Preservation Archives
Roundup (June 29, 2022)
CORE: Our Commitment to The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure Elsevier’s Acquisition of Interfolio: Risks and Responses GPO to Discontinue Assigning Library of Congress Classification Numbers in Records for Hearings and Reports (via FDLP) New Board Members for CLOCKSS New Video: Introduction to the Open Book Collective (via COPIM) Now Available: Special Issue of IFLA […]
Julie Mosbo Ballestro Appointed University Librarian at Texas A&M University
Full Text of a Texas A&M University Libraries Announcement: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Julie Mosbo Ballestro as University Librarian and Assistant Provost of University Libraries at Texas A&M University, beginning July 1, 2022. The University Librarian is responsible for directing programs and personnel and leading a wide range of library services […]
New From COPIM: “WP7 Scoping Report on Archiving and Preserving OA Monographs”
From the Report: Technical methods for effectively archiving complex digital research publications and for creating an integrated collections of content in different formats have not yet been developed. As part of COPIM, an international partnership of researchers, universities, librarians, open access book publishers and infrastructure providers, WP7 (Work Package 7) have begun by compiling a […]
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Journal Article: “Rarely Analyzed: The Relationship Between Digital and Physical Rare Books Collections”
The article linked below was recently published by Information Technology and Libraries. Title Rarely Analyzed: The Relationship Between Digital and Physical Rare Books Collections Authors Allison McCormack University of Utah Rachel Wittmann University of Utah Source Information Technology and Libraries Vol 41 No 2 DOI: 10.6017/ital.v41i2.13415 Abstract The relationship between physical and digitized rare books […]
Mellon Foundation Awards $600,000 to Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network
From The Pratt Institute: The Mellon Foundation has awarded the Pratt Institute School of Information $600,000 to support the Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network (DPOE-N) in collaboration with the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program (MIAP) at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. This grant extends the 2020-22 award from the Mellon Foundation to […]
Brown Library, Together with Emory University, Releases Report on Digital Scholarly Publishing: “Multimodal Digital Monographs: Content, Collaboration, Community”
From Brown University Library: In spring 2021, Brown University Library and Emory University’s Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry co-hosted a summit on multimodal digital monographs – born-digital publications that offer unique capabilities beyond conventional formats, from multimedia enhancements and interactive navigation to community engagement and global reach. The objective was to survey faculty-led experimentation with […]
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NASIG Announces Release of Model Digital Preservation Policy
From a NASIG Blog Post: NASIG’s Digital Preservation Committee is pleased to announce publication of the NASIG Model Digital Preservation Policy, an important new tool designed to help you measure, grow, and publicize your organization’s commitment to preserving its scholarship. It includes advice on identifying and taking first steps, more advanced options and activities, and […]
Ireland: “‘Book of Leinster’ Pages to Be Restored and Digitised”
From RTE: Pages from the ‘Book of Leinster’, which was written in the 12th century, are to be restored and digitised. The pages have been held at Trinity College Dublin for many years but were far too delicate to be put on public display or used by researchers. However following funding from the Bank of […]
Report: “Project Jasper: The Story So Far”
From the DOAJ Blog: Project JASPER was announced on World Preservation Day in November 2020. The initiative was launched by DOAJ, CLOCKSS, Internet Archive, Keepers Registry and Public Knowledge Project to start addressing the problem of open access journals disappearing from the web. We thought it was time for another update on what has been […]
Report: “National Library of Israel Shows Off Rare Torah Scrolls, Including One Mufti Saved From Nazis”
From the Times of Israel: The public will be able to see videos of four ancient Torah scrolls — including fragments from a 1,000-year-old Yemenite scroll and others with remarkable background stories — just in time for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Shavuot, as part of a new initiative from the National Library of Israel.’ […]
