Preservation and Digital Repositories: Connections, Possibilities, and Needs
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Luís Corujo
Abstract
This chapter aims to explore certain aspects of the challenges of digital preservation and digital repositories, including their roles, significance, and associated costs. Employing an essay methodology, it evolves from the author’s reflective discourse, tracing the journey undertaken. Beginning with a necessary delineation of the relationship between digital preservation, digital repositories, and their digital assets, the chapter proceeds to conduct a brief analysis of the perceived needs for these components. These needs primarily encompass organizational aspects (policy, planning, actions), financial considerations (costs), and technological factors (standardization) crucial for supporting digital preservation and repositories. It is noteworthy that digital preservation endeavors to ensure continued access to electronic information and its authenticity, irrespective of the format, software, or hardware used during its production or intended use. This enables long-term utilization without encountering physical, platform-related, legal, heritage, or other constraints. Moreover, digital curation adopts a holistic approach to the data lifecycle, acknowledging its dependency on production contexts and societal needs and necessitating comprehensive planning, management, and business policies-a feat achievable only within an institutional framework dedicated to allocating resources and cultivating competencies for this purpose. Furthermore, the characteristics and/or requirements of digital objects, such as authenticity, reliability, integrity, and usability, must be envisaged across physical, logical, and conceptual dimensions, considering the context from which they originated. This underscores their significance as assets essential for preserving the collective memory of individuals, institutions, and society at large. Consequently, actions outlined in plans supported by policies necessitate continuous investments from entities involved in digital information management. These investments should encompass the risk management of potential loss of crucial information at operational, fiscal, legal, and administrative levels, while also ensuring rights and resilience against external challenges, thus safeguarding institutional memory.
Abstract
This chapter aims to explore certain aspects of the challenges of digital preservation and digital repositories, including their roles, significance, and associated costs. Employing an essay methodology, it evolves from the author’s reflective discourse, tracing the journey undertaken. Beginning with a necessary delineation of the relationship between digital preservation, digital repositories, and their digital assets, the chapter proceeds to conduct a brief analysis of the perceived needs for these components. These needs primarily encompass organizational aspects (policy, planning, actions), financial considerations (costs), and technological factors (standardization) crucial for supporting digital preservation and repositories. It is noteworthy that digital preservation endeavors to ensure continued access to electronic information and its authenticity, irrespective of the format, software, or hardware used during its production or intended use. This enables long-term utilization without encountering physical, platform-related, legal, heritage, or other constraints. Moreover, digital curation adopts a holistic approach to the data lifecycle, acknowledging its dependency on production contexts and societal needs and necessitating comprehensive planning, management, and business policies-a feat achievable only within an institutional framework dedicated to allocating resources and cultivating competencies for this purpose. Furthermore, the characteristics and/or requirements of digital objects, such as authenticity, reliability, integrity, and usability, must be envisaged across physical, logical, and conceptual dimensions, considering the context from which they originated. This underscores their significance as assets essential for preserving the collective memory of individuals, institutions, and society at large. Consequently, actions outlined in plans supported by policies necessitate continuous investments from entities involved in digital information management. These investments should encompass the risk management of potential loss of crucial information at operational, fiscal, legal, and administrative levels, while also ensuring rights and resilience against external challenges, thus safeguarding institutional memory.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Navigating Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Integration in Library and Information Science: Insights from Four National Libraries 1
- Integrating AI Tools into Stem Research 25
- Ocean Data Management and EU Database Sui Generis Right 53
