Sous la poussière

OCLC poursuivant sa digestion de RLG, c'est le dernier numéro de RLG DigiNews, sous sa forme actuelle, qui est sorti ces jours-ci. Ce qui nous offre une nouvelle étude de cas sur la préservation des revues électroniques:

Given that digital preservation has been a major focus of RLG DigiNews during its first decade, it seems appropriate to ask how well the HWS^[1] for this issue (i.e, the existing archive of RLG DigiNews itself) is likely to fare over the long term. Thus far, the back run of RLG DigiNews has been maintained on the RLG website and archived through the Internet Archive’s Archive-It program, as well as the OCLC Digital Archive. A number of individual articles that have been deemed “high quality” and that meet other selection criteria have been given the “Safekept” designation by the National Library of Australia’s PADI (Preserving Access to Digital Information) program. These steps may or may not prove adequate to ensure the long-term survival of the contents of RLG DigiNews. Only time will tell.

A lire dans ce numéro deux articles qui font le bilan de plus de dix ans de numérisation et de conservation des documents numériques:

• Digital Imaging - How Far Have We Come and What Still Needs to be Done?
• A Digital Decade: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going in Digital Preservation?

Je sors un peu de ma torpeur pour vous passer la nouvelle: Google se soucie enfin de la préservation à long terme des mails de ses usagers. Mesdames et messieurs, voici Gmail Paper