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Bit Preserva+on, a way of life for digital archives 11 October 2013 Bram van der Werf

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Bit  Preserva+on,  a  way  of  life  for  digital  archives  

11  October  2013  Bram  van  der  Werf  

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AGENDA  

Introduc+on  The  Digital  Preserva+on  Challenge  Community  Preserving  Bits  the  OPF  way  Looking  forward  Threats  &  Risks  

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Introduc+on  

The  OPF’s  mission  is  to  ensure  that  its  members  around  the  world  meet  digital  preserva+on  challenges  with  solu+ons  and  techniques  that  are  widely  adopted  and  ac+vely  used  by  memory  ins+tu+ons  and  beyond.  

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The  challenge  •  Producers  of  digital  content  today  use  technologies  

(media,  soOware  and  hardware)  that  create  an  increasing  amount  of  dependencies  

•  Preserving  digital  content  is  about  understanding  these  dependencies  and  take  ac+on  to  assure  future  access  and  rendering  

•  Memory  ins+tutes  need  to  have  skilled  staff  with  deep  understanding  of  a  wide  range  of  technologies  and  an  ability  to  act  on  issues  caused  by  new  publishing  technologies.  Respond,  mi+gate  issues  and  take  informed  decisions  about  introduc+on  of  new  technology  challenges  

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Taking  ac+on  

•  We  have  to  respond  and  take  ac+on  on  a  con+nuously  moving  target  (due  to  rapid  technology  changes)  

•  Should  not  wait  to  get  involved,  because  it  will  only  become  more  complex  due  to  the  shorter  cycles  of  technology  renewal  

•  Con+nued  R&D  efforts  and  also  be  pro-­‐ac+ve    •  Work  on  the  organiza+onal  learning  challenge  

•  Con+nuously  train  and  educate  digital  preserva+on  prac++oners  and  developers  

•  But  doing  it  on  your  own  is  not  an  op5on!  

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What  is  OPF  and  how  can  we  help  

•  Is  an  ac+ve  community  sharing  experience  and  prac+ces  •  Fosters  and  matures  digital  preserva+on  tools  and  prac+ces  •  Promotes  learning  from  its  community  experts  •  Con+nues  to  build  a  Community  of  merit  for  digital  

preserva+onists  via  hackathons,  webinars,  a  wiki  and  blogs  •  Primarily  connects  your  people  (prac+toners  and  developers)  

to  real  and  actual  long  term  access  issues  •  S+mulates  collabora+on  and  pragma+c,  prac+cal  ac+ons  •  Above  all  empowers  digital  preserva+onists  to  stay  involved,  

interna+onally  connected  and  to  develop  the  role  of  the  digital  preserva+on  professional  of  the  future  

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Preserving  Bits  the  OPF  way  

Format  Iden+fica+on  &  characteriza+on  

Digital  Forensics  

Emula+on  

Virtualiza+on  of  objects  with  complex  

dependencies  

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Highlights  

•  Quarterly  hackathons  –  Emula+on,  learn  from  the  experts,  Freiburg,  November  2012  

–  A  Prac+cal  Approach  to  Disk  Images  &  Digital  Forensics,  May  2013  

–  Tackling  Real-­‐World  Collec+on  Challenges  with  Digital  Forensics  Tools  and  Methods,  Chapel  Hill,  June  2013  

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Highlights  

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•  Monthly  webinars  –  Understanding  the  Value  of  Preserva+on  Data,  by  Dr.  David  Tarrant,  

OPF/University  of  Southampton  –  Digital  Preserva+on  at  your  Command  –  Part  I,  by  Carl  Wilson,  OPF  –  Working  Collabora+vely  in  Digital  Preserva+on,  by  Paul  Wheatley,  

University  of  Leeds  –  Digital  Preserva+on  at  Your  Command  Part  II,  by  Maurice  de  Rooij,  

Na+onal  Archives  of  the  Netherlands  –  Format/know?  Problems  with  Format  Iden+fica+on,  by  Jay  Gaiuso,  

New  Zealand  Na+onal  Library  –  BwFLA  Project  and  emula+on-­‐based  services,  by  Anneie  Strauch,  

University  of  Ulm  –  SoOware  Development  with  OPF,  by  Carl  Wilson,  OPF  –  C3PO,  An  introduc+on  to  content  profiling,  by  Petar  Petrov,  Crea+ve  

