Wednesday, November 18, 2015

iPRES workshop report: Using Open-Source Tools to Fulfill Digital Preservation Requirements

iPRES workshop report: Using Open-Source Tools to Fulfill Digital Preservation Requirements.  Jenny Mitcham. Digital Archiving at the University of York. 12 November 2015.
     The ‘Using Open-Source Tools to Fulfill Digital Preservation Requirements’ workshop provided a place to talk about open-source software and share experiences about implementing open-source solutions. Archivematica, Archivespace, Islandora and BitCurator (and BitCurator Access) were also discussed.

Sam Meister of the Educopia Institute talked about a project proposal called OSSArcFlow. "This project will attempt to help institutions combine open source tools in order to meet their institutional needs. It will look at issues such as how systems can be combined and how integration and hand-offs (such as transfer of metadata) can be successfully established". The lessons learned (including workflow models, guidance and training) will be available to others besides the 11 partners. 

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