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In 2005 the DPC realised the need to help members to stay abreast with the large number of digital preservation projects being carried out by its members. For a while we therefore maintained a listing of member projects and selected a small number as a featured project to receive more detailed analysis. However as the number and scale of the projects increased, and the number of members also expanded so we have stopped maintaining this list. Instead our Annual Report now contains a current summary of members' projects, also reported in our regular What's New in Digital Preservation alert service. In January 2010 we create a new utility on the Members' Projets Page in which members could edit and add their own projects to the site.

Table of digital preservation projects being undertaken by DPC members All external links open in a new window Audio-Visual Media
PROJECT NAME	START AND END DATE	PROJECT WEBSITE / FURTHER INFORMATION	NAME OF PARTNERS [Lead Partner: LP DPC Member: bold]	DESCRIPTION
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)	2000-2010 approx.	Further Information: BBC Media Management Policy: Overview	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) [LP]	Initially a 10-year "preservation transfer" project, but becoming seen as part of regular preservation work. The project has a budget of £55 million, covering mainly analogue formats with small amounts only of 'born digital' material in the 10-year plan. Other issues (outside the 10-year planned work) include c. 3000,000 'born digital' D3 video tapes, proving subject to deterioration after about 12 years, all eventually requiring transfer. All BBC transmission versions are now born digital.
PRESTO	Completed 2002	Project website: PRESTO See also: PrestoSpace	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) [LP]; Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) (France); Radiotelevisione Italiana Spa (RAI) (Italy)	A 5th framework EU project headed by the BBC, to develop a cost-effective approach to the preservation of broadcast archives, audio and video, through developing workflow efficiency and automation tools to achieve cost reductions in the region of 30% while maintaining quality. Starting with survey, scoping and definition of the issue, moving to developing new tchnology, integratin and testing and demonstraqting that it works. The work of the PRESTO project is currently continuing under PrestoSpace.
Sound Archive acetate disks	Completed 2000	Further Information: JISC Project page British Library Archival Sound Recordings Project	British Library	The transfer of ca 20,000 "acetate" direct cut audio discs to an off-linedigital platform (CD-R) during the period 1995-2000. This was an internally funded BL project using external contract labour for the transfers.


Table of digital preservation projects being undertaken by DPC members All external links open in a new window Data Curation
PROJECT NAME	START AND END DATE	PROJECT WEBSITE / FURTHER INFORMATION	NAME OF PARTNERS [Lead partner: LP DPC Member: bold]	DESCRIPTION
DAAT: Digital Asset Assessment Tool	October 2004 - June 2006	Further Information: DAAT: Digital Assessment Tool	ULCC [LP]; AHDS; National Preservation Office; The National Archives (UK); The British Library; Kings College London; School of Advanced Study of the University of London; Digital Preservation Coalition	This project will develop a digital preservation assessment tool for use within the UK HE/FE and research, learning and teaching communities. The proposal will provide those responsible for managing digital resources in a variety of institutional settings, including libraries, archives, data centres, computer services and research teams, with a valuable tool for identifying the preservation needs of their digital holdings. This project was funded under the JISC Supporting Digital Preservation and Asset Management in Institutions (4/04) programme.
Digital Curation Centre	3 year project funding initially, from 2004	Website: Digital Curation Centre	JISC; eSCP; DCC	The initial three year project to develop a national Digital Curation Centre (DCC) is a key aim of the JISC Continuing Access and Digital Preservation Strategy 2002-05. The DCC will focus on research in data curation, file format information, tools, testbeds and certification and advisory services. Funded jointly by JISC and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's (EPSRC) e-Science Core Programme, to focus on the needs of UK FE and HE, but with the possibility of extending to and developing additional funding from, other sectors.
Dorothy Dunnett Disks Project	Ongoing from 2004	Contact: Robin Smith	National Library of Scotland	To use electronic files in Dorothy Dunnett archive as a pilot project to develop accessioning, appraisal, migration and descriptive processes for manuscript material in electronic format
E-Science Data Curation Audit	Completed February 2004	Further information and full reports: Data Curation for e-science in the UK	JISC	This consultancy aimed to establish the provision and future requirements for curation of primary research data being generated within e-science in the UK. The audit included the e-science core programme but extended beyond this to other e-science research and primary research data.
Persistent Identifiers	2004 - end of 2005	Contact: Lee Hibberd	National Library of Scotland	To develop a system and policy for improving the permanence of object identifiers. Initial work will ensure that persistent ids exist for all digital images. Results will be applied to other digital objects.
Scottish Party Political Press Releases Preservation and Access pilot	Ongoing from 2004	Contact: Paul Cunnea	National Library of Scotland	Pilot to investigate long-term preservation and access options for e-mail publicvaitons, using Scottish PPRs as case study.


