Preserving Access For Electronic Records at the Texas e-Records Confence 2013

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Retention standards for electronic State records can include extended terms, potentially rendering storage formats and media unavailable. This session will address strategies for both format management and media renewal for long-term electronic records access.

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Kalani Kirk Hausman

Presented at the TexasE-Records Conference

2013November 5, 2013

PRESERVING ACCESS FOR ELECTRONIC

RECORDS

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Retention standards for electronic State records can include extended terms up to infinite “permanent” duration mandates. This will eventually render data storage formats and media unavailable. This session will address strategies to protect long-term electronic record access.

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ABSTRACT

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EARLY DATA STORAGE

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LESS THAN 1MB OF DATA

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STORAGE FOR DATA LARGE AND SMALL

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Texas Agency Hiring Documents – 3 YearsInfant Delivery Records – 21 YearsSex Offender Registry Data – 75 YearsHealth Records (Hansen’s) – PermanentState of Texas Records

Retention ScheduleFederal Records

Retention Schedule(Clery Act, etc)

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DATA RETENTION REQUIREMENTS

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AC - After Closed,

Terminated, Completed,

Expired, Settled

AV - Administrati

ve Value

CE - Calendar Year End

FE - Fiscal Year End

LA - Life of Asset MO - Months

PM - Permanent

US - Until Superseded

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RETENTION CODES

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STORAGE MEDIA

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MEDIA AND LOST DATA

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90% of the silent movies made before 1929.

Half of allmovies madebefore 1950.

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LOST MOVIES/LOST DATA

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MEDIA ACCESS

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STEADY PROGRESS

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LaserDisc (0.3GB) Blu-Ray (128GB)

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OPTICAL STORAGE

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Experimental Holographic Optical Disc (6TB – 50TB)

7-platter Magnetic 3.5” Drive (6TB)

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NEAR-FUTURE STORAGE

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DATA FORMAT AND SOFTWARE

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ROSETTA STONE

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MY COMPUTER IN COLLEGE

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EARLY WORD PROCESSERS

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THEN TO NOW

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APPLICATIONS IN THE CLOUD

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Cloud ResourcesData StorageApplicationsDesktop Virtualization

Mobile TechnologiesSmart-phonesTabletsLaptops

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SILOS AND COMPLEXITY

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WHERE EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE A NAIL

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OUR LIBRARY

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WHAT WE IMAGINE IT WILL LOOK LIKE

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WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE

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WHAT WE HAVE TO STORE

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SKILLS AND EQUIPMENT

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STRATEGIES

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Not everything is static content

Space and Pests

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1) PRINT EVERYTHING

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100 yr Best-Case

11 yr Common Use

EnvironmentUV lightingTempHumidityVibration

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2) USE ARCHIVAL-QUALITY MEDIA

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Complexity Increases

Space and Expense

Maintenance Requirement

Component Availability

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3) KEEP SPARES OF EVERYTHING

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Retain Complexity

Expand Skill Sets

Enhance Online Threat

Risk App/Host Compatibility

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4) VIRTUALIZE HARDWARE

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Loss of Local Control

Subject to By-Use Cost (utility model)

Requires Operational Internet Contact

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5) USE REDUNDANCY IN THE CLOUD

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IS THERE ANOTHER PATH?

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MODERN DAY SCRIBES

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NOT JUST A VAULT

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Accidents and Acts of Nature Skill Set Availability

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ACCIDENTS HAPPEN

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Select and Maintain Standards

Build Bridges Between SilosImplement a Cycle of Tech Refresh for Storage and Apps

Identify Data For PreservationStore Only What Is Needed

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6) BUILD A CULTURE OF PRESERVATION

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QUESTIONS ?

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My appreciation for the media shared under Creative Commons l icensing by participants in the Wikimedia Commons

fi le sharing service.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

My thanks to the IT professionals in the State of Texas for their tireless eff orts to protect a record of data resources

documenting the evolution of our Government and its agencies.

I thank you all for taking time to give me your attention and interest during this Conference. I hope you will take this idea and build the State’s future data preservation “vaults” well.

- Kalani Kirk Hausman

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THANKS

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Kalani Kirk HausmanAssistant CommandantTexas A&M University

khausman@tamu.edu

CONTACT INFORMATION

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