Erin OMearaGates ArchiveJanuary 27, 2012ALCTS PARS Digital
Preservation Interest GroupRecent Publications about Managing
Born-Digital MaterialsAIMS ProjectAIMS Born-Digital Collections: An
Inter-Institutional Model for Stewardship (January,
2012)Mellon-funded project across large institutionsDeveloped
guidance based on archival processes:Collection
DevelopmentAccessioningArrangement & DescriptionDiscovery &
AccessCase studies in each functional
areahttp://www2.lib.virginia.edu/aims/whitepaper/ UNC SILS Masters
Paper by Martin GengenbachThey Way We Do it Here: Mapping Digital
Forensics Workflows in Collecting Institutions. (August,
2012)Interviews with 8 archivists on the application of digital
forensics tools and techniques in their repositoryFigures on pp.
32-67 of actual workflows used at Yale (Beinecke and Manuscripts
and Archives), City of Vancouver, Duke, MITH, NLA, UNC, UVa
http://digitalcurationexchange.org/system/files/gengenbach-forensic-workflows-2012.pdf
OCLCs Demystifing Born Digital SeriesYouve Got to Walk Before You
Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on
Physical Media (June, 2012)Basic guidance on how to identify and
triage content housed on physical mediaSwatting the Long Tail of
Digital Media: A Call for Collaboration (August, 2012)Proposes
collaborative approaches for acquiring content on physical media
regional centers of
expertisehttp://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-06r.html
Born-Digital Acquisitions GroupBorn Digital: Guidance for
Donors, Dealers, and Archival Repositories (January 2013)Provides
clear guidance to donors, dealers and archivists on preparing
materials for acquisitionOpen to editing and feedback from the
communityhttp://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/borndigital/
What does this mean?Shift from theoretical publications on
born-digital materials to strategic and tactical approachesOther
signals of professional maturation:Sharing processes and workflows
with larger communitySharing of concrete best practices
Collaborating on project to test out processes and workflowsWhats
next?More complete workflow testing, sharing and adoptionBest
practice documentation in more formal publicationsEnhanced tool
development
