Dear all,
I hope you spotted the deliberate mistake in my last email - proof that
I need a decent peer-review process just to write my email :-)
Let me repeat, but this time with my arithmetic corrected ...
There are five basic steps to take to ensure that data is available in
the long term: documentation, migration, security, refreshment and
back-up. The first - creating good documentation - can only really be
done by the people creating the digital resource, the other steps can be
done for you by a competent archivist, or in consultation with one.
In addition, members of the list might well be interested to know that
the British Library is working on developing a national deposit centre
for digital data. It would not surprise me if this became a legal
requirement at some point in the future in the way that copyright
libraries operate for paper publications. The National Library of
Australia are busily archiving all electronic publications in the ".au"
domain for posterity.
All best wishes,
William
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William Kilbride
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Archaeology Data Service
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