Table of digital preservation projects bing undertaken by DPC members All external links open in a new window Digital Archives / Digital Libraries
PROJECT NAME	START AND END DATE	PROJECT WEBSITE / FURTHER INFORMATION	NAME OF PARTNERS [Lead partner: LP DPC Member: bold]	DESCRIPTION
MoPark Metadata Options Appraisal	14th June 2004 - 30th September 2006	Project website: MOPARK	Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park (funder rather than partner)	The CDLR is carrying out a metadata options appraisal for a project called MoPark. MoPark aims to encourage green tourism within the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park through the creation and population of a digital multimedia repository and management system.
CMS Metadata Interoperability Project: Ensuring Metadata Interoperability Across Scottish Content Management Systems and Digital Repositories	1st June 2005 - 30th April 2006	Project website: CMS Metadata Interoperability Project	Scottish Museums Council; National Library of Scotland	A SLIC funded project aiming to establish, document, and disseminate guidelines for best practice in the choice and use of CMS metadata for the management of simple and complex digital objects in an interoperable Scottish Common Information Environment.
OCLC Digital Archive	Ongoing	Project website: OCLC: Digital Archive	OCLC	The OCLC digital archive is an OAIS and METS based system providing services to state libraries, federal agencies and academic libraries for long-term access, management and preservation of important digital materials. Web archiving tools preserve assets such as HTML pages and PDFs from the Web and a batch archiving service is provided for multiple submissions of reformatted materials. The workflow is integrated with OCLC's Connexion service for creation of bibliographic and preservation metadata. Bibliographic records are then integrated into FirstSearch and local catalogues.
OCLC Preservation Policy	Ongoing	Full policy document: OCLC Digital Archive Preservation Policy and Supporting Documentation [PDF, 266Kb]	OCLC	The policy outlines OCLC's basic approach to the preservation of objects and metadata in the OCLC Digital Archive. The policy is one result of the activities of OCLC's preservation planning entity and is dynamic in nature with frequent updates. OCLC encourages comments on and questions about their preservation processes.
Oxford Digital Library	Ongoing from July 2001	Website: Oxford Digital Library	Oxford University Library Service (OULS) [LP]; Mellon Foundation	The Oxford Digital Library (ODL) is a digitisation project which aims to develop an overarching infrastructure with planned content creation, management, and delivery. It has developed standards for ensuring long-term access to the digital content created through its programmes. Operational from July 2001, the project is undergoing continuous development and has been funded from within Oxford University and from the Mellon Foundation.
The National Archives (UK) Digital Archive	Ongoing from 2001	Further information: The National Archives Digital Archive	The National Archives (UK)	The Digital Archive at the National Archives offers secure storage for selected electronic government records and provides access to them via linked PCs in the Public Reading Rooms at the Kew site.


