Multimedia Objects Conversion for a Digital Repository – A Case Study

The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt is a collaborative project that memorializes individuals who have died of AIDS-related causes. Since its inception, it has become the world’s largest public folk art project. Scholars have noted the Quilt’s materiality, scope, and cultural importance to collective memory processes related to HIV/AIDS. More recently, discussions of collective memory in the digital public sphere have attracted attention from new media theorists and memory scholars alike. @theAIDSmemorial (TAM) is an Instagram account that serves as a digital repository for a new form of connective memory. By assessing two AIDS memorials as comparative cases, this research argues that TAM’s digital affordances of interactivity and reach are evident, although in assessing the digital remediation of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, the materiality, metaphoric origins, and scope of the Quilt cannot be rendered on digital platforms, representing a loss in affective engagement.

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Repositories

Learning Objects for Instruction ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-334-0.ch002 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 16-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Cathleen S. Alfano ◽

Susan L. Henderson

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

General Knowledge ◽

Software Management ◽

Digital Repository ◽

Management Tools ◽

Digital Repositories ◽

Future Developments ◽

Key Concepts ◽

Repository Software

This chapter presents an overview of the use of digital repositories in the field of education. The authors’ purpose in writing this chapter is not only to provide their readers with general knowledge about educational repositories, but to give them some idea of the various issues and processes involved in launching a digital repository. The chapter first discusses key concepts and general functions of repositories, and offers the authors’ thoughts on the most important functions of repository software management tools. A case study of repository implementation for the State of Florida is briefly described. The chapter closes with a look at some of the different ways repositories are being used nationally and globally, and with the authors’ expectations on future developments in this area.

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Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage: A Case Study on US Latina/o Archives and Digital Humanities

Preservation Digital Technology & Culture ◽

10.1515/pdtc-2018-0031 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 17-27

Author(s):

Gabriela Baeza Ventura ◽

Lorena Gauthereau ◽

Carolina Villarroel

Keyword(s):

Digital Humanities ◽

The United States ◽

Digital Repository ◽

Successful Work ◽

The Us ◽

Literary Heritage ◽

History Of ◽

Personal Archives ◽

The University

AbstractThis article focuses on the work and efforts put forth by the University of Houston’s Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage program (Recovery) to create the first digital humanities center for US Latina/o Research: #usLdh. Recovery is a program to locate, preserve, and make available the written legacy of Latinas/os in the United States since colonial times until 1960. Through 27 years of successful work Recovery has not only been able to inscribe the excluded history of Latinas/os, but also has created an inclusive and vast digital repository that facilitates scholarship in this area of studies. This article focuses on the importance of recovery work in the writing, teaching, and understanding of history and considers how local personal archives have helped to fill in the gaps of mainstream history. We will detail the goals and challenges of this mission, as well as the importance of educating the community in digital methods that preserve and disseminate minority voices.

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Preserving the H-Net Email Lists: A Case Study in Trusted Digital Repository Assessment

The American Archivist ◽

10.17723/aarc.74.1.u2jw67r7257wqw66 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 74 (1) ◽

pp. 257-296

Author(s):

Lisa Schmidt

Keyword(s):

Digital Repository ◽

Trusted Digital Repository

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A consideration of copyright for a national repository of humanities and social science data

Library and Information Research ◽

10.29173/lirg671 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 39 (121) ◽

pp. 22-40

Author(s):

Rebecca Grant ◽

Marta Bustillo ◽

Sharon Webb

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property Rights ◽

Task Force ◽

Stained Glass ◽

Digital Repository ◽

Science Data ◽

Social Science Data ◽

Trusted Digital Repository ◽

Robust Framework ◽

Cultural Data

In 2011 the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) began work on the development of an interactive national Trusted Digital Repository for contemporary and historical social and cultural data. Copyright and intellectual property rights were identified as essential areas which the DRI, as a content holder and data publisher, needed to investigate in order to develop workflows, policy and the Repository infrastructure. We established a Copyright and IP Task Force (CIPT) in January 2013 to capture and identify IP challenges from our stakeholder community and the DRI’s demonstrator collections. This report outlines the legislative context in which the CIPT worked, and how the CIPT addressed copyright challenges through the development of policies and a robust framework of legal documentation for the Repository. We also provide a case study on Orphan Works, detailing the process undertaken by the Clarke Stained Glass Studios Collection, one of DRI’s demonstrator projects, in preparing their content for online publication in the Repository.

