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Web Archiving Recommendation - posted
The Frick Art Reference Library in 2010 conducted a pilot project in partnership with the Internet Archive to capture born-digital content associated with art auctions. The project identified issues that need to be resolved before NYARC libraries move to a sustainable collecting program. To address the issues that arose during the Frick pilot project, the NYARC libraries engaged Truman Technologies to recommend what can be collected from a technical aspect, the best methods of web archiving, potential collaboration partners, and ways to address intellectual property, ethical, and access issues. http://www.infodocket.com/2013/04/18/new-york-art-resources-consortium-r... for more info -
Or jump ahead and read the Truman Technologies consultancy report here...
Research University to create small online repository
Truman is offering services around repository deployment, based on SOAR-Lite featuring Islandora software, for private east coast USA university... watch this space for more!
SOAR-Lite - Take the stress out of getting up and online quickly
Offering a fast and economical way to get your digital repository proof of concept or pilot project LIVE. Start small then scale up. Let us help you QuickStart your project with SOAR-Lite, featuring the Islandora open source software ecosystem (Drupal web interface, DuraSpace Fedora repository, and more). Annual support and additional services also offered.
Aggregating online resources for digital advocacy - New project kicks off
Working on developing a strategy for enabling the aggregation and discovery of online resources for digital advocacy... watch this space for more!
See you at the Analytics and Big Data Summit 2012
Stanford's web site went live!
Data Architecture Assessment Services

Open Repositories Conference
Join us for the Fedora User group meeting and for the OR conference in Scotland. We will be there to talk about open solutions, such as SOAR.
Art libraries select Truman for archiving born digital art resources project
The New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) consists of the research libraries of three leading art museums in New York City: The Brooklyn Museum, The Frick Collection, and The Museum of Modern Art. With funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, NYARC was formed in 2006 to facilitate collaboration that results in enhanced resources to research communities.
International Internet Preservation Consortium 2012 General Assembly
(Meet Gail @ this IIPC mtg). The mission of the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) is to acquire, preserve and make accessible knowledge and information from the Internet for future generations everywhere, promoting global exchange and international relations.
To achieve its mission, the IIPC is working to accomplish the following goals:
- To enable the collection of a rich body of Internet content from around the world to be preserved in a way that it can be archived, secured and accessed over time.
- To foster the development and use of common tools, techniques and standards that enable the creation of international archives.
- To encourage and support national libraries everywhere to address Internet archiving and preservation.
Technology Museum awards digital repository pilot project as part of google grant
The Computer History Museum (www.computerhistory.org) is the world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) semi-annual meeting
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