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Normalising migration: Reacting to the failure of a digital preservation platform

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  • Digby, Todd

    (Library Technology Services, USA)

  • Durant, Fletcher

    (Conservation and Preservation, USA)

Abstract

Since 2006, the University of Florida participated in the Florida Digital Archive (FDA), the mission of which was to provide a cost-effective, long-term preservation repository for digital materials in support of teaching, learning, scholarship and research in the state of Florida. Managed by the Florida Academic Library Services Cooperative (FALSC), FDA used the Dark Archive in the Sunshine State (DAITSS) repository software. Developed with Institute of Museum and Library Services grant funding, the DAITSS system was designed to implement active preservation strategies based on format transformations including forward migration, normalisation and localisation. During autumn 2018, FALSC announced that the sunsetting of FDA would take place in June 2019. This paper discusses how the University of Florida Libraries, with its large digital collection, responded when its statewide digital preservation system was shut down and it had only months to transition. It will discuss challenges in managing the technology infrastructure response while adhering to digital preservation best practices.

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  • Digby, Todd & Durant, Fletcher, 2020. "Normalising migration: Reacting to the failure of a digital preservation platform," Journal of Digital Media Management, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 9(1), pages 30-39, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jdmm00:y:2020:v:9:i:1:p:30-39
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    Keywords

    digital preservation; digital archive; migration; exit strategy;
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    JEL classification:

    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management
    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management

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