Building digital archives: Design decisions: A best practice example

Building digital archives: Design decisions: A best practice example

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This conference by Meyer et al discusses the concept of digital archive building and the best methods to, “search for an applicable and adequate data or document model [and] software tools which meets the requirements” (Meyer et al) of making digital library applications. Within their conference, they explained how there is not an ideal document model or system, there is not a “one-size-fits-all” (Meyer et al), but that each document model or system is unique to the information that is being digitally archived. This conference goes in-depth on the technical implementation of aspects of a digital archive, factors that will ultimately determine the sustainability and the maintenance of the archive. These ideas are all included within the “digital archive project DARL (Digitales Archiv Rostocker Liederbuch, engl.)” (Meyer et al).
I found the information found within this conference pertinent to the overall understanding of a digital archive. I think that it can be easy to lose sight of how archives, while they have the same goal and purpose, are all unique and, thus, made differently. Understanding how an archive is made is extremely important and this resource helps readers to understand the technical side of design decisions that impact an archive in big ways.

Meyer, Holger
Bruder, Ilvio
Finger, Andreas
Heuer, Andreas

IEEE

2015-01-06

Meagan Roge

Presentation

DOI: 10.1109/ETTLIS.2015.7048172

Meyer, Holger, Ilvio Bruder, Andreas Finger, and Andreas Heuer. “Building Digital Archives: Design Decisions: A Best Practice Example.” 4th International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services, Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services (ETTLIS), (2015): 59–64. Accessed April 8, 2020. doi:10.1109/ETTLIS.2015.7048172.