Couldn't agree with you more Shane...on all points.

Say "hey" to Jeremy York, Mike Creech, Ken Varnum, Suzanne Chapman or Molly
Kleinman if you see them milling about the Library. I did a ton of usability
work with them in my grad program.

The Library was just hunting to fill your position as I was exiting UM -
looks like they made a great pick!

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Beers, Shane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I don't see why not. One thing that is true is that "standards", especially
> those designed to provide models (OAIS) and even more especially those
> designed to provide some sort of oversight/review (TRAC) are always being
> questioned in terms of their appropriateness, applicability, and intent. As
> an example, TRAC certainly has people questioning the way in which it's
> being implemented by CRL, the financial model driving it, and so on. While
> somewhat separate from the standard itself, it probably behooves us to look
> at external commentary on the way standards are being implemented. In fact,
> implementation examples are frequently much more helpful than simply knowing
> what the standard is, at least to me.
>
> Not sure exactly if this is what you were getting at, but throwing my 2
> cents in.
>
>
> Shane Beers
> Digital Preservation Librarian at the University of Michigan
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [snip]
>
> Question: There are several articles that have been published on the
> application of these models & metrics in various environments, might it be
> worthwhile to carve out a space to be able to identify some of these? This
> holds true for many of the other standards that are at various stages of
> development and acceptance within the community. Perhaps these would prove
> invaluable at our later stages of analysis and reporting? Thoughts?
>
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