Title: I Got A Letter From My Past Self: (Un)managed Change and Provenance
Author(s): Rhiannon Bettivia, Yi-Yun Cheng and Michael Gryk
Abstract: Significant properties (sigProps) research often focuses on the preservation targets. Yet research consistently shows that what is significant about an object is not necessarily inherent to objects. Simultaneously, sigProps research does not adequately attend to temporality. Time is built into the concept of sigProps: they are about what ideally should not change over time. This paper centers temporality in relation to sigProps to explore challenging case studies.
Type: Short Paper
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Title: Levels of Digital Preservation: A Review in Terms of Trustworthiness of Digital Records
Author(s): Özhan Saglik
Abstract: Records created in organizations that have archival value should be preserved for a long time, and to achieve this, digital preservation techniques are used. These techniques also contribute to the preservation of the trustworthiness of the records. In order to assess the situation of organizations in the implementation of their digital preservation activities, there is a need for an analysis tool. Many models have been prepared to meet this need. One is the Levels of Preservation (LoP) developed by the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA). The LoP provides guidance to organizations in their digital preservation activities. Therefore, it is thought that the LoP can be associated with trustworthiness which aims at long-term preservation of the records. This study examines the levels of digital preservation specified in the LoP in terms of the trustworthiness of digital records. As a result of this research, the goal is to provide the basis for a methodology for organizations wishing to assess their level of digital preservation and to align their digital preservation capabilities with trustworthiness. This study used document analysis as a qualitative research design. Both field observations and research show that organizations are not sufficiently aware of the level of digital preservation and trustworthiness. Then, the question of the study is “how the levels that are specified in the LoP can be associated with the trustworthiness”. As a result of the study, it has been observed that the levels of digital preservation specified in the LoP can be used in the analysis of the trustworthiness of the records. It is expected that this study will raise awareness in the organizations to do a better job of preserving the records that have archival value.
Type: Short Paper
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Title: Retrospective, Subjunctive, Prospective: Provenance Challenges Across Time
Author(s): Rhiannon Bettivia, Yi-Yun Cheng and Michael R. Gryk
Abstract: This panel will explore provenance: as theory and practice; as a tool for sustainability; and as a space of shared struggle and challenge for digital preservations and those in fields ranging from archives to cluster computing. In digital preservation, provenance tells us where an object has come from, the myriad preservation actions we could take to care for it, and where we predict the object will need to go in future. This panel is intended for anyone who is interested in the world of provenance: defining it, understanding it, modeling it, addressing the vague dissatisfaction practitioners often have when researching and documenting it. Provenance is more about the journey than the destination: this panel aims to surface a variety of experiences with provenance and to facilitate discussion and a community of practice around the relationship between digital preservation and provenance.
Type: Panel
Event Timeslots (1)
Wednesday, September 20
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SUS-1
Room: Heritage Hall 4