Conference - Multiple Perspectives on Metadata

Vienna 12/13 November 2009

Andreas Rauber: Home Archiving: Moving Digital Preservation Capabilities from Large Institutions to SMEs and Home Users While large heritage institutions have been addressing the challenges posed by digital preservation need for some time, small institutions are less prepared to handle them, be it due to lacks of funding, expertise or awareness. Yet, tremendous amounts of valuable digital assets are being held by smaller institutions, small and medium enterprises, and - last, but not least - by virtually everybody on their home computers, digital cameras and mobile phones. This talk will present the HOPPLA system addressing the challenge of automating digital preservation activities to a level where it can be seamlessly and transparently integrated into daily operations, not requiring specific expertise in digital preservation issues. It addresses both bit-level as well as logical preservation, outsourcing preservation planning expertise to external service providers, while integration appropriate migration activities in an automated and transparent manner.

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