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National Archives of Australia Digital Preservation Update

Cornel Platzer Director Digital and Audiovisual Preservation. National Archives of Australia Digital Preservation Update. The NAA Approach. Translate into openly documented formats Keep the original Store both with metadata Manage and preserve authentic, reliable and durable digital records.

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National Archives of Australia Digital Preservation Update

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  1. Cornel Platzer Director Digital and Audiovisual Preservation National Archives of Australia Digital PreservationUpdate

  2. The NAA Approach • Translate into openly documented formats • Keep the original • Store both with metadata • Manage and preserve authentic, reliable and durable digital records 2

  3. Xena Conversions Data <metadata> Xena Data <metadata> <XML> 3

  4. Digital Preservation Objectives • Preserve any type of digital record • Created using any type of application • On any computing platform • Delivered on any digital media • From any agency and any donor • Provide discovery and access • For current and future generations

  5. Some Preservation Formats ODF - Open Document Format XML – Extensible Markup Language PNG – Portable Network Graphics FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec

  6. XENA • Open source – freely available from sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net • University of Sydney – D-Space Repository • City of Perth – integrated into TRIM with customised Xena metadata wrapper

  7. Digital Archive

  8. Priorities • Development of an audio normaliser and processing of digital audio files copied from deteriorating analogue audiotapes; • Researching the development of a video file normaliser for Xena; • Securing Highly Protected accreditation for the Digital Archive – systems and infrastructure;

  9. Priorities (cont) • Internal Auditors Report on the Digital Archive using the Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification: Criteria and Checklist published in 2007 by CRL and OCLC; • External Code review of Digital Preservation Software Platform focusing on standards, processes, testing regime, documentation etc.

  10. In Conclusion • National Archives seeks to: • Preserve at risk born digital records • Transform at risk analogue content to a digital format • So that digital content is available for use by: • Government • Education sector • Digital content industry • The Information Economy generally To successfully achieve these outcomes requires dedicated funding equal to the task. Longevity for digital resources is only achieved through intentional preservation. 10

  11. Resources http//:naa.gov.au http://xena.sourceforge.net recordkeeping@naa.gov.au 11

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