Sounds good to me. Trevor is there a way for us to see archived messages of this email list? If so that might be an easy way for us to see the discussion around a topic. Andrea > -----Original Message----- > From: The NDSA infrastructure working group list [mailto:NDSA- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Woods > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:24 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE] storage again? > > I was moving towards a similar conclusion myself, Trevor, as your > suggestion of having bi-weekly discussion questions on the list. I > could see using some of Andrea's proposed topics as an initial queue > to discuss through. At the same time, it would likely be useful to be > back-filling the discussion-topic queue with other relevant > questions/areas on which list-members would like to get community > feedback. When the two weeks are up for a discussion, we move to the > next (while capturing salient points out to the wiki). > Opinions? > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Owens, Trevor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Thanks Andrea, looks like there is some interest here. To follow up > on Andrew's question about modes of moving forward, it seems to me that > the email list is our most useful asset for facilitating these kinds of > discussions. In this respect, I could imagine some model where there is > a bi-weekly discussion question that we put out to the list and let > people dig into it to the extent that they are interested. > > > > I should also like to make explicit that there is a standing open > invitation to anyone on the list who wants to comment on these kinds of > issues to share those comments as a guest post to the LoC digital > preservation blog. With this in mind, anyone who wants to publicly > share some discussion piece, or commentary, we could post there and > then keep discussion going over the list. The guest blog posts approach > has the added benefit in that the ongoing discussion and commentary > itself becomes an output from the group. > > > > Thrilled to see some back and forth on the list on this. > > > > Trevor > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The NDSA infrastructure working group list [mailto:NDSA- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Minor, David > > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 6:35 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE] storage again? > > > > I'd like to participate in such a discussion. With the caveat that I > can't attend the Tuesday calls, so would appreciate any other > mechanisms. > > > > David. > > > > On Feb 9, 2012, at 2:54 PM, John Spencer wrote: > > > >> My part of the world (commercial) could also use resources of this > type. Are there any plans for having a range of questions that would be > applicable to this constituency? > >> > >> From reviewing the responses from the member institutions, there are > some parallels but there are more differences (legacy systems, high > dependence on data tape, etc.). > >> > >> John > >> > >> John Spencer > >> [log in to unmask] > >> www.bmschace.com > >> office 615.385.1251/ fax 615.385.0153 > >> mobile 615.714.1199 > >> > >> On Feb 9, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Shawn Rounds wrote: > >> > >>> I'm new to this group but I like this idea. Just the sort of > >>> exchange of information that I can use. > >>> > >>> Shawn > >>> > >>> Shawn Rounds > >>> State Archivist > >>> Division of Library and Collections > >>> Minnesota Historical Society > >>> 345 Kellogg Boulevard West > >>> Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 > >>> > >>> [log in to unmask] > >>> 651.259.3265 > >>> www.mnhs.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Andrew Woods <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> It looks like a good idea to me, Andrea. > >>>> What do you think would be a productive way for such "discussions" > >>>> to play out? The choices occur to me as being: email thread, wiki, > >>>> conference call, or likely some combination. Going ahead and > >>>> collecting some points of discussion to post on the wiki seems > like > >>>> a reasonable start. You and Mark have already raised: > >>>> h2. Preservation Policies > >>>> # number of copies > >>>> # bit integrity check frequency > >>>> # storage hierarchy > >>>> # ... > >>>> h2. Emerging Storage Technology > >>>> # data reduction/de-duplication > >>>> # device encryption > >>>> # cloud providers > >>>> # WORM devices > >>>> # federated clusters > >>>> # ... > >>>> h2. Decision Factors > >>>> # collection size > >>>> # budget > >>>> # development resources > >>>> # ... > >>>> h2. ... > >>>> > >>>> Andrew > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Goethals, Andrea > >>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >>>>> Dear all, > >>>>> > >>>>> Apart from other projects we're working on, and as a follow-up to > >>>>> our > >>>> preservation storage survey, I was wondering if there was any > >>>> interest in the group in having in-depth discussions about > >>>> particular aspects of preservation storage. I'm interested in both > >>>> the reasons behind our policies (number of copies to keep, how > often > >>>> to do integrity testing, requirements to include tape, etc.) and > >>>> opinions/experience on some of the existing and up-and-coming > >>>> features of modern storage systems (data reduction/de-duplication > >>>> features, encryption, inclusion of cloud storage, WORM storage, > >>>> federated clusters, etc.). I'll understand though if the group > wants > >>>> to take a break from storage because we have spent a lot of time > on it. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> Andrea > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Andrea Goethals > >>>>> Digital Preservation and Repository Services Manager Harvard > >>>>> Library Office for Information Systems > [log in to unmask] > >>>>> (617) 495-3724 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ############################ > >>>>> > >>>>> To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: > >>>>> write to: mailto: > >>>> [log in to unmask] > >>>>> or click the following link: > >>>>> > >>>> http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA- > DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=ND > >>>> SA-INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1 > >>>> > >>>> ############################ > >>>> > >>>> To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: > >>>> write to: mailto: > >>>> [log in to unmask] > >>>> or click the following link: > >>>> > >>>> http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA- > DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=ND > >>>> SA-INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1 > >>>> > >>> > >>> ############################ > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: > >>> write to: > >>> mailto:NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE-SIGNOFF- > [log in to unmask] > >>> OV > >>> or click the following link: > >>> http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA- > DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDS > >>> A-INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1 > >> > >> > >> ############################ > >> > >> To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: > >> write to: > >> mailto:NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE-SIGNOFF- > [log in to unmask] > >> V > >> or click the following link: > >> http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA- > DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA > >> -INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1 > > > > ############################ > > > > To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: > > write to: mailto:NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE-SIGNOFF- > [log in to unmask] > > or click the following link: > > http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA- > DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1 > > > > ############################ > > > > To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: > > write to: mailto:NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE-SIGNOFF- > [log in to unmask] > > or click the following link: > > http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA- > DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1 > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: > write to: mailto:NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE-SIGNOFF- > [log in to unmask] > or click the following link: > http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA- > INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1 ############################ To unsubscribe from the NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://list.digitalpreservation.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-DIGITAL.EXE?SUBED1=NDSA-INFRASTRUCTURE&A=1