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Versioning in Digital Archives: A Workflow

Versioning in Digital Archives: A Workflow. Laura Alagna University of Chicago Library lalagna@uchicago.edu SAA Metadata and Digital Object Roundtable Annual Meeting Washington, DC • 13 August 2014. Some context. The University of Chicago Library Digital Repository (LDR) is:

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Versioning in Digital Archives: A Workflow

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  1. Versioning in Digital Archives:A Workflow Laura Alagna University of Chicago Library lalagna@uchicago.edu SAA Metadata and Digital Object Roundtable Annual Meeting Washington, DC • 13 August 2014

  2. Some context The University of Chicago Library Digital Repository (LDR) is: A dark archive Designed to be permanent; provide long term storage and preservation PREMIS compliant 20+ TB of data MDOR Annual Meeting, 13 August 2014

  3. Scenario: you receive updated versions of digital objects already in your (permanent, long term) Digital Repository • How are digital objects in permanent storage replaced? • What happens to the obsolete versions? • How can you communicate the changes that have occurred? The issues MDOR Annual Meeting, 13 August 2014

  4. An example • Our copy The Chicagoan, vol. 8 issue 3 www.chicagoan.lib.uchicago.edu New York Public Library copy  MDOR Annual Meeting, 13 August 2014

  5. 2. Compose a .txt containing all relevant information on the versioning event • 3. Move the obsolete version files to the repository_old directory • 1. Create a mirrored directory in repository_old Our workflow • 6. Update other associated metadata (if applicable) • 5. Copy the new version files to the repository directory • 4. Copy the .txt back to the main repository directory MDOR Annual Meeting, 13 August 2014

  6. Metadata example MDOR Annual Meeting, 13 August 2014

  7. 2. Compose a .txt containing all relevant information on the versioning event • 3. Move the obsolete version files to the repository_old directory • 1. Create a mirrored directory in repository_old Our workflow • 6. Update other associated metadata (if applicable) • 5. Copy the new version files to the repository directory • 4. Copy the .txt back to the main repository directory MDOR Annual Meeting, 13 August 2014

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