01 

Introduction to Digital Preservation

September 3, Tue 5:30-9:30p

02 

History of Digital Preservation Efforts, Intro to OAIS Model

September 10, Tue 5:30-9:30p

Topics
OAIS reference model, history, and context
History of digital preservation efforts and initiatives
Bacoum: A Breif History of Digital Preservation

Lab  *Bring Laptops to Class*
Booting from the digital preservation class disk image USB thumb drive
Follow along exercise: Navigate file systems with the command line, create files, create folders, list files and directories (pwd, cd, mkdir, touch, ls, etc.) 
Individual exercise: Create your own directory structures and files based on a theme of your choice. Create an inventory report with "ls".

Readings
Besser: Moving from Digital Collections to Interoperable Libraries (2002)
Lavoie: Meeting the Challenges of Digital Preservation: The OAIS Reference Model
Rosenthal: Requirements for Digital Preservation Systems

Reccommended
Lavoie: The Open Archival System Introductory Guide

Reference
1996 Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information
Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (The Magenta Book)

Lab Exercise Files
 w2-lab.zip

03

Software, Operating Systems & Computing Environments

September 17, Tue 5:30-9:30p

04

Digital Format Identification, NDSA Levels of Preservation

September 24, Tue 5:30-9:30p

05

Data Storage: Architecture & File Systems

October 1, Tue 5:30-9:30p

Topics
Digital File Systems and Storage Media
Networked Storage Architecture

Lab  *Bring Laptops to Class*
Follow along exercise: Write a bash shell script using ATOM text editor
Individual exercise: Customize a bash shell script using ATOM (GUI) with a prepared script to perform a batch process (ffmpeg, disk usage, df, etc.)

Readings
Google – Pinheiro, Weber, Barroso: Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population
Glicksman: Storage Architectures and Network
2017 NDSA Storage Survey & Report
Clipper Notes: LTO tape advantages over disk

Recommended/Reference
Backblaze – Klein: What Can 49,056 Hard Drives Tell Us?

06

Data Transfer, Fixity, & Integrity

October 8, Tue 5:30-9:30p

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Legislative Day

October 15, Tue 5:30-9:30p

 

No Class
Classes meet according to a Monday schedule

 

07

Midterm Presentations

October 22, Tue 5:30-9:30p

 

DUE – In Class
Assignment #1 Presentations

Readings
Summers: Web as a Preservation Medium (Medium)
Fino-Radin: Rhizome Preservation

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Intro to Web Archiving

October 29, Tue 5:30-9:30p


 

09 🇺🇸

Preservation Metadata 

November 5, Tue 5:30-9:30p


 

Topics
Introduction to preservation metadata
PREMIS, METS & XML

Lab  *Bring Laptops to Class*
Review of PREMIS/METS metadata records
Exploring NANO, CRON & FIND

Readings
Caplan: Understanding PREMIS
Amaral: METS for Transferable Metadata
Lavoie, Gardener: Preservation Metadata

Recommended/Reference
PREMIS Data Dictionary

Lab Exercise Files
w9-lab (10MB)
see also: https://crontab.guru/

No Class
Students in Baltimore for Association of Moving Image Archivists Conference

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AMIA 

November 12, Tue

10

Digital Repository Design & Microservices

November 19, Tue 5:30-9:30p

11 🦃

Digital Preservation Packaging & Automation

November 26, Tue 5:30-9:30p

12

Trusted Digital Repositories & Sustainability

December 3, Tue 5:30-9:30p

Topics
Sustainability and policy for digital preservation environments
TDR, TRAC and the TRAC Checklist    
LOCKSS and CLOCKSS

Lab: Guest Lecturer Ethan Gates
80s & 90s Digital Storage Formats and Connection Interfaces

Readings
TRAC Checklist (read pages 1–8, skim/review remainder of document)
Rosenthal: TRAC Audit, Lessons Learned (DSHR Blog)
What is LOCKSS? and LOCKSS Preservation Principles
The CLOCKSS Archive and What is the Difference Between LOCKSS and CLOCKSS?
Center for Research Libraries: Certification Report on CLOCKSS

Recommended Readings
Lavoie: The fifth blackbird

13

Final Project Presentations

December 10, Tue 2:30-6:30p
721 Broadway, Room 635

 

DUE – In Class
Assignment #2 Presentations

Last class!

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Final Papers Due

December 13, Fri 6p
 

DUE – Email: FRIDAY, December 14th, 6pm
Assignment #2 Papers

Last day of Fall 2019 classes
Friday, December 13, 2018