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Please Note: This Page Has Been Archived

Archiving the Compendium was a project to figure out how to deposit an archive of the Globalization Compendium. These pages reflect our thinking in 2008, not necessarily how we finally implemented the archive. This and other pages were archived so changing them won't affect the project.

 

Best Practices for Archiving a Digital Project


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<		 Basically, the expected longevity of dye-based DVD-R and DVD+R is anywhere from 20 to 250 years, the same as CD-R discs. Some dye formulations such as phthalocyanine and azo last longer, more than a 100 years compared to 15 to 40 years for less stable dyes. Re-writeable DVD formats like DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW, which use metallic materials that change the phase of the light, rather than light-sensitive dyes, have an expected lifetime of anywhere between 25 to 100 years. It’s important to remember that the quality of materials and production process can greatly affect the longevity of DVDs. Poor quality DVDs may deteriorate within a few years and produce errors or become unreadable within a year time.
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There is no big difference between DVDs and CDs when it comes to materials. The dye chemicals used in write-once DVDs are similar to CD-R, though recording density and disk construction differ. So you are taking no greater risk when using DVDs instead of the old CDs.

When talking about “short” lifespan of optical media we need to take look at the alternatives as well: Magnetic media like tapes and diskettes last 10 to 30 years, acid-neutral paper can last about 100 years or longer, high quality microfilm is believed to last about 300 years or more. So it’s obvious to see that CDs and DVDs alike have a relative long lifespan compared to other possible storage methods. It’s also important to remember that digital storage media often becomes obsolete within 20 years, long before it physically deteriorates.

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Recommendations from John MacDonough? and Tim Keefe at ther DHO Summer School: Early Writable DVDs are failing within 5 years. Must use Archival quality DVDs (5-10x price) never write on DVD surface...it will bleed through ... if you must, write on the clear spindle area Best recommendation is to get DVD's with printable surface...they have layers of protection Use major manufactureres and get certified and tested. TDK, Verbatim, Matsui, - Unesco report on CDs


Source: http://www.techmount.com/index.php/20051205/dvd-lifespan/

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In July 2003 the national libraries of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, The British Library (UK), The Library of Congress (USA) and the Internet Archive (USA) acknowledged the importance of international collaboration for preserving Internet content for future generations. This group of 12 institutions chartered the IIPC to fund and participate in projects and working groups to accomplish the Consortium’s goals. The initial agreement was in effect for three years, during which time the membership was limited to the charter institutions. Since then, membership has expanded to include additional libraries, archives, museums and cultural heritage institutions involved in Web archiving.

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JISC

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Mapping the Current Situation in Canada
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Best Practices for Archiving a Digital Project


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 (Question: this being the case, and although authors retain rights to the contributions, what are the legal implications of what we choose to do with the archived materials - what if par example we decided to go with a proliferation archiving project? Are there aspects of the signed agreements that relate to archiving or redistribution? How much control must be maintained to satisfy the terms and conditions of the compendium vis-a-vis its contributors?)

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Costs associated with preparing this data for archiving are considered expenses under the terms of the SSHRC grant. The statement of SSHRC objectives is meant to be carried out in spirit of their intentions and to also conform to their privacy policy for research subjects.

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The MCRI Globalization & Autonomy project reaches its objectives and goals, it is necessary to address the means by which the online research product portion of the project can be maintained for posterity. The results of research were presented in three ways. The first is the Globalization and Autonomy Online Compendium. Results were also published through the Globalization and Autonomy Series and by individual team members as part of their work in journals and books. To ensure continued and future access to the online research, policy and procedures to provide long-term access must be developed. This raises questions as to best practises to maintain access to online, digital and dynamic research products, either through conversion to other media and/or maintenance of the existing media in the long term.

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 Costs associated with preparing this data for archiving are considered expenses under the terms of the SSHRC grant. The statement of SSHRC objectives is meant to be carried out in spirit of their intentions and to also conform to their privacy policy for research subjects.
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Existing Literature

Literature dealing with archival of digital projects is limited. Existing works pertain more specifically to digital objects as opposed to the codebases developed as part of a research project. Although these materials provide information relating to the media by which digital items may best be preserved for perpetuity, they generally do not address issues such as code standards and the perpetuation of dynamic data. This would be one the crucial aspects of the digital archiving of the Globalisation Compendium.
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(Do we have an idea of how many people are consulting/using the compendium on an ongoing basis? Are there any metrics compiled?)

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(Question: this being the case, and although authors retain rights to the contributions, what are the legal implications of what we choose to do with the archived materials - what if par example we decided to go with a proliferation archiving project? Are there aspects of the signed agreements that relate to archiving or redistribution? How much control must be maintained to satisfy the terms and conditions of the compendium vis-a-vis its contributors?)

