Tag Archives: OAIS

Engaging with Digital Archives Open Source Communities

In addition to the work we are doing here at the MIT Libraries, we are also engaged with the global community of archivist and preservation folks developing open source tools for digital archives, digital forensics, and digital preservation. Here are a few of the ways in which we are participating in communities to enhance, improve, […]

Integrating Tools into our Process and Workflows

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 […]

Visualizing PAIMAS and OAIS

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 […]