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EPrints and Preservation

EPrints and Preservation
EPrints and Preservation
Digital repositories have been seen for many years as an enabler to gathering and preserving academic research. More recently it has been realised that the task of preserving digital materials is more complex than simply maintaining the physical bits on disk. The key aim of this conference is to bring these two communities together. This presentation looks at the work started by the Preserv and Preserv2 projects on digital preservation, the outcomes of which are now being integrated directly into the EPrints repository management software. Preserv2 introduces a framework to manage repository classification services, including DROID and newer functionality in PRONOM, which enables risk classification of objects within the repository. This framework has then been integrated into the EPrints platform to provide a single simplistic preservation interface to the repository administrator.
Tarrant, David
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Carr, Les
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Hitchcock, Steve
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Tarrant, David
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Carr, Les
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Hitchcock, Steve
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Tarrant, David, Carr, Les and Hitchcock, Steve (2008) EPrints and Preservation. Tackling the Preservation Challenge: Practical Steps for Repository Managers, London. (In Press)

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Abstract

Digital repositories have been seen for many years as an enabler to gathering and preserving academic research. More recently it has been realised that the task of preserving digital materials is more complex than simply maintaining the physical bits on disk. The key aim of this conference is to bring these two communities together. This presentation looks at the work started by the Preserv and Preserv2 projects on digital preservation, the outcomes of which are now being integrated directly into the EPrints repository management software. Preserv2 introduces a framework to manage repository classification services, including DROID and newer functionality in PRONOM, which enables risk classification of objects within the repository. This framework has then been integrated into the EPrints platform to provide a single simplistic preservation interface to the repository administrator.

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Accepted/In Press date: 19 November 2008
Additional Information: Event Dates: 12th December 2008
Venue - Dates: Tackling the Preservation Challenge: Practical Steps for Repository Managers, London, 2008-12-12
Organisations: Web & Internet Science

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Local EPrints ID: 266989
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/266989
PURE UUID: 5b2ddaf3-8a68-4003-91ea-0f92126bc828
ORCID for Les Carr: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2113-9680

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Date deposited: 19 Dec 2008 15:44
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:33

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Author: David Tarrant
Author: Les Carr ORCID iD
Author: Steve Hitchcock

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