MLS Digital Libraries and Preservation 3

Question 1

What does PREMIS stand for in digital preservation?

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Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies

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Primary Records and Electronic Management Information System

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Permanent Repository for Electronic and Media Information Storage

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Professional Resources for Electronic Media and Information Science

Question 2

Which U.S. program, led by the Library of Congress, focuses on building a national network for digital preservation?

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National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP)

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National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA)

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Digital Preservation Network (DPN)

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Federal Digital Archive Program (FDAP)

Question 3

What is 'fixity checking' in digital preservation practice?

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Verifying that a digital file has not been altered or corrupted since it was last verified

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Repairing corrupted digital files to restore them to their original state

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Converting digital files to a fixed, standardized format for long-term storage

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Correcting metadata errors found in digital catalog records

Question 4

What are 'significant properties' in the context of digital preservation?

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The essential characteristics of a digital object that must be maintained for it to remain authentic and usable

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The file size and storage requirements of digital objects in an archive

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The intellectual property rights and licensing terms associated with digital content

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The access permissions and user roles assigned to digital resources

Question 5

Which preservation approach involves maintaining original hardware and software to keep obsolete digital objects accessible?

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Technology preservation

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Format migration

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Emulation

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Normalization

Question 6

What is a Submission Information Package (SIP) in OAIS terminology?

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The information package submitted by a content producer to an archive during ingest

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The package delivered to end users when they access digital content from an archive

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The internal package used by an archive to store digital content long-term

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A package of metadata submitted separately from digital content for cataloging

Question 7

What is the primary preservation challenge unique to 'born-digital' materials compared to digitized materials?

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Born-digital materials may have complex dependencies on specific software or hardware environments that can become obsolete

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Born-digital materials cannot be assigned cataloging metadata or persistent identifiers

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Born-digital materials are always created without copyright or intellectual property protections

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Born-digital materials require significantly more physical storage space than digitized originals