Digital Archiving and Preservation: Technologies and Processes for a Trusted Repository

Jantz, Ronald C.; Giarlo, Michael J.

doi:10.1300/j201v04n01_10

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“…Making adequate plans for unforeseen disasters, risk management and disaster mitigation are some of the activities which should arise in response to real or anticipated threats to digital collections (Aikin, 2007;Altman et al, 2009). Trust is a major obstacle that can disrupt the digital preservation process (Jantz and Giarlo, 2007). It is important to determine the trustworthiness of digital materials.…”

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A framework for digital preservation of Indigenous knowledge system (IKS) in repositories in South Africa

Balogun

Kalusopa

2021

RMJ

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the digital preservation policies and plans for long-term digital preservation in selected repositories in South Africa, with a view to develop a digital preservation framework for the preservation of Indigenous knowledge system (IKS) in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach Through the multiple case study research design, data was obtained from eight respondents in four Indigenous Knowledge Systems Documentation Centers (IKSDCs) in institutions that are part of the National Recordal Systems (NRS) initiative across four provinces in South Africa using in-depth face-to-face interviews. Data collected was also supplemented with the content analysis of several policy documents in South Africa. Findings The findings reveal that there are no digital preservation policies in place in the institutions, especially long-term digital preservation for IKS. However, some of the institutions are formulating policies that will include the management of IKS collected in the institutions. This study also reveals that digital curation, policy formulation and disaster preparedness plans to some extent are measures said to be in place for the digital preservation of IKS. Research limitations/implications This study focuses mainly on the NRS initiative in South Africa. Indigenous Knowledge (IK) related to traditional medicine, traditional plants and food are currently being digitized at the IKSDCs by IK recorders. This study will help in ensuring that the South African Government’s effort and investment in digitizing IKS and making them accessible online is not wasted. This study will help mitigate the risk of damage and alteration over time, either deliberately or in error. Originality/value This study fills a gap in the literature on the digitization and digital preservation of IKS from the context of the NRS project in South Africa. Very few studies have been carried out on the digital preservation of IKS in Africa. This study also proposed a framework for the digital preservation of IKS in South Africa.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A framework for digital preservation of Indigenous knowledge system (IKS) in repositories in South Africa

Balogun

Kalusopa

2021

RMJ

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“…Thus, new questions and new solutions in the field of archives and preservation are raised concerning whether and how the accumulated trust derived from traditional services can be transferred to the repositories of digital information (Jantz and Giarlo 2007). Ross and McHugh (2005) noted that digital information holders or service providers might already be regarded as trustworthy based on their reputations earned in the paper-based information environment.…”

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End users’ trust in data repositories: definition and influences on trust development

Yoon

2013

Arch Sci

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While repositories' efforts to build trustworthy digital repositories (TDRs) led to the establishment of ISO standards, much less research has been done regarding the user's side, despite calls for an understanding of users' trust of TDRs. In order to learn about users' perspectives on trust in digital repositories, the present study investigated users' definitions of trust and factors that influence users' trust development, particularly addressing the users of three data repositories in the United States. A total of 19 participants were interviewed in this study. The results of this study indicate that users' definition of trust is largely based on a lack of deception, when it comes down to the specific context of data repositories. Regarding factors influencing the development of users' trust in repositories, organizational attributes, user communities (recommendations and frequent use), past experiences, repository processes (documentation, data cleaning, and quality checking), and users' perception of the repository roles were identified.

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“…Scholars, including Lavoie and Dempsey (2004) have laid out many ways to investigate digital preservation, including focusing on digital preservation as a technical, economic, organizational, or social challenge (Lavoie, 2008;Lavoie & Dempsey, 2004). Many in the digital preservation community have focused on technical challenges (for instance, Jantz & Giarlo, 2007). Digital preservation research focusing on technical aspects of preservation has examined file formats (for instance, Lawrence, Kehoe, Rieger, Walters, & Kenney, 2000;Ohshima, 2010), system architecture (for instance, Barateiro, Antunes, & Borbinha, 2012), IT governance (for instance, Becker, Antunes, Barateiro, Vieira, & Borbinha, 2011), the reliability of storage media (for instance, Baker et al, 2006), mechanisms for managing distributed backup systems (for instance, Maniatis, Roussopoulos, Giuli, Rosenthal, & Baker, 2005), and the development of technical standards (for instance, Dobratz & Schoger, 2007;Harmsen, 2008).…”

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“…Given that trust is necessary for the preservation of digital information, and that this preservation frequently takes place in digital repositories, we must consider how trust is conceptualized for digital repositories. Jantz and Giarlo () note that digital repositories are unique among the various types of digital organizations (such as for‐profit businesses conducting e‐commerce), and as such “for the digital repository, trust involves scholarship, authenticity, reliability, and persistence over time and has little relationship to immediate financial rewards” (, p. 197).…”

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The Social Construction of Risk in Digital Preservation

Frank

2019

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Digital information is fragile, yet access to digital information over time is a critical underpinning of core values and functions in our society, from open government to research and scholarship. Digital preservation research has focused on identifying technical, economic, and organizational sources of risk and has relied on an assumption that individuals will behave in rational and predictable ways in response to the same information. This article asserts that viewing digital preservation as a process that takes place in complex social contexts is just as important as thinking about digital preservation in terms of technological or economic issues. This is particularly important for understanding how individuals involved in digital preservation construct their understanding of risk because social factors influence how people construct their understanding of, and behave in response to, risk information. The author proposes an eight‐factor model for the social construction of risk, which includes: communication, complexity, expertise, organizations, political culture, trust, uncertainty, and vulnerability. The article demonstrates how these factors influence individuals as they construct their understanding of risk in the context of digital preservation and how this in turn affects digital preservation decisions.

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Digital Archiving and Preservation: Technologies and Processes for a Trusted Repository

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A framework for digital preservation of Indigenous knowledge system (IKS) in repositories in South Africa

A framework for digital preservation of Indigenous knowledge system (IKS) in repositories in South Africa

End users’ trust in data repositories: definition and influences on trust development

The Social Construction of Risk in Digital Preservation

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