Digital Libraries and Preservation Flashcards
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What does PREMIS stand for in digital preservation?
Answer: Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies
PREMIS stands for Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies, the international standard for metadata that documents and supports the preservation of digital objects over time.
Which U.S. program, led by the Library of Congress, focuses on building a national network for digital preservation?
Answer: National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP)
NDIIPP (National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program) is a congressionally mandated Library of Congress initiative to build a nationwide digital preservation infrastructure.
What is 'fixity checking' in digital preservation practice?
Answer: Verifying that a digital file has not been altered or corrupted since it was last verified
Fixity checking uses checksums or cryptographic hash values to verify mathematically that a digital file's content has not changed or become corrupted over time.
What are 'significant properties' in the context of digital preservation?
Answer: The essential characteristics of a digital object that must be maintained for it to remain authentic and usable
Significant properties are the essential attributes of a digital object—such as its content, structure, behavior, or rendering—that must be preserved to ensure the object's authenticity and continued usefulness.
Which preservation approach involves maintaining original hardware and software to keep obsolete digital objects accessible?
Answer: Technology preservation
Technology preservation (sometimes called a 'technology museum' approach) involves maintaining the original hardware and software needed to access digital objects in their original formats.
What is a Submission Information Package (SIP) in OAIS terminology?
Answer: The information package submitted by a content producer to an archive during ingest
A Submission Information Package (SIP) is what the content producer submits to the digital archive during the ingest process, containing both the digital content and its associated descriptive metadata.
What is the primary preservation challenge unique to 'born-digital' materials compared to digitized materials?
Answer: Born-digital materials may have complex dependencies on specific software or hardware environments that can become obsolete
Born-digital materials—created directly in digital form—often depend on specific software, hardware, or interactive environments that may become obsolete, making preservation more complex than digitizing a stable physical original.