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Development of Digital Repository for B-Schools: A Case Study of Chanakya Digital Repository

Pearl A Journal of Library and Information Science ◽

10.5958/0975-6922.2014.00727.x ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 82

Author(s):

Bharat B. Alasandi ◽

Vinayak M. Bankapur

Keyword(s):

Digital Repository

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The Purdue University Research Repository

OCLC Systems & Services ◽

10.1108/oclc-07-2013-0022 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 15-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Carly C. Dearborn ◽

Amy J. Barton ◽

Neal A. Harmeyer

Keyword(s):

Digital Preservation ◽

The United States ◽

Project Team ◽

University Research ◽

Digital Repository ◽

Content Type ◽

The Creation ◽

Purdue University

Purpose – The purpose of this case study is to discuss the creation of robust preservation functionality within PURR. The study seeks to discuss the customization of the HUBzero platform, composition of digital preservation policies, and the creation of a novel, machine-actionable metadata model for PURR's unique digital content. Additionally, the study will trace the implementation of the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model and track PURR's progress towards Trustworthy Digital Repository certification. Design/methodology/approach – This case study discusses the use of the Center for Research Libraries Trusted Repository Audit Checklist (TRAC) certification process and ISO 16363 as a rubric to build an OAIS institutional repository for the publication, preservation, and description of unique datasets. Findings – ISO 16363 continues to serve as a rubric, barometer and set of goals for PURR as development continues. To become a trustworthy repository, the PURR project team has consistently worked to build a robust, secure, and long-term home for collaborative research. In order to fulfill its mandate, the project team constructed policies, strategies, and activities designed to guide a systematic digital preservation environment. PURR expects to undertake the full ISO 16363 audit process at a future date in expectation of being certified as a Trustworthy Digital Repository. Through its efforts in digital preservation, the Purdue University Research Repository expects to better serve Purdue researchers, their collaborators, and move scholarly research efforts forward world-wide. Originality/value – PURR is a customized instance of HUBzero®, an open source software platform that supports scientific discovery, learning, and collaboration. HUBzero was a research project funded by the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) and is a product of the Network for Computation Nanotechnology (NCN), a multi-university initiative of eight member institutions. PURR is only one instance of a HUBzero's customization; versions have been implemented in many disciplines nation-wide. PURR maintains the core functionality of HUBzero, but has been modified to publish datasets and to support their preservation. Long-term access to published data are an essential component of PURR services and Purdue University Libraries' mission. Preservation in PURR is not only vital to the Purdue University research community, but to the larger digital preservation issues surrounding dynamic datasets and their long-term usability.

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Drawing on the digital: Analysis and modelling in architecture and music

International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing ◽

10.3366/ijhac.2011.0004 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (1-2) ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Fiona Smyth ◽

Donal Lennon

Keyword(s):

Music Composition ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Digital Analysis ◽

Digital Repository ◽

Specific Assessment ◽

And Performance ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Impact ◽

Architecture And Music

The present study deploys acoustic theory and digital analysis to investigate the dynamics of the inter-relationship of architecture and music. It assesses the impact of the built environment on music composition and performance. Drawing upon the science that underpins both architecture and music, it is also informed by the qualitative and artistic attributes of both. Reference to a specific case study, St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, describes the design and implementation of a methodology designed to allow for context and era-specific assessment. The research design is interdisciplinary, bridging theory and practice. The methodology is firmly based on the use of digital technologies, which allow for efficient, accurate and replicable procedure. Data capture, analysis and mapping of the architectural site was supplemented by reference to primary archived material. Digital preservation of primary material was an integral part of the project; the resulting record created a more complete digital repository of the cathedral, combining the information which can be read in the structure itself with documents relating to its history. This article makes use of Victor Hugo's concept of the ‘Book of Stone’ to comment on the information gleaned from paper records and digital analysis of the architecture and acoustics of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

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