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VALA2006 Session 5 Bradley

VALA2006Digital sustainability and digital repositories

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Digital Repositories
Wednesday 8 February 2006, 14:35 – 15:05
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-5-bradley

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperKevin Bradley

Sustainability Officer, Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

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Abstract

The tasks associated with managing and backing up digital data are well known to IT managers, but the mere presence of the data stream is not the only criterion for preserving and maintaining digital content. Digital sustainability recognises that the continuity of digital information goes well beyond basic storing and managing of data and is integrated into the lifecycle of the information object. It includes technical, social and economic considerations. In 2004 a DEST-funded project, the Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR) initiated an investigative process to establish a centre of excellence for the management of digital collections. The APSR has an overall focus on the critical issues of the access continuity and the sustainability of digital collections, and this paper draws on the investigation of these issues in the University sector.

 

VALA2006 Session 5 Treloar

VALA2006The ARROW Project after 2 years: are we hitting our targets?

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Digital Repositories
Wednesday 8 February 2006, 14:00 – 14:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-5-treloar

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperAndrew Treloar

Director, Information Management and Strategic Planning, Monash University
http://www.monash.edu.au

Geoff Payne

Director Library Corporate & Financial Services, Latrobe University
http://www.latrobe.edu.au

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the institutional repository work of the ARROW project, which has been developed within the following three stage framework:

  1. conceptualising and developing an ARROW institutional repository solution comprising software, policy frameworks and implementation strategies,
  2. implementing the ARROW repository within the project’s partner institutions, and
  3. offering the ARROW repository solution to other Australian universities.

The paper will look at the decisions the ARROW project made at the outset and provide a review of those decisions after two years of operation. It will also look forward at ARROW’s plans for 2006 and ongoing development work.