Digital Library Perspectives: Volume 33 Issue 2

Disaster recovery planning and business continuity for informaticians

H. Frank Cervone

The purpose of this paper is to address the problems associated with informatics and analytics projects that are developed in an “organic” manner. As such, this often circumvents…

The etymology of user experience

Robert Fox

The psychology of user experience is sometimes overlooked in favor of assumptions based on didactic principles that do not apply to the use of the Web. This column aims to explore…

Finding access and digital preservation solutions for a digitized oral history project: A case study

Krystyna K. Matusiak, Allison Tyler, Catherine Newton, Padma Polepeddi

The purpose of this paper is to examine affordable access and digital preservation solutions for digital collections developed by under-resourced small- and mid-sized cultural…

Cultivate, assess, advocate, implement, and sustain: A five-point plan for successful digital preservation collaborations

Sara Mannheimer, Conor Cote

For libraries with limited resources, digital preservation can seem like a daunting responsibility. Forming partnerships can help build collective knowledge and maximize combined…

Archivematica outside the box: Piloting a common approach to digital preservation at the Five College Libraries

Shaun Trujillo, Meghan Bergin, Margaret Jessup, Johanna Radding, Sarah Walden McGowan

This work aims to provide a report on adopting a consortial model of collaboration toward understanding digital preservation practice.

Rethinking digital preservation: definitions, models, and requirements

Thomas C. Wilson

This paper aims to clarify a mechanism for determining the robustness of digital preservation options given that the field has matured and contains a number of alternatives.

The state of affairs with digital preservation at ARL member libraries: A survey and analysis of policy

Virginia A. Dressler

Digital preservation is a term that is a bit of an enigma to many people both in and out of the digital arena, but it will undoubtedly be important in an increasingly all-digital…

veraPDF: building an open source, industry supported PDF/A validator for cultural heritage institutions

Carl Wilson, Rebecca McGuinness, Joachim Jung

This paper describes the development of the veraPDF validator. The objective of veraPDF is to build an industry supported, open source validator for all parts and conformance…

A survey of digital information literacy (DIL) among academic library and information professionals

Essam Mansour

The key purpose of this study is to explore digital information literacy (DIL) possessed by South Valley University (SVU) library and information professionals. It also tries to…