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Stewards of Culture: Preserving Cultural Records in the Digital Age
This document discusses the challenges of preserving cultural heritage in the digital age. It notes that while digital preservation faces similar issues to analog preservation, there are also unique challenges. These include concerns about the sustainability, authenticity, interoperability and reusability of digital objects over time as technologies and standards change. The document advocates for collaborative solutions like consortial management systems and repositories to help institutions share costs and ensure long-term access to cultural resources in digital formats.
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- 1. Stewards of Culture PreservingCultural Records in the Digital Age Gregory Colati, University of Connecticut May, 2014
- 2. ? Preserving cultural heritagein the digital age is just like preserving culture in the analog age… …except when it is different. 2
- 3. CLHO The Dilemma ofModern Stewardship, 1814 How do we insure that resources that support cultural activities that exist today will reliably exist and be discoverable in the future? 1814 2??? ? May 20143
- 4. CLHO Dilemma of ModernMedia, 1912 May 20144
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- 6. CLHO The Dilemma ofMedia, 1990s May 20146
- 7. CLHO The Dilemma ofModern Media, 1996 BEFORE YouTube, Facebook, and Smartphones May 20147
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- 9. CLHO Cultural Armageddon, 2011 Source:University of Southern California Credit: Todd Lindeman and Brian Vastag/ The Washington Post May 20149
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- 11. CLHO Cultural Armageddon, 2013 “Youmay not incorporate the information… in any …archive” May 201411
- 12. CLHO The Dilemma ofModern Media Files May 201412
- 13. CLHO The Dilemma ofModern Documentation May 201413
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- 15. CLHO What Has Value? May201415
- 16. CLHO What is Noise? May201416
- 17. CLHO Everything can bedata… “When it was made simple, counted in bits, Information was found to be everywhere” -James Gleick, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood (2011) “It is not just about the data, it is about the story” -Arianna Huffington (2012) …and used to tell a story. May 201417
- 18. CLHO 5 Equations ofthe Cultural Record, 2014 Analog = Non-existent Unconnected = Invisible Reusable = Valuable Storytelling = Visualization Collections = Data May 201418
- 19. CLHO The Dilemma ofModern Stewardship, 2014 How do we insure that resources that support cultural activities that exist in digital form today will reliably exist and be discoverable in the future? 2014 2??? ? May 201419
- 20. CLHO Four “–ity”s ofthe Digital Cultural Record • Sustainability • The digital object can be maintained and accessed over time • Authenticity • The digital object is reliably true to the original • Interoperability • The ability of one standards-based object to be used in any other standards-based system • Reusability • Objects can be used in ways not related to original purpose May 201420
- 21. The Bad News 21 Thesolution to the dilemma of modern stewardship: • Is expensive to build and maintain; • Requires a large investment in technology infrastructure; • Requires a standards-based management system; • Can’t be purchased as a “complete solution,” even if you could afford it.
- 22. The Good News 22 Collaborativeprograms can make it possible for everyone to share the cost and the benefits of: Consortial management systems; Large-scale repositories; Negotiated connections to national and international aggregators; While retaining local ownership and control.
- 23. Connecticut History Content OwnersDiscovery & AccessInfrastructure Aggregators Preservation Infrastructure Deposit Agreements & MOUs Il l u s t r a t e d OrganizationSites Connecticut Digital Archive
- 24. CLHO Greg Colati Sr. Director Archives,Special Collections and Digital Curation University of Connecticut gregory.colati@uconn.edu Slides and text available at: http://www.slideshare.net/Gcolati/ May 201424
- 25. CLHO Credits (In orderof appearance) Certificate of membership in Windham County Agricultural Society, Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut, http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20110263 Wax Cylinder: Flickr image from the National Film and Sound Archive Australia Brittle page: http://chla.library.cornell.edu/c/chla/about2.html Paul Conway, Preservation in the Digital World http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/conway2 Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/graphic/2011/02/11/GR2011021100614.html Digital Universe: http://www.emc.com/leadership/programs/digital-universe.htm Singularity Hub: http://singularityhub.com/2010/07/20/your-entire-life-recorded-lifelogging-goes- mainstream/ Justin TV: http://justin.tv Google glass: http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/ Iris: http://www.lowes.com/cd_Iris_239939199_ Locomotive: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut May 201425