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Presentation by William Kilbride, DPC at the DigCurV International Conference; Framing the digital curation curriculum May 6-7 Florence, RomeTRANSCRIPT
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A future with no history meets a history with no future: perspectives on how much we should know about digital preservation
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What does Digital Preservation sound like?
How much do students need to know?
Why that matters?
What is to be done?
• (3 ways of being)
• (2 big ideas thanks to DigiCurV)
• (4 scenarios)
• (curricula)
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Digital Preservation Makes Bleak Reading?
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The Newham ArchiveCyber-boffins to the rescue!
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Digital preservation typically makes bleak reading 2
Raises awareness but doesn’t really solve the problem
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… or …
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Digital preservation orDigital continuity orDigital legacy or Permanent access orDigital curation orIntelligent continuity orCyber lifecycle orLong term data retention or
Whatever term you wish to coin this week
Thinking of clever words and arguing over their meanings is easier than finding solutions
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… or …
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How hard can it be?
Daunting challengeDecade of research and developmentReplete with jargon and acronymsTurf war between professions?Disconnected from practice?A whole new barrier?
The solutions are in here, but how does one make sense of it all?
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and…
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Challenge growing on (at least) three axes
ScaleComplexity Importance
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How can we frame a curriculum around this?
Two observations from (substantiated by) DigCurv:•Flexibility•Breadth
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‘What I wish I knew before I started’
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DigCurV Focus Groups and APARSEN
• Improve communication between technical and non-technical staff through shared vocabulary.
• Raise awareness of digital across organizations.• Better integrate physical and digital collections.• Ensure staff possessed domain knowledge and curation skills.• Develop methodologies for keeping on top of rapidly changing technologies.• Provide non-technical staff with a basic understanding of IT concepts.• Develop mechanisms for informed decisions about standards and systems.• Maximize access and understand users.• Make informed decisions about selecting digital collections.• Embed process in the normal workflows of the organization.• Better understand the legal issues surrounding digital curation
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And if you really push them they say ...
Train staff to be flexible
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Breadth ... DigCurv Curriculum Framework
Mapped to actual rolesClear but flexed to local needs Extensive but not doctrinaireFrom experience not assumption
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Strong recognition of Business planning andBusiness improvement
Projects and services
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Strong knowledge of principles and practice
Engaged with users
Manages ‘up and across’
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Strong knowledge of regulation and legalities
Implicitly strong knowledge of use case
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Responsive to changeIntegrity – works up and down
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Train staff to be flexible
Why this is the correct approach in four thought experimentsabout digital preservationand how it ischanging
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Digital objects
Project
Infrastructure and technological innovation
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PRESERVATION-READY OBJECTS?
Digital Preservation in 10 years time 1: the preservation ready objects
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Digital Preservation in 10 years time 1: the preservation ready objects
Deal with the route causes of obsolescence via:•File formats•Documentation•E-Discovery
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Digital Preservation in 10 years time 2: Preservation As A Service
Trusted repository an obsolete concept (metaphor)•Staff and skills•Organisation•Succession planning•Micro-services•The ‘internet of things’
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Product LifecycleManagement
Concrete TIMBUS Example
CAD/CAMSystem
Machine ToolManufacturer
Supply ChainManagement Material
SupplierMaterial Manufacturer
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Finding dependenciesVarying performancesVirtualisation / emulation of preservation tools Micro-services
Digital Preservation in 10 years time 2: Preservation As A Service
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Digital Preservation in 10 years time 3: All Digital Preservation as Web Archiving
• 3Es: everything, everywhere, electronic
• Open linked data• Legal deposit• WARC standard• Policy and institutions• Commercial services• Producer / Archive hand-off
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Digital Preservation in 10 years time 4: Virtualisation for preservation
• Preservation on demand• Ubiquitous tools and services• Virtual platforms for
computing• Virtualisation manager• Invisible preservation
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So … what makes a curriculum
Responsive to technology
Responsive to emerging research
Based on actual needs
Adapted to role and environment
Values not technology
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So … what makes a SUCCESSFUL curriculum
What will digital preservation be like in a decade?Tell me that and I will describe the curriculum in detail…
‘In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.’ Eric Hoffer via Patricia Sleeman
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