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Abstract: Digital archiving and long-term
preservation is a rich area for digital library and information
science research. Typically, long-term preservation entails
techniques to overcome dependencies on obsolete hardware
and software and methods to present digital information
meaningfully to future users who may not possess the
same knowledgebase as the original creators or users.
No single approach to digital preservation will suffice
given the wide variety of both data types and contexts
of reuse. At the same time, some generic solutions are
needed in order to build a scalable and affordable infrastructure
to support long-term preservation of digital information.
Research challenges include developing new repository
models for software, formats, and technical documentation;
redesign and formal modeling of curatorial processes
to enable automation; metadata standards that are rigorous
enough to support reuse; and economic models for sustaining
digital archives over many generations.
About the Speaker: Margaret Hedstrom
is an Associate Professor at the School of Information,
University of Michigan where she teaches in the areas of
archives, electronic records management, and digital preservation.
She is project director for the CAMiLEON Project, an international
research project to investigate the feasibility of emulation
as a digital preservation strategy. She is a member of
the National Research Council study committee that is evaluating
the digital archiving strategies of the U.S. National Archives
and Records Administration, the National Digital Strategy
Advisory Board to the Library of Congress, and the Advisory
Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation, U.S.
Department of State. She holds a M.A. (Library Science)
and PhD (History) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Before joining the faculty at the University of Michigan
in 1995, she was Chief of State Records Advisory Services
and Director of the Center for Electronic Records at the
New York State Archives and Records Administration. She
is a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists.
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