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Universidad del Turabo. Listening to Many Voices: Designing a Digital Preservation System for the Pedro Rosselló Gubernatorial Library and Museum Sarai Lastra Prato CIRN 2012 6-9 November 2012. Vision
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Universidad del Turabo Listening to Many Voices: Designing a Digital Preservation System for the Pedro Rosselló Gubernatorial Library and Museum Sarai Lastra Prato CIRN 2012 6-9 November 2012
Vision • To become a modern research, teaching and study center for people of all backgrounds, ages, where different viewpoints are welcomed. • To make actively available its resources, programs and services, especially to those who remain underserved by providing an environment that stimulates critical thinking. • Mission • Dedicated to promoting a greater appreciation for Puerto Rico’s cultural and political heritage, the process of governing and the importance of public services. COMMUNITY ETHOS
Inaugurated 6 December2011 • Building has 10,500 sq./ ft. • Cost of $4,963,583 • Rivera y Alejandro Architects and Engineers, Inc. BUILDING - PHYSICAL FACILITIES
Integratesseveraltechnologies • Projectionsystems, amplified audio & video, video conferencing • Amphitheater has 130 seats • Control roomforprofessionalrecordings & productions • Streaming capabilities for audio and video • Press Box for audio transmissions • ADA 2010 compliantequipment • Interconnectionwithcampuswide TV network, Virtual StudyRoom, Terrace, UTsmuseum AMPHITHEATER, TERRACE
Collectionwasofficiallytransfered in 2000 to SUAGM forpreservation, conservation and dissemination • Composed of variousformats (documents, artifacts, audios, videos) generatedfrom 1993-2001 • Estimates: • 1,092 cubic ft. (~ 1.5 million) document • 16,000 videos • 25,000 audios • 1,378 artifacts (158 registered & catalogued) • 508 books (allcatalogued) • The archive is organized according to the Provenance Principle COLLECTION (2 Jan 1993 – 2 Jan 2 2001)
MUSEUM COLLECTION • Popular Arts & Artisans – 38 (no machine used) • Sculptures = 4 (one of a kind) • Artifacts = 112 (machine used/industrial arts) MUSEUM ARTIFACTS
Little spacedesignedforexhibits / usedthewalls • Exhibits show majoraccomplishments of Dr. Rosselló and First Lady duringhisterm as governor • Intentisto show a compendium of events, initiatives, keyprojects, thatrevealthegovernor’swork in a more personal & revealingway EXHIBITS
Web http://bpr.pr • Mobile forIphonesy IPADs: BMGPR • Facebook • Twitter • CONTENTdm – Digital Collection • Digital PreservationSystem – currentlybeingdesigned VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
DIGITAL PRESERVATION SYSTEM • Digitizing Governor’s Collection (1993-2001) • Currently digitized 15% of audios & videos (21.81TB) • Required purchase storage system for large scale databases • Currently, installing IBM N7900 System Storage 500TB with scalability 2,046 TB • Plan: digitize 80% outside vendors, 20% inhouse CHALLENGES – DIGITIZING THE GOVERNOR’S FUND
DIGITAL PRESERVATION SYSTEM • HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE 50 YEARS FROM NOW PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE FORMATS? • Viability (readability) • Renderability • Understandability CHALLENGES – LONG TERM PRESERVATION
DIGITAL PRESERVATION SYSTEM • How can we make sure 50 years from now people can access (read) the digital formats? • OPEN ARCHIVAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (OAIS) • TRUSTED DIGITAL REPOSITORIES (TDRs) • DATA DICTIONARY FOR PRESERVATION METADATA (PREMIS) • MODEL – NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NEW ZEALAND CHALLENGES – ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE OF DIGITAL PRESERVATION STANDARDS
DIGITAL PRESERVATION SYSTEM • HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE 50 YEARS FROM NOW PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE FORMATS? • ? CHALLENGES – LONG TERM PRESERVATION
Complete organization of documentsbyDic 2013 • Complete digitizationproject (3-5 years) • Provideaccesstodigitizedcontent at (http://bpr.pr) • DPS -- automationpreservationprocesses (3-6 years) CHALLENGE Provideaccesstoinformation
¡Gracias, Grazia Mille, Thank You! Visít us today at: http://bpr.pr Universidad del Turabo Carr. 189, Km 3.3, Gurabo, PR 00778 787-743-7979 x 4874
Publications • Conferences • Informal Dialogues • Forumsongovernance CHALLENGE : Collectionkeepsgrowing (2001 -- present)
` Goal to actively make its resources, programs and services accessible, • thelibrary – museumprovides free accesstothelicensedversion of theWorldeBook Library databasewith more than 2 millionbookstoall. CHALLENGE – VISION, MISSION