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D13.2 Catalogue of preservation policy elements

This report describes the SCAPE Policy Framework, consisting of three levels of preservation policies. The intermediate level, called the Preservation Procedure Policies, will be described here at a detailed level, explaining its use, the risks of not defining them, the … Continue reading

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OPF seeks Executive Director

The Open Planets Foundation is inviting applications for the position of Executive Director. The successful candidate will ideally be in post from December 2013. A job description and requirements are detailed here. Please send your letter of application and CV … Continue reading

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Registration open for next SCAPE training event (16-17 Sept)

On 16-17 September the second SCAPE training event will take place at The British Library in London. The event, Future Formats First: Application Infrastructures for Action Services, will focus on using tools and workflows to carry out digital preservation actions at … Continue reading

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SCAPE newsletter issue 5

The SCAPE project has just published the fifth edition of the newsletter! In this issue you can find the results of the second year EC review, news on our upcoming training events, a tool highlight with video of the Matchbox tool, an interview … Continue reading

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SCAPE at upcoming conferences (July-September 2013)

The SCAPE project will be presenting updates on the ongoing research of the project during several largescale events this summer: July 2013 Open Repositories 2013, 7-12 July, Charlottetown, Canada 9 July, 16.30 – 17.00: Luís Faria, Miguel Ferreira (KEEP Solutions), … Continue reading

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An Open Source Infrastructure for Preserving Large collections of Digital Objects

Sven Schlarb: An Open Source Infrastructure for Preserving Large collections of Digital Objects In: ELAG2013 conference, 28-31 May 2013, Gent, Belgium. Abstract: Today’s libraries are curating large digital collections, indexing millions of full-text documents, and preserving Terabytes of data for … Continue reading

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Finger Detection for Quality Assurance of Digitized Image Collections

Roman Graf and Ross King: Finger Detection for Quality Assurance of Digitized Image Collections In: Archiving 2013, Washington, DC; April 2013;  p. 122-125, ISBN / ISSN: 978-0-89208-304-6 Abstract This paper presents an approach for automatic detection of fingers that mistakenly appear in scans … Continue reading

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Guidelines for Legacy Repository Migration

Miguel Ferreira, José Carlos Ramalho and Luís Faria: Guidelines for Legacy Repository Migration In: Archiving 2013, Washington, DC; April 2013; p. 223-228; ISBN / ISSN: 978-0-89208-304-6 Abstract Several institutions are currently running long-term digital repositories that have been in operation for several years … Continue reading

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Scalable Preservation Decisions: A Controlled Case Study

Hannes Kulovits, Christoph Becker and Bjarne Andersen: Scalable Preservation Decisions: A Controlled Case Study In: Archiving 2013, Washington, DC; April 2013; p. 167-172; ISBN / ISSN: 978-0-89208-304-6 Abstract This article reports on a systematic, controlled case study where a preservation plan is created … Continue reading

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An Open Source Infrastructure for Quality Assurance and Preservation of a Large Digital Book Collection

Sven Schlarb: An Open Source Infrastructure for Quality Assurance and Preservation of a Large Digital Book Collection In: Archiving 2013, Washington, DC; April 2013; p. 234-238; ISBN / ISSN: 978-0-89208-304-6 Abstract This article presents an open source infrastructure for processing large collections … Continue reading

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