Rethinking Libraries: selection appraisal

JISC Conference 2011Financial Challenges – Digital Opportunities

Session: Rethinking Libraries – Innovation in a time of limited resourcesTopic: Tools and Tactics to Support the Appraisal of Digital Assets

How can we keep the accumulation of digital under control?

There are various information lifecycle management planning tools

1. http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/curation-lifecycle-model2. http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/information-lifecycle/introduction/model3. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/government/products-services/007002-2012-e.html

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1. Enterprise content

management

2. De-duplication

3. Pruning/weeding

4. Storage repository

5. Tiered Storage

6. Master data

management/version

control

7. Resource limitation (quotas)

The Greening Information Management Assessment Framework

Questions for breakout discussion …

Stage 1 – Baselining•Does your organisation / department have an effective method of determining the scope, extent and integrity of its digital holdings?•Have you heard of or used tools such as TRAC, DAF, DRAMBORA, ISMG, MANDATE or BIILS?

Stage 2 – Using various approaches•Does your organisation / department use any of the 7 techniques listed?•Which of the techniques listed do you think might be most effective in the context of your organisation /department?•Are there other techniques not listed that you find helpful for information lifecycle management?

Stage 3 – Assessment•How effective and feasible are these techniques likely to be in the context of your own workplace?