The story so far My excursion into the world of digital curation has been testing. My technical confidence remains low, but I do have a better grasp of what it entails, how I should think, what to look for and where to find it. I now understand well that it will take time and […]
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5. Preservica testing
I believed it was important to experiment with the Preservica digital repository system as it is a specialist cloud provider widely used in the cultural sector. If you are not aware of it, you can read more about it here and see case studies here. Firstly, I acknowledge that this is an expensive commercial solution […]
4. Fixity
What exactly is fixity? Time to explore this in detail: File fixity, and associated digital forensics, has been a tricky technical point for me to grasp. It requires a lot of extra research as it involves different aspects and tools, but the more you look into it the more familiar it becomes. I understood […]
3. Lifecycle Model in practice
Ingest This is a basic workflow I designed following the DCC lifecycle and OAIS reference model (click on image to enlarge). I found some very useful workflow examples on the BitCurator Consortium, as well as on this blog post on visualising digital preservation workflows. First action: Receive, describe and characterise My project […]
2. Concepts and Contexts
1. The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model According to the Digital Curation Centre’s (DCC) Lifecycle Model a data curation project (digital objects or databases, see circle centre) can be divided into 4 main overarching actions that are then subdivided into practical steps: First Action: Description and representation of information Use appropriate standards […]
1. Getting started
The digital objects This case study follows the process of the digital curation and archiving of digitised photographic objects, and of the ways I attempted to implement a curation and preservation workflow using a set of tools and processes. It is, admittedly, a work in progress. I was granted access to the material, in […]