Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Welcome to my Digital Archiving Blog
This is the temporary location for the Dkives Digital Archiving Blog until I get my webpage up and running next month. This weekly blog will cover topics dealing with the preservation and management of electronic records of permanent legal, historical or fiscal value. I will be sharing and commenting on news articles of interest to share my interpretation of how this affects digital archiving with my fellow archivists and IT professionals who are interested in this sector. There will also be comments on new and upcoming technologies and their potential impact on electronic record preservation. If you ask for it, I will also cover the basics of network technologies, database design and management and the basics of programming - I am finishing an Interdisciplinary Master's Degree in Business Administration and Computer Science so I know a little something about something. I look forward to sharing my knowledge and experience with you and encourage you to post your comments, questions and links that you find. If you have a burning question about archiving or technology, go ahead and ask me, I love the challenge and open dialog.-Adam adam@dkives.com
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Archiving – Summary
Archive means a collection of historical records especially for Publication, Banking, Insurance, Legal, Education and Government Organization. It also refers to the location where these records are kept in papers, letters, files, diaries or any other documentary materials created by the Individual.
Archives were developed by ancient Chinese, Romans and Greek and the French possess the largest archival collection in the World with records of A.D. 625.
With the tremendous exponential growth in the records led to the creation of paper print, micro film and computer files and for the data preservation process Digital storage in CD Rom was started.
Digital storage has longer life spans and the access technologies that are changing at an ever increasing pace raised the awareness of the Digital Archiving and Preservation among Publishers, librarians and Corporation.
Digital Electronic Archiving (DEA) – its purpose and scope
Digital Archiving is defined as the long term storage for preservation and access to information created in electronic form which includes technical information, data, text, images, audio, video and multimedia.
Several years ago publishers began to realize that if the archival version of their efforts were stored in such a way that it could be reused and get additional benefits & revenue from the repository. So many of the Large Publishers started creating their own archives based on the provision of their product in electronic form.
The speed with which electronic Publishing has grown worldwide Publishers and Librarians have become increasingly concerned about the archiving and preservation of digital information.
It gives access rights for the subscribers to down load any history information because of the availability of physical copies in the archived.
It provides a back – up and may be used to spread across multiple geographic locations. The Archive is not even used for online searching service but it is archived to ensure that its content is not altered.
Costs/Resources –
It was the most difficult aspect as in most of the respondents indicated that they just didn’t know how much the archive was costing or would cost in the future.
For Publishers and producers the cost of archiving is still tied up there is no indication of hardware/software costs now or in the future.
Source –
Pressmart Media Limited
- offers digitization of historic archives stored on print, microfilm or microfiche media enables reliable preservation and cost-effective storage and can also be electronically repurposed for internal research or online distribution.
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