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Item Birds of a Feather: Archivematica(2016-05-25) Allain, Sara; Krewer, Drew; Artefactual Systems; University of HoustonIn this one hour Birds of a Feather session, we will discuss new and upcoming developments to Archivematica, the open-source digital preservation software platform. We will discuss features of the 1.5 Archivematica release, features of the upcoming 1.6 release, and give an update on the Archivematica community including new and novel workflows being deployed by our community of users. Following general discussion of Archivematica updates, we will discuss a proposal to form an Archivematica User Group for Texas. Informal user groups exist in other geographical areas. Anyone is welcome to attend and contribute ideas for how Archivematica users, and those interested in becoming Archivematica users, can connect in between TCDL conferences. This session is appropriate for anyone who is interested in Archivematica- no experience with the software is necessary. Drew Krewer, of University of Houston, will co-host this session.Item Crafting a Digital Preservation Patchwork: Stitching the Pieces Together(2016-05-25) Buckner, Sean; Texas A&M UniversityCharged with developing a digital preservation program at Texas A&M University that would provide coverage for the University Libraries and those they serve, in 2015 the newly hired Digital Preservation Librarian began assessing the Libraries’ goals, content, resources, and needs in regards to digital preservation. What he found was a set of existent and missing elements that were generally not interdependent or connected. This poster would visually represent the actions taken at A&M to “stitch” together a Libraries-wide digital preservation program, a gradual and ongoing process that involves interweaving previously independent or non-existent elements into one blanketing program. This patchwork of elements include, among others, the development of guiding documentation, selection and/or implementation of crucial asset management/storage systems, modification of preexisting and future workflows, reorganization of legacy content with retroactive acquisition of associated metadata, and coordination with interested or overseeing units. The poster would detail and describe the reasoning, methodology, and results for crafting a nascent digital preservation program in this manner at A&M.Item The Data Archivist: the archivist’s role in data management and preservation(2016-05-26) Allain, Sara; Romkey, Sarah; Artefactual Systems; ArchivematicaResearch data management is undoubtedly a hot topic in digital librarianship today. Increasingly, academic institutions are relying on services within the library to help researchers build data management plans (DMPs) and manage their data for the long term. Data repositories, like institutional repositories, are often managed by the library. While the role of the librarian in research data management is becoming increasingly clear, the role of the archivist is still emerging. Research data, like all digital assets, has digital preservation needs and challenges, but digital preservation has been described by some as a “gap” in current data management practices. Exacerbating the gap is that research data is sometimes created by domain-specific tools and in proprietary formats. In order to fill this gap, some librarians and archivists have been looking to digital preservation systems such as Archivematica to integrate with their data management platforms. This presentation will report on three approaches in the Archivematica user community to preserve research data: 1. An integration between Archivematica and the data management platform Dataverse, which is being tested by the Ontario Council of University Libraries. 2. Secondly, archivists at the Universities of Hull and York in the United Kingdom have been developing Archivematica features to better integrate with new and existing research data management systems. 3. Finally, Compute Canada has piloted Archivematica as an integrated service with its Globus Portal, a data transfer service.Item The Digital Dilemma: Examining the Practicality of Digital Forensics in Cultural Institutions(2015-04-27) Kelley, Angelique; University of Texas at San AntonioIn today’s world, technology has become a vital component of our day-to-day lives; impacting everything from the pictures we take to the ways we communicate to the methods we use to safeguard important pieces of data. It should therefore come as no surprise that many cultural institutions, including galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, have been forced to adapt not only their collection policies but also their preservation methods to accommodate the ever-changing technologies and formats making their way into permanent collections. One technique that has been gaining popularity in recent years is digital forensics, a criminal science approach with a surprising correlation to the needs of cultural institutions with digital content. While digital forensics and cultural institutions share a common need for legal document authentication and controlled archival storage, the question remains: how practical are these techniques for collecting institutions outside of government archives? Is digital forensics to become accepted archival management practice, or are cultural institutions likely to continue their current practices for handling digital materials while still searching for a better solution? These questions will be explored through an analysis and comparison of BitCurator and Archivematica, common digital forensics software packages currently in use within many cultural institutions. This presentation will review personal experiences with these programs gained through a Fall 2014 internship with the University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries, Special Collections. This internship was undertaken as part of the internship and research writing requirements of the Certificate in Digital Curation program offered at the Johns Hopkins University. Additionally, assessments of current literature on the topic will be evaluated in order to give a big picture image of how digital forensics might be utilized, so that cultural institution personnel can better assess the practicality of digital forensics within any given collection.Item Digital Preservation Steps with Archivematica: A Cross-Departmental Approach(Texas Digital Library, 2021-05-24) Goodley, Lauren; Price, Amanda; Mazzei, Erin; Long, Jason; Kennedy, Laura; Waugh, Laura; Critchley, Nicole; Peters, ToddItem Digital Preservation Tools(Texas Digital Library, 2018-10-16) Mumma, Courtney