Table of digital preservation projects being undertaken by DPC members All external links open in a new window E-Journals / E-Learning
PROJECT NAME	START AND END DATE	PROJECT WEBSITE / FURTHER INFORMATION	NAME OF PARTNERS [Lead Partner: LP DPC Member: bold]	DESCRIPTION
E-Journal Archiving Study	Completed October 2003	Full report: Archiving E-Journals Consultancy - Final Report [PDF, 342Kb]	JISC	Archiving E-Journals Consultancy - Final Report, October 2003, by Maggie Jones. The consultancy explored issues associated with implementing the archiving clauses of the JISC/NESLI Model Licence Report Commissioned by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). Full report available via the JISC website.
E-Learning Project	Completed January 2004	Project information: Long-Term Retention and Reuse of E-Learning Objects and Materials Full report: Long-Term Retention and Reuse of E-Learning Objects and Materials [DOC, 609Kb]	JISC; AHDS	A feasibility study to assess long-term retention and re-use of e-learning objects and materials, part of the the JISC Continuing Access and Digital Preservation Strategy 2002-5. Undertaken by the Institute for Computer Based Learning (ICBL) at Heriot-Watt, with support from AHDS.
LOCKSS	Ongoing from 1999	Project website: LOCKSS	British Library [LP]; Cambridge University Library; Imperial College; University of Leeds; University of Edinburgh; University of Glasgow;	LOCKSS ("Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe") is open source software that provides librarians with an easy and inexpensive way to collect, store, preserve, and provide access to their own, local copy of authorized content they purchase. Currently, more than 80 libraries and 50 publishers from around the world are using the software. In addition, the Stanford LOCKSS team is collaborating with institutions through the LOCKSS Alliance to further collection, technical, and community development.


Table of digital preservation projects being undertaken by DPC members All external links open in a new window Electronic Records Management
PROJECT NAME	START AND END DATE	PROJECT WEBSITE / FURTHER INFORMATION	NAME OF PARTNERS [Lead partner: LP DPC Member: bold]	DESCRIPTION
ICA work-book on ERM	Completed 2004	Final report: Electronic Records: A Workbook for Archivists (ICA Study 16)	ULCC	International Council on Archives (ICA) workbook on electronic records management (ERM) is a practical handbook aimed at archivists, primarily in government, and also for IT staff. The handbook has been created via ICA funding together with volunteer effort from members.


Table of digital preservation projects being undertaken by DPC members All external links open in a new window File Formats
PROJECT NAME	START AND END DATE	PROJECT WEBSITE / FURTHER INFORMATION	NAME OF PARTNERS [Lead partner: LP DPC Member: bold]	DESCRIPTION
PRONOM	Ongoing from 2001	Project website: PRONOM	The National Archives (UK)	PRONOM was developed by the National Archives for managing information about the file formats used to store electronic records, and the software applications needed to render these formats. It is intended for free use by anyone needing to preserve electronic records over the long term and is under continuous development. PRONOM release 3 is publicly available on the Internet and the database contains over 250 software products, 550 file formats and 100 manufacturers (as of 2003) and is growing.
Representation and Rendering Project (file formats)	Completed February 2004	Full report: Survey and assessment of sources of information on file formats and software documentation	JISC [LP]; University of Leeds	File Format Representation and Rendering Project, which aimed to develop tried and tested technologies, conceived by the Cedars and CAMiLEON projects. Survey and assessment of sources of information on file formats and software documentation, Final report produced by the Representation and Rendering Project, University of Leeds, (undated)
Risk analysis of corporate-wide file types	Completed July 2005	Contact: Lee Hibberd	National Library of Scotland	To prioritise the efforts of the library's digital preservation activities on the groups of digital/electronic information that is most at risk of loss. This will involve an assessment of formats, carrier media, reader devices, complexity and other issues that affect all types of files across the library including CAD drawings, library records, corporate information, digitised assets and web pages.