Pragma+cs  

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Preserva+on  Health  (sponsored  by  OCLC)  

•  Can  we  pull  risk  evidence  from  preserva+on  metadata…    (not  limited  to  PREMIS)  

•  2013  collec+ng  and  analysing  data  (BnF)  •  Produce  a  repository  (risk)  threat  dashboard  prototype  

•  2014  evaluate    

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2014  –  2016  Preview  

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– Pragma+c  ac+ons  and  improving  prac+ce  •  Don’t  fix  what  isn’t  broken  •  Be  prepared  to  fix  in  case  of  evidence  •  Con+nued  sharing  of  tools  and  experience  •  Reach  out  with  increased  online  presence  •  Empowering  with  awards  and  community  recogni+on  

•  Train  and  build  competence  and  skills  (Covey:  sharpen  the  saw)  

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Hackathons  •  Quarterly  hackathons  •  Themes  for  2014-­‐2016  

–  PDF-­‐A  –  HADOOP,  increasing  performance  of  tools    –  Preserva+on  of  Computer  Games  and  Computer  Art  

–  Hacking  as  usual  around  preserva+on  tools  and  rendering  technologies  

–  Database  archiving  –  Take-­‐up  of  Scape  Tools  •  LOCATIONS  

–  Hamburg,  The  Hague,  Stanford,  Vienna,  York    

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Webinars  

•  Monthly  Webinars  •  Training  command  line  tools  

•  Evangelizing  new  tools  •  Promo+ng  (best)  prac+ces  of  members  

•  Suppor+ng  Dissemina+on  of  Projects  (Scape  and  more)  

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DIGTAL  PRESERVATION  COMPLICATED?  

Control  Risk  management  Trust  &  Cer+fica+on  Ins+tu+onal  Ac+on  

Maintain  Re-­‐purpose  Re-­‐use  Respond  

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six  proper,es  of  successful  digital  preserva,on  (SPOT  model)    

–  Availability  –  Iden+ty  –  Persistence  –  Authen+city  –  Understandability    –  Renderability  

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“Persistence  is  the  property  that  the  bit  sequences  comprising  a  digital  object    con8nue  to  exist  in  a  usable/processable  state,  and  are  retrievable/processable    from  the  medium  on  which  they  are  stored.”    

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Covey,    Habit  5:  Seek  First  to  Understand,  Then  to  be  

Understood  

– Availability                                – Iden5ty  – Persistence  – Authen5city  

– Business  con5nuity  Plan  – Disaster  recovery  Plan  – Redundant  data  center  – Manage  Data  Integrity  

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Transla5ng  Digital  preserva5on  threats  into  opera5onal  prac5ce  

•  Tender  for  storage  •  Decide  on  Make  or  Buy  (don’t  re-­‐invent  the  wheel,  or  think  “not  invented  here”)  – Open  Source  is  not  for  free  – Use  commercial  solu+ons  when  possible  (Out  of  the  Box,  please!)  

•  Understand  and  apply  IT  Governance  and  opera+onal  best  prac+ces  (COBIT,  CMM.  ITIL  etc)  

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1-­‐Ar+culate  (R&D)  remaining  threats  and  mi+gate  associated  risks  

•  Manage  accurate  Preserva+on  &  Technical  Metadata  

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2-­‐Ar+culate  (R&D)  remaining  threats  and  mi+gate  associated  risks  

•  Virtualize  digital  objects  with  their  dependencies  

•  Emulate  obsolete  hardware  and  opera+ng  systems  

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The  Real  Risks  

•  The  way  people  work    •  Reten+on  of  key  staff  •  Management  &  Governance  

– Technology  change  is  a  fact  of  life  outside  our  control,  but  there  are  lots  of  tools  and  workarounds  

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And  what  about  Digital  Records  Management……  

•  That  is  your  job…..  •  Preserving  records  is  the  domain  of  an  archive  

•  Once  bits  are  lost  digital  records  will  be  affected  forever  

– Digital  Preserva,on  is  a  pre-­‐condi,on  that  can  and  must  be  taken  into  prac,ce  today  

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Lack  of  Governance  and  domain  exper+se  are  the  main  risks  for  our  digital  memory  

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-­‐Developing  and  retaining  qualified  staff  -­‐Career  path  for  technologists  

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Technology  challenges  are  solved  by  people  (with  some  support  of  tools)  

                   THANK  YOU  

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