- Leveraging Browser-based VR for GLAM Institutions: Broadening Access to African and Diaspora Cultural Heritage 77
- Preservation and Digital Repositories: Connections, Possibilities, and Needs 111
- Research Data Management: A Study with Special Reference to Smart Libraries 135
- Telepresence Robots in the GLAM sector: Bridging Divides for an Inclusive and Equitable Smart Society 157
- NLP Driven Citation Analysis of Legal Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities 177
- ChatGPT and the Future of Library Reference Services 203
- Next-Gen Librarianship: Exploring the Potential of Metaverse in Information Spaces 227
- Tribal Legal Research and its Challenges in the Age of AI 249
- Digital Silent Rooms and Libraries in France During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Enacting Intimate Study Environments 269
- Exploring IOT Awareness among Library Professionals: Insights from a Developing Country’s Perspective 291
- Information Literacy in Academic Library Instruction 311
- Introducing Indiana University Bloomington Libraries Publishing: A Case Study 337
- Teaching Information Literacy Skills in Higher Learning Institutions in Zimbabwe 359
- Gender Parity Towards Access and Use of ICT in Academic Libraries in Nigeria 385
- Literacy Meaning Construction for Malang City: Community Libraries Activists 407
- The Nexus of Food Consumerism: Information Science and Technology Perspectives in Ghana 433
- Marketing Strategies for Library Services: A Comparative Study Between University and Public Libraries 453
- Analyzing the Socio-economic and Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Libraries 473
- Transforming Government Information: The Digital Evolution of the United States Government Publishing Office 493
- Information Technology Acceptance in Health Information Management Practice in Nigeria: Benefits and Challenges 515
- Beyond Information Access: Libraries as Centers of Metaliteracy in the 21st Century 535
- The Current State of Artificial Intelligence Use and its Ethical Implications in Higher Education in Zimbabwe 561
- Expanding Boundaries: The Role of VR in the Modern Library 589
- Open Access and Research Visibility: The Prospects and Challenges of an Open Access Policy in Uganda 611
- Revolutionary Research: The Integration of AI and Blockchain in Peer Review Protocols 633
- About the Contributors 665
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Navigating Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Integration in Library and Information Science: Insights from Four National Libraries 1
- Integrating AI Tools into Stem Research 25
- Ocean Data Management and EU Database Sui Generis Right 53
- Leveraging Browser-based VR for GLAM Institutions: Broadening Access to African and Diaspora Cultural Heritage 77
- Preservation and Digital Repositories: Connections, Possibilities, and Needs 111
- Research Data Management: A Study with Special Reference to Smart Libraries 135
- Telepresence Robots in the GLAM sector: Bridging Divides for an Inclusive and Equitable Smart Society 157
- NLP Driven Citation Analysis of Legal Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities 177
- ChatGPT and the Future of Library Reference Services 203
- Next-Gen Librarianship: Exploring the Potential of Metaverse in Information Spaces 227
- Tribal Legal Research and its Challenges in the Age of AI 249
- Digital Silent Rooms and Libraries in France During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Enacting Intimate Study Environments 269
- Exploring IOT Awareness among Library Professionals: Insights from a Developing Country’s Perspective 291
- Information Literacy in Academic Library Instruction 311
- Introducing Indiana University Bloomington Libraries Publishing: A Case Study 337
- Teaching Information Literacy Skills in Higher Learning Institutions in Zimbabwe 359
- Gender Parity Towards Access and Use of ICT in Academic Libraries in Nigeria 385
- Literacy Meaning Construction for Malang City: Community Libraries Activists 407
- The Nexus of Food Consumerism: Information Science and Technology Perspectives in Ghana 433
- Marketing Strategies for Library Services: A Comparative Study Between University and Public Libraries 453
- Analyzing the Socio-economic and Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Libraries 473
- Transforming Government Information: The Digital Evolution of the United States Government Publishing Office 493
- Information Technology Acceptance in Health Information Management Practice in Nigeria: Benefits and Challenges 515
- Beyond Information Access: Libraries as Centers of Metaliteracy in the 21st Century 535
- The Current State of Artificial Intelligence Use and its Ethical Implications in Higher Education in Zimbabwe 561
- Expanding Boundaries: The Role of VR in the Modern Library 589
- Open Access and Research Visibility: The Prospects and Challenges of an Open Access Policy in Uganda 611
- Revolutionary Research: The Integration of AI and Blockchain in Peer Review Protocols 633
- About the Contributors 665
