tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512742799532247661.post7951206869568365933..comments2023-03-16T08:05:11.958+00:00Comments on Records management futurewatch: Is digital preservation now routine?Steve Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12352969237682900197noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512742799532247661.post-90485017542626191202011-02-06T13:22:50.265+00:002011-02-06T13:22:50.265+00:00Enjoyed reading your post. I do think that digital...Enjoyed reading your post. I do think that digital archiving is a very functional way of maintaining a long term, proper records management system.records managementhttp://www.grmdocumentmanagement.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512742799532247661.post-51349437279408461502010-09-28T06:20:23.343+01:002010-09-28T06:20:23.343+01:00Hello Steve,
I have made a comment about this post...Hello Steve,<br />I have made a comment about this post here: http://regarddejanus.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/l%E2%80%99archivage-numerique-%E2%80%93-une-routine/<br /><br />Sorry it is in french (but Google translation do miraculous...).Regard de Janushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846252194633845897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512742799532247661.post-71044674041079289322010-08-19T08:19:19.850+01:002010-08-19T08:19:19.850+01:00Steve thanks a lot for your post. It is really won...Steve thanks a lot for your post. It is really wonderful thing, whether a more stress-free approach toward digital preservation belongs to the records managers than the archivists.Ishitahttp://www.virtusync.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512742799532247661.post-12783975867715613362010-06-12T17:20:48.311+01:002010-06-12T17:20:48.311+01:00I think the reasons you don't see technology a...I think the reasons you don't see technology answers to the "long-term preservation" question is because there are so many variables unrelated to technology. With digital property preservation, geographic dispersion and an ability to verify the accuracy of data (and the media it's stored on)is a starting point. Then you have to consider people with access to the property and their ability to accidentally or maliciously alter/destroy the property. File formats and recoverability over long periods of time are more related to the current penetration in the marketplace and future financial reasons someone would create conversion methods - for example: a format like .pdf will have a long extinction cycle. But unrelated to the basic technology is the financial viability of the ones doing the preserving. Budgets for archiving, long-term viability of vendors relied on for services, internal personnel redundancy and on-going capabilities to access data, democratized input capabilities, repository consolidation and the ability to relocate property, etc. There is always a balance between business practicality and preservation. With infinite and perpetual budgets, decade over decade preservation is possible - but it will never be a simple technology solution. --- For many, the best bet is the cloud. A viable cloud vendor with a diversified/residual client base will have financial capabilities (recession resiliency - no dependency on one large client) and the incentive to stay on top of technology issues. - Steer clear of high growth market share grabbers who haven't proven profitability or a commitment to long-term preservation - Read your T&C's more closely than your tech specs with these guys.DJhttp://www.onerecord.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512742799532247661.post-65309589148495338642010-05-27T16:00:44.089+01:002010-05-27T16:00:44.089+01:00Steve, thanks for an interesting post. I wonder wh...Steve, thanks for an interesting post. I wonder whether a more relaxed attitude toward digital preservation belongs to the records managers rather than the archivists. My take on the UK SoA conference last year was that archives are still not getting to grips with digital preservation.questingarchivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15558794937983980884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512742799532247661.post-3136912185312621472010-05-13T18:20:07.886+01:002010-05-13T18:20:07.886+01:00Steve,
Great post on a critical topic!
I found t...Steve,<br /><br />Great post on a critical topic!<br /><br />I found this Scientific American post via The Long Now Foundation: http://bit.ly/bGLhzX...I think it provides good data around the issues you raise here and puts them in the larger cultural context, not just their technological one.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Joe<br />http://flavors.me/jshepleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512742799532247661.post-6375994236099653432010-05-12T15:56:30.500+01:002010-05-12T15:56:30.500+01:00Isn't it a little too early for people to assu...Isn't it a little too early for people to assume the problem is solved? Let's see if that electronic adoption record is still available 50 years down the line before we start breaking open the champagne.AlisonBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512742799532247661.post-23514057136864397862010-05-11T09:31:42.900+01:002010-05-11T09:31:42.900+01:00Hi Gordy,
No, as I tried to indicate in this post...Hi Gordy,<br /><br />No, as I tried to indicate in this post, that was what most struck me about this conference - the lack of any debate or apparent concern about the mechanics of digital preservation: hence asking the question as to whether it is because this is now seen as 'routine'. <br /><br />I maybe wrong but the unspoken assumption seemed to be 'yeah, we can keep this stuff accessible without much problem and are doing it already', leading to the next problem: how to cope with the volume of information that this will inevitably generateSteve Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352969237682900197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512742799532247661.post-62424827425771677202010-05-10T19:25:41.209+01:002010-05-10T19:25:41.209+01:00Was there comment on long term preservation of dig...Was there comment on long term preservation of digital records? How can we keep digital records for decades without encumbering successive generations with the need for new media, operating systems, application software, output drivers, etc?Gordy Hokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014283213625218588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512742799532247661.post-36863085718278808772010-05-06T16:26:29.166+01:002010-05-06T16:26:29.166+01:00Excellent observation, Steve - I hadn't realis...Excellent observation, Steve - I hadn't realised that this must have been the first conference on digital preservation I ever attended where I did not once hear or read the words "Domesday Book"... Still I'd have wished the presentations to be even more to the point. A couple of those I heard could easily have been delivered four years ago. Yes, OAIS is key. Yes, you need to intervene early in the lifecycle when preserving digital documents. Yes, cooperation is crucial. But I seem to have missed the really innovative insights.<br />However, I think you are right to point out that the utter absence of panic and horror scenarios might be the most important outcome of the conference.<br />At any rate thanks for your keynote which was among the most inspiring contributions of ECA!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541961062161515260noreply@blogger.com