This presented created by Michael Howser explains what the Connecticut Digital Archive is along with its mission.

1. Collaborative Data Archiving and Access: Developing a Shared Repository
Infrastructure to Increase Funding Competitiveness
What is the CTDA?
The Connecticut Digital Archive (CTDA) is a collaborative effort of the Archives &
Special Collections at the University of Connecticut Libraries and the Connecticut State
Library. The CTDA is dedicated to the maintenance, delivery, and preservation of a
wide-range of digital resources for educational and cultural institutions and state
agencies in the State of Connecticut.
Persistent Identifiers
The CTDA implements the Handle System to provide
persistent and unique identifiers for digital assets.
The Handle System is a component of CNRI’s Digital
Object Architecture and provides a means of
managing digital information in a network
environment.
UConn Archives CTDA Collections CT History Illustrated Research @ UConn CT State Library Trinity College
Presentation Channel Service Management/Presentation Channel Service
manage.archives manage.ctdigitalarchive
Management Channel Service
CTDA Harvest Service
Repox
CTDA Repository Service
Technology
The CTDA is built on the open source Fedora Commons architecture
and uses a number of open source tools, applications, and services.
The Fedora repository architecture is currently in production in
hundreds of academic, governmental, and cultural organizations
around the world.
The CTDA’s current management and presentation platform is
Islandora. Islandora is an open-source software framework
designed to help institutions and organizations and their audiences
collaboratively manage and discover digital assets. Islandora
development is now managed by the Islandora Foundation a non-
profit membership organization.
Content Owners
Collaborations
The CTDA provides the preservation oriented infrastructure for educational and
cultural institutions and state agencies in the State of Connecticut. Each collaborator
maintains ownership of the original digital objects and signs a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) which provides details on the services provided, fees, and long
term preservation and migration of content.
Explore!
To learn more about the CTDA and to explore the
growing collections visit: http://ctdigitalarchive.org
ctda@uconn.edu
Connecticut Digital Archive
Connect. Preserve. Share
Background image: State Capitol Building, Hartford from University of Connecticut Libraries Archives and Special Collections http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:199702938