[MCN-L] Digital Preservation

[Megan H McGovern]

At the iPres conference last year, there were two out-of-the-box digital 
preservation vendors on site.  One was Tessella, whose product is called 
Preservica.  The other was Ex Libris, promoting Rosetta.

Best,
Megan

Megan McGovern
Digital Asset Manager
Progressive Insurance
440.395.1660
megan_h_mcgovern at progressive.com



-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Matt 
Wheeler
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 11:34 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Digital Preservation

Good day--we're beginning to research an approach to archiving our digital 
assets. Currently, everything is stored onsite on redundant servers, but we 
have no system of checksum encoding or fixity checking. The software solutions 
I've investigated are all open source and therefore require significant 
investment in development. The content volume-based pricing of professional 
digital archives seems to be outside our budget (we're pushing 8TB of digitized 
heritage materials).
Does anyone know of a dependable out-of-the-box application for content 
authentication, preferably Windows-based? Thanks.
--
Matt Wheeler,
Photography Archives,
Penobscot Marine Museum
Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211

[MCN-L] Recommendations for CMS for small museum

[Megan H McGovern]

Hi,

I'm helping some friends look at options for a CMS system for their museum.  
The collection is fairly small - about 7,000 pieces.  They would like to 
upgrade from office database software to something tailored to their field.

Flexibility in reporting and being able to link images and sales documents to 
the collection records are their biggest requirements so far; they would like 
to find an out-of-the-box product (not open source) that is on the 
medium-to-low end for price.  Keeping records in the cloud would be a big plus.

Any suggestions?  Please email me off list - megan_h_mcgovern at 
progressive.com

Many thanks in advance!
Megan

Megan McGovern
Digital Asset Manager
Progressive Insurance
440.395.1660
megan_h_mcgovern at progressive.com

[MCN-L] Archiving and preserving digital press/news content

[Megan H McGovern]

I took SAA's PDF/A seminar last year and found it very informative!

Megan


Megan McGovern
Digital Asset Manager
Progressive Insurance
440.395.1660
megan_h_mcgovern at progressive.com



-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of 
Molly Tighe
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 11:42 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Archiving and preserving digital press/news content

Hi Kelly,

One thing you might want to consider, particularly in regard to collecting 
digital news content, is the use of PDF/A.  This would be an alternative to the 
use of word for any material copied from the internet.  The Society of American 
Archivists produced a webinar on the use of PDF/A a few years ago and one can 
still view it from this link (for a fee)
http://saa.peachnewmedia.com/store/seminar/seminar.php?seminar=12158

In terms of content distributed through other media outlets, like TV and radio, 
you might be able to ask those stations to send you a copy of their coverage.  
You'd then just need to manage it with the rest of your digital assets.  If you 
expect to be collecting alot of digital media items (even digital media 
artworks), you might want to look into a digital asset management system that 
would support digital preservation (fixity checks, forward migration, etc).

Hope this helps!
Molly

Molly Tighe
Archivist, Mattress Factory Museum
Archives Consultant, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra



On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Kelly Carpenter < kcarpenter at 
albrightknox.org> wrote:

> Good afternoon,
>
>
>
> I was wondering if any institutions are facing the same issue as the 
> AKAG in regards to archiving and preserving digital press/news content 
> published in connection to Gallery exhibitions and events. The 
> Gallery's Marketing Department sent me a few questions that I have 
> copied over below. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as this 
> continues to be a time sensitive issue.
>
>
>
> Questions:
>
>
>
> * Is copying digital press/news content into a word.doc/scanning
> the most enduring way to save a copy of digital news content posted 
> online?
>
> * If content is saved using a browser, does that content become
> lost/inaccessible if that browser becomes obsolete in the future?  
> What about saving html/code?
>
> * How are museums archiving/saving video and audio content
> posted online by TV stations etc?
>
>
>
> Again, I appreciate any suggestions.
>
>
>
> Many thanks to all!
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Kelly
>
>
>
> Kelly Carpenter
>
> Digital Media Manager
>
> Albright-Knox Art Gallery
>
> 1285 Elmwood Avenue
>
> Buffalo, NY 14222-1096
>
> 716.270.8235
>
> kcarpenter at albrightknox.org
>
>
>
>
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