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Hello Marci,
Good questions. Auburn University is a member of two Community LOCKSS Networks (CLNs): the MetaArchive Cooperative, which has been in operation since 2003-2004,
and the Alabama Digital Preservation Network (ADPNet), which has been in operation since 2006-2007. You can find information about both networks, including governance documents and membership levels, at
http://www.metaarchive.org/ and
http://adpn.org respectively. Furthermore, there are three MetaArchive member institutions in Massachusetts, two of them in your neck of the woods: Williams College, Boston College, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. I’m sure your Bay State
colleagues would be happy to talk with you about this approach to digital preservation. So would I—feel free to get in touch off-list. FWIW, CLNs typically maintain 5+ copies of digital content in geographically distributed locations.
We don’t use Glacier currently at Auburn, but have talked about finding a suitable test case for it (e.g. to get an idea of its capabilities and costs).
There have been suggestions for updating/expanding the NDSA Levels—see, for example,
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2016/04/expanding-ndsa-levels-of-preservation/ from 2016.
Best,
Aaron
Aaron Trehub
Assistant Dean for Technology and Head, Special Collections & Archives
Auburn University Libraries
231 Mell Street, RBD Library
Auburn, AL 36849-5606 USA
+(334) 844-1707 office
+(334) 750-1695 mobile
Skype: ajtrehub
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Subject: [NDSA-ALL] Glacier question-repost
Apologies for posting this again, as I just noticed the subject line was missing...my original post was rejected and in the repost it seems
I forgot it. Many thanks to those who have already answered this question, your thoughts and info are much appreciated!
Marci
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Marci Hahn-Fabris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
