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Safety in Numbers: Distributed Digital Preservation Networks


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dc.contributorAaron Trehub, trehuaj@auburn.eduen_US
dc.creatorTrehub, Aaron
dc.creatorHalbert, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-11T22:09:03Z
dc.date.available2013-01-11T22:09:03Z
dc.date.created2012-08-15
dc.date.issued2013-01-11
dc.identifier.urihttp://conference.ifla.org/past/ifla78/216-trehub-en.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11200/44122
dc.description.abstractIt has long been recognized that there is safety in numbers and that redundancy enhances survivability. This principle has been applied in many spheres of human activity, from engineering to military science. It is now being applied in librarianship and digital preservation, through the creation of distributed digital preservation (DDP) networks using the open-source LOCKSS (“Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe”) software. This paper describes two Private LOCKSS Networks (PLNs) based in North America: the MetaArchive Cooperative, an international preservation network serving more than 50 member institutions in the U.S., Brazil, Spain, and the U.K.; and the Alabama Digital Preservation Network (ADPNet), a state-based preservation network serving academic libraries, public libraries, and the state archives in Alabama. The paper argues that PLNs offer a technologically robust, administratively manageable, and economically sustainable way to protect digital assets and ensure the continuity of digital libraries in the face of natural and man-made disasters.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.publisherInternational Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofIFLA World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_US
dc.subjectDigital Preservationen_US
dc.subjectLOCKSSen_US
dc.subjectMetaArchive Cooperativeen_US
dc.subjectAlabama Digital Preservation Network (ADPNet)en_US
dc.titleSafety in Numbers: Distributed Digital Preservation Networksen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genrePresentationen_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewNoen_US
dc.locationHelsinki, Finland

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