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In the Jisc funded "Filling the Digital Preservation Gap" project, teams at the Universities of Hull and York are looking at how to incorporate digital preservation into their workflows for research data management. The project is looking specifically at Archivematica, an open source digital preservation solution. Whilst the project focuses on a particular use case (research data management) the project team also have other use cases in mind for Archivematica and many of the lessons learnt so far have been more broadly applicable. This webinar will summarise project results so far and discuss some of the ways we are enhancing and developing Archivematica to make it more suitable for our proposed use cases.

Digital data exists in the British Museum in many different forms, from many different sources and for many different uses. It includes digital images registered as collection objects, photographic assets of the wider physical collection, scientific and conservation data related to the collection, and archival data amongst other things.

Laura Mitchell, chair of the DPC said “The museum sector is facing a wide variety of digital preservation issues and it is therefore great news, and very encouraging, to see the British Museum joining the DPC. This significantly increases our profile in the museum sector and I look forward to welcoming many others following the example set “.

Presentations

• Preserving Social Media: Big Data Network by Nathan Cunningham, UKDS
• Preserving Social Media: Technology Watch Report Overview by Sara Day Thomson, DPC
• Social Media as Research Data by Katrin Weller, GESIS
• Applying the Principles of the UK Government Web Archive to Social Media by Tom Storrar, TNA

A Joint Workshop with the Digital Preservation Coalition and the UK Data Service

Free for DPC members and UK Data Service affiliates.

The DPC and UK Data Service invite you to join our Briefing Day on Preserving Social Media. The Briefing Day will bring together practitioners who work with social media data across multiple sectors, including social sciences, data science, journalism, archives, libraries, and research data management. The Briefing Day will also launch the Technology Watch Report developed from the 12-month study as part of the ESRC’s ‘Big Data Network’ programme. The Briefing Day and report provide an overview of archiving social media and the accompanying challenges posed by forms of big data.

The content generated by social media users provides valuable data for a range of sectors, from government bodies to media outlets to academic researchers. This study explores the demands and requirements for maintaining social media for long-term access for these user communities and for future generations looking back on life in the early 21st century.

Nathan Cunningham, head of Big Data at the UK Data Service, and Sara Day Thomson, author of the Technology Watch report, will open the day-long workshop and discuss the overarching domain of big data in the UK and the outcomes of the study on Preserving Social Media. The workshop will feature speakers from a variety of backgrounds to discuss the challenges posed by social media in their sector and share their experiences capturing, curating, and using archived social media data.

Topics Will Include...

• social media as 'Big Data' rather than 'small' data
• value and potential use of social media data
• methods for capture and curation of social media data
• navigating commercial platform terms and conditions
• problems of access to social media data
• restrictions to sharing social media data
• use cases of social media data analytics
• social media archives at collecting institutions
• archiving to meet the needs of researchers
• documentation of social media data
• collaboration for best practice and more equal access

Who Should Attend?

Practitioners of web archiving, curators or managers of research data, digital preservation specialists, data-driven researchers, data scientists interested in the curation of social media data, information professionals interested in new developments in digital preservation, and anyone interested in archiving new forms of digital content.

Programme

10.00 Registration, Tea & Coffee

10.30 Briefing Day Open & Introductions by William Kilbride, DPC

10.45 Key Note: Big Data Network support by Nathan Cunningham, UK Data Service

11.15 Key Note: Preserving Social Media by Sara Day Thomson, DPC

11.45 Tea & Coffee

12.00 Case Study: Social Media & Journalism by Stephen Daisley, STV

12.30 Case Study: 'Archiving Events: Developing Strategies for Preserving Social Media with the Social Repository of Ireland' by Clare Lanigan, Education and Outreach Co-ordinator, Digital Repository of Ireland

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Case Study: Social Media as Research Data by Katrin Weller, GESIS

14.30 Case Study: Social Media in the UK Gov’t Web Archive by Tom Storrar, The National Archives

15.00 Tea & Coffee

15.20 Panel Discussion with Speakers and Leïla Medjkoune (Internet Memory Foundation) and David Clee (MirrorWeb)

15.50 Closing Remarks

16.00 Close

This case note was developed in 2015 as part of the work for the 2nd edition of the Digital Preservation Handbook.

Business Continuity planning and practice involves organizations proactively preparing for potential incidents and disruptions in order to avoid suspension of critical operations and services, or if operations and services are disrupted, that they resume operations and services as rapidly as required by those who depend on them. The development and use of a business continuity plan based on sound principles, endorsed by senior management, and activated by trained staff will greatly reduce the likelihood and severity of impact of disasters and incidents. It is an important component of ensuring bit preservation and makes a significant contribution to digital preservation through this.

The Data Archive is the UK national data centre for the Social Sciences funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The Archive holds certification to ISO 27001, the international standard for information security, which requires information security continuity to be embedded in an organisation's business continuity management systems. The digital storage system at the Data Archive is based, for security purposes, on segregated and distributed storage and access. Business continuity at the Data Archive is based around the resilience provided by creating multiple copies of the data and specified recovery procedures, alongside pre-emptive failure prevention. Each file from any dataset has at minimum three copies. The Archive also creates a read only archival copy of each study and any update as it is made available on the system.

The DPC is delighted to welcome the Grosvenor Estate as its latest associate member. The Grosvenor Estate is responsible for a range of activities on behalf of the Grosvenor family (headed by the Duke of Westminster) and Grosvenor Estate Trustees, in addition to the management of four rural estates in the UK. 

William Kilbride, Executive Director of the Digital Preservation Coalition said “I am delighted to welcome The Grosvenor Estate as our newest associate member as it is another step towards broadening our collaboration within the business community. The Grosvenor Estate is involved in a range of activities including property management, rural land management, insurance, charitable giving, and management of a fine art collection, so these diverse elements will add to the range of expertise within our current membership base.”

The Digital Preservation Coalition is delighted to announce that Alyson Campbell has joined the DPC as Business Manager.

Alyson joins the DPC from ASH Scotland (Action on Smoking and Health) where for 12 years she had a similar role as the Director of Business. ASH Scotland works in a number of different ways to bring about a healthier Scotland, free from the harm and inequality caused by tobacco.