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As the MCRI Globalisation & Autonomy project reaches its objectives and goals, it is necessary to address the means by which the online research product portion of the project can be maintained for posterity. The results of research were presented in three ways. The first of these is the Globalization and Autonomy Online Compendium. Results were also presented in academic form in the published Globalization and Autonomy Series and through individual team members publishing their work in their usual disciplinary journals and books. Due to the transitory nature of The online portion of the presentation, means by which it can be maintained as an online source and/or archived for individual consultation and long-term storage must be addressed. This raises questions as to best practises to maintain access to the research products, either through conversion to other media and/or maintenance of the existing media in the long term.

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The project, specifically through the compendium, has maintained an open access policy. "The Globalization and Autonomy Online Compendium provides open access to all of its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global knowledge exchange. Such access is associated with increased readership and citation levels. The Compendium uses open source software, adapted and extended by the TAPoR project, to help make open access economically viable, as well as to improve the scholarly and public quality of research.

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Most of this should be contingent upon the amount of cost and effort demanded by each alternative versus the potential research gains that each returns. (Has there been any measure of the value returned through the online presentation of this research?)
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 Existing works pertain more specifically to digital objects as opposed to the codebases developed as part of a research project. Although these materials provide information relating to the media by which digital items may best be preserved for perpetuity, they generally do not address issues such as code standards and the perpetuation of dynamic data. This would be one the crucial aspects of the digital archiving of the Globalisation Compendium. Please refer to the following for a detailed discussion of the current and final configuration of the compendium. Available sources on digital project archiving include:
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(Do we have an idea of how many people are consulting/using the compendium on an ongoing basis? Are there any metrics compiled?)

The project, specifically through the compendium, has maintained an open access policy. "The Globalization and Autonomy Online Compendium provides open access to all of its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global knowledge exchange. Such access is associated with increased readership and citation levels. The Compendium uses open source software, adapted and extended by the TAPoR project, to help make open access economically viable, as well as to improve the scholarly and public quality of research.

(Question: this being the case, and although authors retain rights to the contributions, what are the legal implications of what we choose to do with the archived materials - what if par example we decided to go with a proliferation archiving project? Are there aspects of the signed agreements that relate to archiving or redistribution? How much control must be maintained to satisfy the terms and conditions of the compendium vis-a-vis its contributors?)


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Costs associated with preparing this data for archiving are considered expenses under the terms of the SSHRC grant. The statement of SSHRC objectives is meant to be carried out in spirit of their intentions and to also conform to their privacy policy for research subjects. Source: Policies - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
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When talking about “short” lifespan of optical media we need to take look at the alternatives as well: Magnetic media like tapes and diskettes last 10 to 30 years, acid-neutral paper can last about 100 years or longer, high quality microfilm is believed to last about 300 years or more. So it’s obvious to see that CDs and DVDs alike have a relative long lifespan compared to other possible storage methods. It’s also important to remember that digital storage media often becomes obsolete within 20 years, long before it physically deteriorates. Source: http://www.techmount.com/index.php/20051205/dvd-lifespan/

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There is no big difference between DVDs and CDs when it comes to materials. The dye chemicals used in write-once DVDs are similar to CD-R, though recording density and disk construction differ. So you are taking no greater risk when using DVDs instead of the old CDs.

When talking about “short” lifespan of optical media we need to take look at the alternatives as well: Magnetic media like tapes and diskettes last 10 to 30 years, acid-neutral paper can last about 100 years or longer, high quality microfilm is believed to last about 300 years or more. So it’s obvious to see that CDs and DVDs alike have a relative long lifespan compared to other possible storage methods. It’s also important to remember that digital storage media often becomes obsolete within 20 years, long before it physically deteriorates. Source: http://www.techmount.com/index.php/20051205/dvd-lifespan/


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Costs associated with preparing this data for archiving are considered expenses under the terms of the SSHRC grant. The statement of SSHRC objectives is meant to be carried out in spirit of their intentions and to also conform to their privacy policy for research subjects. Source: Policies - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

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Joint Info Systems Committee (JISC) has overseen a variety of digistaion projects and provides findings, some of which apply to archiving digital projects themselves.
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SSHRC stipulates that research data collected with public funds belong in the public domain and must be available to other researchers. SSHRC policy stipulates that this must be accomplished within a reasonable amount of time – they define this as being within two years of the conclusion of the project. They do not define a specific form that this data must take, not the means of access. They do however, recommend a series of libraries hat they have certified to be able to host this data, should the library at the institution where the research has been carried out be unable to make this data publicly available. Costs associated with preparing this data for archiving are considered expenses under the terms of the SSHRC grant. The statement of SSHRC objectives is meant to be carried out in spirit of their intentions and to also conform to their privacy policy for research subjects. Source: Policies - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Existing Literature

Limited Existing Literature pertains more specifically to digital objects as opposed to the codebases developed as part of a research project. Although these materials provide information pertaining to the media by which digital items may best be preserved for perpetutity, they failt o address issues such as code standrads and the perpetuation of dynamic data.This would be on the crucial aspects of the digital archiving of the Globalisation Compendium. Please refer to the following for a detailed discussion of the current and final configuration of the compendium. Available sources on digital project archiving include: JISC (UK) 1997 : Studies on the Preservation of Electronic Materials

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Rhizome

The Rhizome project

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