Capability gap - Preservation isnt just throwing tools at the problem - Acting on Change 2016

Capability gap - Preservation isn't just throwing tools at the problem

Angela Dappert,The British Library

• Difficulties in using and adopting established metadata, policies, best practice, workflows,tools, …

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Emerging community consensus

� Information you need to know for preserving digital objectsPreservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies

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Including all

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Different communication needs

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Different communication needs

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Making a standard your own vs. making your own standard

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Coming up with a new solution can be easier

than adopting an existing one

the solution

itself

operating the

solution

migrating to future platforms

added services

data, metadata

or software

exchange

developing community

…

the solution

itself

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Expectations

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Perceptions

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Narrowing down solutions -> profiles

Established solution

Specific domain application

Implementation

Specific

functionalit

y

Broad applicability

metadata,

policies,

best practice,

workflows,

tools, …

Database to

archive, ..

Specific

implementation

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Abstracting away our differences through technology

Tree structures

Semantic interpretations

Function 1

Variant 1

Variant 2

Function 2

Variant 1

Variant 2

Variants of basic functionality

Modular functions

Semantic interpretations

Computational data structures

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Combining solutions is hard

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Issues

• Raise awareness of the need for and

the availability of long-term solutions

• Transfer awareness, knowledge, and best practice

• Identify intrinsic and perceived differences

• Map local implementations to abstracted IT solutions

• Make solutions shareable and accepted

• Design appropriately modularised and easily configurable tools

• Spread adoption beyond our own echo chambers

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Thank you