August 20, 2009 – 8:24 am
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Publisher: DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and
Humanities)
Just like astronomers require a virtual observatory to study the stars and other distant objects in the galaxy, researchers in the arts and humanities need a digital infrastructure to get access to and join together the information and the knowledge that is embedded in digital content. The [...]
August 14, 2009 – 8:29 am
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As digital technologies are expanding the power and reach of research, they are also raising complex issues. These include complications in ensuring the validity of research data; standards that do not keep pace with the high rate of innovation; restrictions …
August 10, 2009 – 11:02 am
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The DPC has welcomed a new government consultation by arguing that ‘the challenge of managing digital information is one that the UK is well placed to address’.
On the 6th May 2009 the National Archives, on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Culture Media and Sport and the Ministry of Justice, [...]
August 10, 2009 – 8:16 am
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In this issue:
*The Library’s digital content transfer tools and the BagIt specification
*The launch of CDL’s Public Web Archiving Service Collections
*High school students are asked, “What does ‘digital preservation’ mean?”
*The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program explores cloud computing
*Seminar on Photometadata comes to Washington, DC
*News of the AALL and NAGARA recent meetings
*Announcements: New position open [...]
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video from CNI Spring Task Force meeting
The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) is pleased to announce the release of the first issue of ‘Share: the newsletter of the Australian National Data Service’. This quarterly newsletter will feature stories about ANDS engagements, project updates, latest findings, conference reports and forthcoming events. ANDS hopes that members of the research community will find the [...]
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Ithaka Case Studies in Sustainability
Tens of millions of dollars, pounds, and euros are invested each year by government agencies and private foundations to develop and support digital resources in the not-for-profit sector. As budgets tighten, will these digital resources be able to survive and thrive?
This question is at the heart of the Ithaka Case [...]
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Surveys of Digital Preservation Practices and Priorities in Cultural Memory Organizations Kathrine Skinner, Emory University
Gail McMillan, Virginia Tech
Synchronicity: Just-In-Time Discovery of Lost Web Pages Michael Nelson, Old Dominion University
DuraCloud: Managing Durable Data in the Cloud, a Pilot program of the DuraSpace Organization Michele Kimpton, DuraSpace
Update 2009: Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation [...]
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Table of Contents
Guest Editorial: Research Data: It’s What You Do With Them Malcolm Atkinson
Editorial Chris Rusbridge
Papers (Peer-reviewed)
Preservation Is Not a Place Stephen Abrams, Patricia Cruse, John Kunze
ARCHER – e-Research Tools for Research Data Management Steve Androulakis, Ashley M Buckle, Ian Atkinson, David Groenewegen, Nick Nicholas, Andrew Treloar, Anthony Beitz
DCC&U: An Extended Digital [...]
http://www.parse-insight.eu/downloads/PARSE_Newsletter01.pdf
This Newsletter summarizes the first year’s goals and achievements of PARSE.Insight
http://www.parse-insight.eu/), a two-year project co-funded by the European Union under
the Seventh Framework Programme. It is concerned with the preservation of digital
information in science, from primary data through analysis to the final publications resulting
from the research. Its aim is to develop a roadmap and recommendations for [...]
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