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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 > [log in to unmask] > (734) 615-2686 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The NDSA Standards working group list [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Matt Schultz > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 9:23 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [NDSA-STANDARDS] Preservation Models & Evaluation Metrics - Matt > Schultz > > [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? > > -- > Matt Schultz > Collaborative Services Librarian > Educopia Institute, MetaArchive Cooperative > http://www.metaarchive.org > [log in to unmask] > 616-566-3204 > -- Matt Schultz Collaborative Services Librarian Educopia Institute, MetaArchive Cooperative http://www.metaarchive.org [log in to unmask] 616-566-3204