Considering new solutions for Arctic cultural heritage

Arctic Archives 2013 Riccardo Ferrante@raferrante

Institutional Memory and Records Manager

OAIS reference model – functional perspective

Capture…Transform…Archive…Supplement…Re-use

Keep wide variance in physical infrastructureEasy to consume formats

(low tech format?)Expanded variety of tools to createFacilitates initial storage and transmission

Descriptive metadata

Capture

** see previous slide if the starting point is analog**

Application of multiple standards-EAD, EAC-CPF, NCD, MODS

-Provide structure-Persistence of content at additional levels-Prepare for re-use at a variety of levels

…Transform

Perhaps the thorniest challenge when dealing with multiple sovereignties

…Archive

Crowdsourcing* transcriptions

…Supplement

• Contribute (active)• Target constituencies via

standards• Linked Open Data

• Provide more inroads – Finding Aids embedding– 3-D technology, enriched

viewers

…Re-use (Awareness first)

Applying hard science strategies to cultural heritage

Virtual Research Environments

Riccardo FerranteDirector of Digital Services

Smithsonian Institution Archives

ferranter@si.edu@raferrante

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