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National Archives of Australia Digital Preservation Update Cornel Platzer Director Digital and Audiovisual Preservation

National Archives of Australia Digital Preservation Update Cornel Platzer Director Digital and Audiovisual Preservation

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National Archives of Australia Digital Preservation

Update

Cornel Platzer

Director Digital and Audiovisual Preservation

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The NAA Approach

•Translate into openly documented formats•Keep the original•Store both with metadata•Manage and preserve authentic, reliable and durable digital records

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Xena Conversions

Data

Data

<XML>

<metadata>

<metadata>

Xena

Digital Preservation ObjectivesPreserve any type of digital record Created using any type of application On any computing platform Delivered on any digital media From any agency and any donor Provide discovery and access For current and future generations

Some Preservation Formats

ODF - Open Document Format

XML – Extensible Markup Language

PNG – Portable Network Graphics

FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec

XENA

Open source – freely available from sourceforge:

http://sourceforge.net

University of Sydney – D-Space Repository

City of Perth – integrated into TRIM with customised Xena metadata wrapper

Digital Archive

Priorities

Development of an audio normaliser and processing of digital audio files copied from deteriorating analogue audiotapes;

Researching the development of a video file normaliser for Xena;

Securing Highly Protected accreditation for the Digital Archive – systems and infrastructure;

Priorities (cont)

Internal Auditors Report on the Digital Archive using the Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification: Criteria and Checklist published in 2007 by CRL and OCLC;

External Code review of Digital Preservation Software Platform focusing on standards, processes, testing regime, documentation etc.

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In ConclusionNational Archives seeks to:Preserve at risk born digital recordsTransform at risk analogue content to a digital formatSo that digital content is available for use by:GovernmentEducation sectorDigital content industryThe Information Economy generallyTo successfully achieve these outcomes requires dedicated funding equal to the task. Longevity for digital resources is only achieved through

intentional preservation.

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Resources

http//:naa.gov.au

http://xena.sourceforge.net

[email protected]