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Network of Expertise in Long-Term STOrage of Digital Resources

Creation of aNetwork of Expertise in Long-Term-Archiving andLong-Term-Accessibility of Digital Ressourcesfor Germany

(acronym)

(complete translation of german name)

Creation of … it is a project working to build an institution

… for Germany it shall act asa national focus also enabling international cooperation

Welcome

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Funding: Federal Government Ministry of Education and Research

Time frame: 06.2003 - 06.2006

Structure: a cooperative effort of

project management

Libraries

Museums

Archives

Basic data

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starting point is basically the cultural heritage sectorbut it is also working to integrate research and other sectors

starting point is basically the public sectorbut it is also working to cooperate with the private sector

starting point is basically the national levelbut it is also working to cooperate internationally

keywords to describe nestor

linking up crossing borders

bridging gaps

information

communicationcooperation

Aiming at …

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english / german

calendar

newsletter

workshops

subjectgateway

links

news

Internet Platform: a basic tool

(soon to come: expert database)

informationabout projects

www.langzeitarchivierung.deA basic tool

guides

studies

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Expert Reports (available only in German)

Digital long-term preservation and law

Digitisation and preservation of digitised in German museums

A basic guide to keep digital cultural heritage in museums

A comparison of existing archiving systems

Study of the state of existing research data and raw data from scientificactivities concerning their requirements and suitability for being archived

Perspectives for multimedia objects

A describing profile for a national long-term preservation strategy

Long-term archiving of electronic journals

= published = soon available = in progress

Newsletter (in english and german)

Every three months

Working GroupsCertification of archival servers

Long-term preservation of audiovisual data (scheduled)

First results

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Numbers and next steps

> 500 subscribers (newsletter)

~ 17.000 visits / month (to website)

Sept 2005: International Workshop on Preservation of Digital Objects

June 2005: Workshop on „How to evaluate a digital repository“

presence

workshops

integration of subject gateway with PADI

(Padi = Preserving Access to Digital Information)

A comparison of existing archiving systems

Digital long-term preservation and law

Digitisation and preservation of digitised in German museums

A basic guide to keep digital cultural heritage in museums

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