** apologies for cross posting **
WePreserve are delighted to announce the release of the short video "Bagit:
Transferring Content for Digital Preservation ", from the Library of
Congress, on our YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/wepreserve
The Library of Congress - with the California Digital Library and Stanford
University - has developed guidelines for creating and moving standardized
digital containers, called "bags."
Bags have a sparse, uncomplicated structure that transcends differences in
institutional data, data architecture, formats and practices. A bag's
minimal but essential metadata is machine readable, which makes it easy to
automate ingest of the data. Bags can be sent over computer networks or
physically moved using portable storage devices. Bags have built-in
inventory checking, to help ensure that content transferred intact. Bags are
flexible and can work in many different settings, including situations where
the content is located in more than one place. This video describes the
preparation and transfer of data over the network in bags.
To learn more about WePreserve please go to http://www.wepreserve.eu/
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