citation
Gaur, Ramesh C., and Tripathi, Manorama. 2012. "Digital Preservation of Electronic Resources." DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 32, no. 4 (July 2012).
Oldies But Goodies: Archiving Web- Based Information
Subject
Web archiving
Description
Phyllis Holman Weisbard discusses the ways of archiving web-based information. With so much former print versions of materials now available electronically, what she focuses on is how material that never had a print version (born digitals) are in the most danger of disappearing. Web domains lapse, e-zines lose funding and as a result their materials disappear. Weisbard focuses her attention on the Internet Archive and pays particular attention to its Wayback Machine. Wayback crawls through millions of websites (using Alexa software) and saves versions of these sites. She then turns her attention to web archiving projects that focus solely on women. She gives URLs for a blog resource on women’s voices, describes Aletta, Institute for Women’s History, and how the staff has created hundreds of items of women’s e-zines and newsletters, LOCKSS, and Portico (other initiatives dedicated to preserving the writings of women). This article has information on web archiving technology focusing on preserving women’s writings. Weisbard’s article shows visuals of each site so you can examine each interface. Her essay is a call to action for Women’s Studies scholars to be more proactive in preserving of these female voices by working in collaboration with librarians and archivists.
Creator
Weisbard, Phyllis Holman
Date
2011
Contributor
Elena Rogalle
Type
Journal article
Bibliographic Citation
Weisbard, Phyllis Holman. "Oldies But Goodies: Archiving Web- Based Information." Feminist Collections: A Quarterly Of Women's Studies Resources 32 (2011): 14-20.
Metadata For A Web Archive: PREMIS And XMP As Tools For The Task
Subject
Web archiving
Description
In this article the standards of metadata and tools are explored and questioned to see if they are the best options for ensuring protection and permanence of web archiving objects, such as snapshots of websites. The text questions whether the evolution of web interfaces can even be documented. Through studies it explores the possibility of encoding Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies (PREMIS) within Adobe's eXtensible Metadata Platform (XMP). And through their findings they found it is in part impossible to encode PREMIS within XMP. However the article does seek to find best practices related to metadata standards and tools that are relevant and useful for web archiving.
Creator
Romaniuk, Laurentia
Publisher
Library Philosophy & Practice
Date
2014
Contributor
Polk, Victoria
Type
Journal Article
Bibliographic Citation
Romaniuk, Laurentia. "Metadata For A Web Archive: PREMIS And XMP As Tools For The Task." Library Philosophy & Practice (2014): 1-20. Web. 11 May 2015.