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- 1. Collecting Emerging Formats Giulia Carla Rossi Curator, Digital Publications (She/her) DPC:WAPWG – 16 January 2020 @giugimonogatari
- 2. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats Collecting Approach to Complex Digital Publications Outline: • What we collect • Why we collect it • How we collect it 2
- 4. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats The Emerging Formats Project 4 “The term 'emerging formats' refers to types of publication that are in scope to collect under the UK’s Non-Print Legal Deposit Regulations, but whose content and structure are more challenging compared to those currently collected.” (https://www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats) Two year project (April 2017 – March 2019) to: • Identify publications that are in scope to collect • Identify and explore the collection management needs of these more- complex digital publications 1. WHAT
- 5. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats What do we mean by ‘emerging formats’? • Born-digital with no print counterpart • Often consist of more than one media type • Device dependent 5 • Comprised of non-standard format and metadata types • Not typically part of existing collections • At risk of obsolescence (Source: Smith, C., & Cooke, I. (2017). Emerging Formats: Complex digital media and its impact on the UK Legal Deposit Libraries. Alexandria, 27(3), 175–187) 1. WHAT
- 6. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats Focused on three types of content: 6 © The British Library • WHAT1. WHAT • Web-based interactive narratives • Book as mobile apps • Structured data
- 9. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats UK Non-Print Legal Deposit (NPLD) 9 • In April 2013 the Regulations come into force • UK Legal Deposit Libraries have been collecting various types of born-digital publications since 2013: eBooks eJournals archived websites geospatial datasets digital sheet music http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/777/contents/made 2. WHY
- 10. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats Benefits for libraries: • NPLD helps mitigate the possibility of a digital black hole • Ensure we represent the changing nature and diversity of the UK digital culture • Develop capability that can be applied to more ‘mainstream’ collections • Share knowledge and experience with other cultural institutions to address related challenges 102. WHY
- 11. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats Benefits for researchers: • Ensure long-term preservation of complex digital publications • Provide a collection of original and innovative publications • Support access to emerging formats 112. WHY
- 12. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats Benefits for publishers and creators: 122. WHY • Ensure their works can be collected and made accessible over the longer term • Provide evidence of past uses of technologies • Provide examples of creative and technical innovation
- 14. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats How to collect complex digital objects in a way that ensures preservation and access over the long-term? 14 At the acquisition stage we have to consider: users expectations and needs (to determine what) + technical complexities and dependencies (to determine how) GOAL: maximise long-term reusability & provide a meaningful access experience 3. HOW
- 15. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats We collect: • Selectively: • High cost • Low level of standardisation • Under Non-Print Legal Deposit regulations • Following prioritisation criteria agreed upon by all LDLs: • Risk of loss identified • Engagement from creators and publishers • Existing capability that we can build on 153. HOW
- 16. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats NPLD collection methods Collection method Offline publications Browser-based publications File transfer ✔ Download via access code or password ✔ Web harvesting tools ✔ Description as a collection method ✔ ✔ 163. HOW
- 17. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats Challenges… 17 Identify: • Horizon scanning • Geographical scope • Authorship and copyright definition • Digital publishing environment is in continual change Collect: • DRM • Multiple versions • Partial capture • Lack of standards for how content is produced Preserve: • Technically and structurally complex publications • Strong hardware and software dependencies 3. HOW
- 18. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats …and more challenges 18 The challenges presented by these publications are not unique to Legal Deposit Libraries, but cultural organisations worldwide Describe: • Lack of standards for how metadata is produced • Publications consist of multiple media types Access: • Access to be provided within Legal Deposit Regulations • Strong hardware and software dependencies for access • Hardware collection and maintenance • Re-use 3. HOW
- 19. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats What we collected • Interactive Narratives collection on the UK Web Archive 19 • Inkle’s 80 Days mobile app (Android app & PC-compatible version of the app) • Contextual information https://www.webarchive.org.uk/en/ukwa/collection/1836 80 Days © inkle Breathe © Kate Pullinger, Editions at Play. Photo by Giulia Carla Rossi 3. HOW
- 20. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats Next steps • Create new collections on the UK Web Archive + keep adding to existing collections • Further research into discovery and description and developing a standard for catalogue records • Providing access to offline emerging formats • Identify new formats to consider for collection and related challenges (social media, chatbots, XR, AI, fanfictions, etc.) 20
- 21. www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats Thank you! 21 💻 giulia.rossi@bl.uk @giugimonogatari Emerging Formats webpage: https://www.bl.uk/projects/emerging-formats Image by Giulia Carla Rossi
Editor's Notes
- Collecting Approach to Complex Digital Publications
- UK Legal Deposit Libraries are looking at publications whose formats are more complex than what we currently have in our collection and could have an impact on our collecting practices
- These publications exist solely in digital form and could not be recreated in print without impacting the delivery of content and user experience; they are defined by their native digital format and intended access environment. These formats are complex by nature, and components often consist of more than one media type (e.g. film, audio, and text). publications are dependent on software (proprietary and bespoke) and hardware in order to run. In some cases, a format may standardise over time; in other cases, it will remain non-standard or disappear from current use without ever standardising. In some cases, Emerging Formats refers to capability; ie where a type of publication has existed for some time, but without the means available to collect such content.
- These publications are highly ephemeral and at risk of loss Knowledge that can be applied to more ‘mainstream’ collection management challenges (eg academic journals with mixed-media content; changes in use of EPUB and HTML 5 formats for publishing)
- Rapid technological change means complex digital publications are at risk of obsolescence
- How to decide what and how we capture (in what format)
- How should we collect (what format) to ensure long-term preservation
- high cost involved in collecting most types of Emerging Formats low likelihood of standardisation in most cases (Where activities can be scaled up, this will be done e.g. web harvesting tools to collect online interactive narratives) The objective in collection and preservation is to reflect, represent, and enable research on innovation and change in UK digital publishing. NPLD to support the role of Legal Deposit Libraries in collecting as comprehensively as possible born-digital works Prioritisation of specific publications within a format type will be the responsibilities of curators and librarians at the legal deposit libraries
- Web crawler (ACT and Webrecorder)
- No comprehensive directory/Rapid technological change Multiple versions may be collected with the agreement of the publisher (Updates are considered as new editions of a work). Mixed approach to collecting The collection of some examples of hardware may be necessary to support collection, preservation and access
- Documenting any loss of functionality or restriction to access
- A mixed approach to collecting (in terms of file formats and collection methods) might be our best option