A new initiative at the MIT Libraries that the Institute Archives is a partner in with Curation and Preservation Services is the Digital Sustainability Lab. The DS Lab is a physical space in which hardware, software, and workflows are investigated through experimentation and testing to provide the MIT Libraries and the digital archives, digital curation, […]
We’ve been busy the past few months. Take the blog silence for the quiet of busy beavers rather than the absence of activity! As noted in the workflow diagrams, one of the tools that we are assessing both in terms of functionality and how it might fit into our workflows is BitCurator. The BitCurator Team […]
In the last blog post, I described the process and data flow for digital archives using the PAIMAS and OAIS roles, responsibilities, and a few of the functions. Since that diagram, I have received feedback from MIT colleagues and have over-laid onto it two important considerations. First, how the storage spaces for metadata and digital […]
Part of the work with implementing a digital archives program is being transparent within the organization and also to external stakeholders. This diagram attempts to convey the PAIMAS and OAIS functions and responsibilities of the Producer and the Archives. In this case, I am focused on the tasks with which the Institute Archives and Special […]
