01 

Introduction to Digital Preservation

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

02 

History of Digital Preservation Efforts, Intro to OAIS Model

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

Topics
OAIS reference model, history, and context
History of digital preservation efforts and initiatives

Lab  
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)
Bacoum: A Brief History of Digital Preservation
Lavoie: Meeting the Challenges of Digital Preservation: The OAIS Reference Model
alternate PDF download
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 22, Tue 5:30-9:30p

Topics
Operating systems and digital preservation:
UNIX GNU/Linux and Free Software Movement and Open Source Software
Discussion of Assignment #1 

Lab
Introduction to the bash shell and command line structure
Command Line Scavenger Hunt

Readings
Finley: Linux Took Over the Web. Now, It’s Taking Over the World (WIRED)
Kelty: Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software (Chapter 3 only) – alternate download here
Lyons: Introduction to Using the Command Line

Recommended Reading
Raymond: The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Lab Exercise & Files
Command line scavenger hunt
cli-scavenger-hunt.zip

04

Digital Format Identification, NDSA Levels of Preservation

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

05

Data Storage: Architecture & File Systems

October 6, Tue 5:30-9:30p

Topics
Digital File Systems and Storage Media
Data Storage Considerations
Networked Storage Architecture

Lab  
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?

Lab  Exercises
2020-w5-lab.txt

06

Data Transfer, Fixity, & Integrity

October 13, Tue 5:30-9:30p

Topics
Safe file transfer and maintaining data integrity
Fixity and checksums for preservation of audiovisual digital objects

Lab  
Follow along: “for loop”
Follow along exercise: File transfer (cp, mv, rsync)
Follow along exercise: Fixity and checksums (md5,  sha1, hashdeep, framemd5)

Readings
Checking Your Digital Content: An NDSA Publication
Baily: Protect Your Data (The Signal)
Rice: Reconsidering Checksums
Havemeyer-King: Trojan Dots and DIY Solutions (NDSR Blog)

Recommended/Reference
Goldin: A gentle introduction to rsync, a free, powerful tool for media ingest

Lab  Exercises
w6-fixity-transfer.zip

07

Midterm Presentations

October 20, Tue 5:30-9:30p

 

DUE – In Class
Assignment #1 Presentations

Note: Students have the option to give presentations asynchronously for this assignment, and are expected to provide answers and insights during an in-class Q&A.

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

08

Intro to Web Archiving

October 27, Tue 5:30-9:30p


 

09 🇺🇸

No Class

November 03, Tue 5:30-9:30p

 

10

Preservation Metadata 

November 10, Tue 5:30-9:30p


 

Topics
Introduction to preservation metadata
PREMIS, METS & XML
Hierarchical Listing of Semantic Units

Lab
Review of PREMIS/METS metadata records
Exploring NANO & FIND

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

Recommended/Reference
PREMIS Data Dictionary

Lab Exercise Files
2020-w10-lab.zip (10MB)

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AMIA 

November 16 – 21

11

Digital Repository Design & Microservices

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

12 🦃

Digital Preservation Packaging & Automation

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

Topics
Digital Preservation Packaging & the Bagit Specification
Automating Ingest of Submission Information Packages
Review ingest script
LTO Tape: Formats, indexes and LTFS

Lab  
Review Ingest Script
Create "bags" and reports with Bagit command line software

Readings
Bagit: A Video Introduction 
Gates: Using Bagit – The Patch Bay
Gates: Using Bagit in 2018 – The Patch Bay
Kim, Ross: Digital Forensics Formats: Seeking a Digital Preservation Storage Container Format

Recommended Readings
Lavoie: The fifth blackbird

Lab Exercise Files
2020-w12-lab.zip
Download bagger software

13

Trusted Digital Repositories & Sustainability

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

Topics
TDR, TRAC and the TRAC Checklist
History of Digital Computing

Lab: macOS Disk Utility and diskutil command
Create, Erase, Reformat and Encrypt Disk Images

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

Lab Exercise Files
w13-lab.rtf

14

Final Project Presentations

December 8, Tue 2:30-6:30p
721 Broadway, Room 635

 

DUE – In Class
Assignment #2 Presentations

Note: Students have the option to give presentations asynchronously for this assignment, and are expected to provide answers and insights during an in-class Q&A.

Last class!

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Final Papers Due

December 11, Fri 6p
 

Last day of Fall 2020 classes
Sunday, December 13