[PADG:887] digital preservation

[Roberta Pilette <roberta.pilette@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
  Just to give a quick synopsis of the responses to my query of last 
week.  First, I did hear from about half a dozen folks.  Most acknowledged 
that they did not have a digital preservation program.  Some as 
preservation administrators were involved in some way in the development of 
a program.  One institution did have some type of centralized digital 
repository but it was still in development and the preservation aspect of 
it was totally in the hands of the systems folks.

  Those of us working on the development of the digital preservation 
programs all seem to be headed down the same path--committee or task force 
to look at the needs, make recommendations on the shape and form of the 
program and needed policies.

  Thanks to everyone who got back to me.

Bobbie

Hi,
  I have some questions related to digital preservation and how libraries 
and universities are meeting the needs of preserving their electronic 
collections.  I know what appears in various articles but I'm looking for 
the preservation administrators view of what is happening in their 
institutions--what's the reality as you see it. I am not necessarily asking 
about scanning operations or conversion of analog to digital, though that 
may be part of the program.  I am really interested in who is doing what to 
and for the electronic collections be they created in house for whatever 
purpose or purchased.  Where is that happening and who is responsible for it?

Does your institution have a digital preservation program?

If so, what does that mean?  What is that program--what are its 
responsibilities and "realms of influence"?

Where does that program reside?
    And is it:
       part of the library preservation program,
       related to but not a part of the library preservation program 
though still within the library,
       related to the library and its programs but at the broader 
institution level?

How is the program staffed?

Thanks.

Bobbie Pilette
Preservation Department
Yale University Library
130 Wall Street
PO Box 208240
New Haven, CT  06520-8240

phone:  203-432-1714
email:  roberta.pilette@xxxxxxxx