Citation
(2001), "Web document digital archive", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 29 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilds.2001.12229dab.019
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
Web document digital archive
Web document digital archive
OCLC, with input from several organisations, is developing a digital archive to track and preserve Web-based documents that exist solely in electronic format. The goal of the Web document digital archive project is to create a sustainable service to provide long-term access to Web documents. The service will fill libraries' basic needs for identification, selection, capture, description, preservation, and access to documents that would not be accessible in the future otherwise.
OCLC is seeking direct input on the project from a variety of institutions already focused on the issue: The US Government Printing Office (GPO); The Connecticut State Library; and the Joint Electronic Records Repository Initiative (JERRI), a partnership of the State Library of Ohio, the Ohio Historical Society's State Archives, the Ohio Supercomputer Center and the Ohio Department of Administrative Services.
This pilot will be tested in several phases during the next 18 months using the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model to develop a working digital archive. Building on this soon-to-be international standard, the Web document digital archive will provide a unique integration of workflow to assist library staff in management of these electronic-only publications. OAIS defines the framework of functions and features of a basic digital archive.
Work on the Web document digital archive project will be informed by the developments of the preservation metadata working group convened by OCLC and RLG. The working group has published an initial White Paper of current best practices at http://www.oclc.org/digitalpreservation
Source: OCLC press release