Table of digital preservation projects being undertaken by DPC members All external links open in a new window Institutional Repositories
PROJECT NAME	START AND END DATE	PROJECT WEBSITE / FURTHER INFORMATION	NAME OF PARTNERS [Lead partner: LP DPC Member: bold]	DESCRIPTION
STARGATE	28th October 2005 - 28th May 2006	Project website: STARGATE Stargate: Exploring Static Repositories for Small Publishers Ariadne, 47	Heriot Watt University Journal of Digital Information Professor Tom Wilson (Information Research: an international electronic journal) Library and Information Research Group (Library and Information Research) CILIPS/SLIC (Information Scotland)	The STARGATE project will explore the use of static repositories as a means of exposing publisher metadata to OAI-based disclosure, discovery and alerting services within the JISC IE and beyond.
IRI Scotland Project	1st September 2005 - 31st of August 2007	Project website: IRIScotland	a SCURL project	IRI Scotland is seeking to develop an internationally interoperable framework for a distributed institutional repository infrastructure for Scottish research. This will entail experimenting with a collective hosting repository and a cross-repository search facility capable of accommodating a wide range of research and research-related digital objects. IRI Scotland will also investigate strategies designed to facilitate the cultural and organisational changes needed to underpin institutional repositories.
D Space@ Cambridge	Due to complete December 2005	Project website: DSpace@ Cambridge Project	Cambridge University Library (CUL) [LP]; MIT Library	The DSpace@Cambridge project is a 3-year collaboration between CUL and MIT Libraries, funded by the DTI-sourced Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI), to establish a digital institutional repository for Cambridge University. Expected deliverables include the development of improved digital preservation functionality in the DSpace software platform. CMI is funding a complementary CUL-MIT Libraries project, LEADIRS (www.lib.cam.ac.uk/UKseminars/), to promote digital institutional repository strategies in UK HE/FE. This will include coverage of preservation issues.
Feasibility Study on E-Prints	Completed October 2003	Full report: Feasibility and Requirements Study on Preservation of E-Prints [PDF, 1,018Kb]	Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) [LP]; Estonian Business Archives; SHERPA; University of Nottingham	Feasibility and Requirements Study on Preservation of E-Prints. Report Commissioned by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), AHDS as lead partner. Report published October 29, 2003, by Hamish James, Arts and Humanities Data Service, Raivo Ruusalepp, Estonian Business Archives, Sheila Anderson, Arts and Humanities Data Service, Stephen Pinfield, SHERPA.
Personal Archives Accessible in Digital Media (paradigm)	October 2004 - October 2006	Project website: PARADIGM Featured DPC Members' Project No. 5	University of Oxford [LP]; University of Manchester	The Universities of Oxford and Manchester have established collecting profiles in modern political papers. The papers of contemporary politicians - that will become the research materials of tomorrow - are being comprehensively created in electronic form. The exemplar strategies that this project will develop with political papers will be of use for any institution which collects, preserves, and maintains access to private papers. This project has been funded under the JISC Supporting Digital Preservation and Asset Management in Institutions (4/04) programme.
PRESERV (PREServation Eprint SERVices)	October 2004 - September 2006	Further information: PRESERV (PReservation Eprint SERVices) Featured DPC Members' Project No. 4	University of Southampton; The National Archives (UK); The British Library; University of Oxford	PRESERV aims to implement an ingest service based on the OAIS reference model for institutional archives built using Eprints software. Working with the National Archives, the project will link Eprints through a Web service to PRONOM software for identification and verification of file formats. The project will emphasise automation, will provide modular tools for capturing metadata and will enable the identification and verification of file formats. The project will scope a technology watch service to populate and update PRONOM where full automation is not feasible for file format recognition. This project has been funded under the JISC Supporting Digital Preservation and Asset Management in Institutions (4/04) programme.
SHERPA DP	October 2004 - October 2006	Project website: SHERPA Digital Preservation Featured DPC Members' Project No. 1	Arts and Humanities Data Service [LP]; Consortium of Research Libraries in the British Isles (CURL); University of Nottingham	The SHERPA Digital Preservation (DP) project aims to create a collaborative, shared preservation environment for the SHERPA institutional repositories project framed around the Open Archiving Information Systems (OAIS) Reference Model. The project will bring together the SHERPA institutional repository systems with the preservation repository established by the Arts and Humanities Data Service to create an environment that fully addresses all the requirements of the different phases within the life cycle of digital information. This project has been funded under the JISC Supporting Digital Preservation and Asset Management in Institutions (4/04) programme.