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I agree with both Tom and Stuart. It is an easy problem to solve from a technology standpoint. It is, or least can be, a difficult one from a management standpoint. If institutional support is there figuring out the technology is easy. In this case, I'd start investigating the technology part with something like Heritrix. Edward -- Edward M. Corrado On May 20, 2013, at 0:58, Tom Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > That doesn't sound like an easy answer at all! Given that we all try to > play nice with institutional funding, all you've said is that in an ideal > world some other group will have a similar mandate. It doesn't get us (in > all seriousness) anywhere. Hopefully our institutions have higher > preservation goals! "collections policy" doesn't help at all--and may take > us backward. > > > On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 1:39 PM, stuart yeates <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> On 18/05/13 01:51, Tim McGeary wrote: >> >>> There is no easy answer for this, so I'm looking for discussion. >>> >>> - Should we begin considering a cooperative project that focuses on >>> emulation, where we could archive projects that emulate the system >>> environment they were built? >>> - Do we set policy that these types of projects last for as long as >>> they >>> can, and once they break they are pulled down? >>> - Do we set policy that supports these projects for a certain period >>> of >>> time and then deliver the application, files, and databases to the >>> faculty >>> member to find their own support? >>> - Do we look for a solution like the Way Back Machine of the Internet >>> Archive to try to present some static / flat presentation of these >>> project? >>> >> >> Actually, there is an easy answer to this. >> >> Make sure that the collection is aligned with broader institutional >> priorities to ensure that if/when staff and funding priorities move >> elsewhere that there is some group / community with a clear interest and/or >> mandate in keeping the collection at least on life support, if not thriving. >> >> Google "collections policy" for what written statements of this might look >> like. >> >> cheers >> stuart >> -- >> Stuart Yeates >> Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/**library/<http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/> >>