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RLG and OCLC Explore Archiving (fwd)



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Subject: RLG  and OCLC Explore Archiving
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 08:58:07 -1000
From: "Makssour,Marifay" <makssoum@OCLC.ORG>
Reply-To: News Releases from OCLC <OCLC-NEWS@OCLC.ORG>
To: OCLC-NEWS@OCLC.ORG

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Nita Dean +1-614-761-5002
nita_dean@oclc.org
Jennifer Hartzell +1-650-691-2207
Jlh@notes.rlg.org

RLG AND OCLC EXPLORE DIGITAL ARCHIVING

Dublin, Ohio, March 10, 2000--The Research Libraries Group and OCLC Online
Computer Library Center have begun discussing ways the two organizations can
cooperate to create infrastructures for digital archiving.

As a first step, OCLC and RLG have begun to collaborate on two working
documents to establish best practices.  _Attributes of a Digital Archive for
Research Repositories_ will outline the characteristics of reliable
archiving services, and _Preservation Metadata for Long-Term Retention_ will
propose approaches for descriptive and management metadata needed in the
long-term retention of digital files.  RLG and OCLC will bring key players
together to review progress to date and identify common practices among
those most experienced in the archiving arena.  The draft working papers
will then be reviewed by key stakeholders around the world.

The papers are expected to serve as a basis for further exploration of roles
and responsibilities of RLG, OCLC and others.

Research repositories globally are working to develop infrastructures for
identifying, acquiring, managing and accessing digital materials.
Organizational models for successful digital archives being tested in
Europe, Australia and North America hold promise for institutional and
collaborative approaches to a wide range of operations and facilities.

"OCLC has long recognized the importance of digital archiving to libraries,
and over the last few years has initiated several projects to explore
technologies OCLC might use to provide long-term access to digital
materials," said Jay Jordan, OCLC president and CEO.  "This partnership with
RLG holds great potential for libraries around the world."

"Long-term retention of digital research resources is one of RLG's three top
priorities in the new decade," said James Michalko, RLG's president.  "We
all know that effective solutions to problems in digital archiving require
different players to apply their strengths and perspectives in complementary
ways.  I'm pleased that OCLC and RLG are doing just that."

The draft documents will be made available on the RLG and OCLC Web sites,
and comments will be invited from interested parties before final
publication.  More information is available from Nancy Elkington, RLG
program officer <nee@notes.rlg.org>, or Meg Bellinger, president,
Preservation Resources <bellingm@oclc.org>.

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, the Research Libraries Group
<http://www.rlg.org> is a not-for-profit membership corporation of over 160
universities, national libraries, archives, historical societies, and other
institutions.  In addition to a range of collaborative activities that
address members' shared goals, RLG develops and operates databases and
software to serve the information needs of member and nonmember institutions
and individuals around the world.

Preservation Resources is a nonprofit organization devoted to the
reformatting or conversion of library and archival materials.  Originally
called MAPS (Mid-Atlantic Preservation Service), the organization was
established in 1985 to serve the preservation microfilming needs of five
Mid-Atlantic research libraries--Columbia University Libraries, Cornell
University Library, Princeton University Library, New York State Library and
the New York Public Library.  It has been a division of OCLC since 1994 and
is based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a
nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization
whose computer network and services link more than 36,000 libraries in 76
countries and territories.  OCLC is dedicated to the public purposes of
furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs.

In the United States, more information is available (via telephone:
+1-614-764-6000 or
1-800-848-5878; fax:  +1-614-764-6096; or e-mail:  oclc@oclc.org).  In
Europe, the Middle East and Africa, contact the OCLC Europe office, located
in Birmingham, United Kingdom (phone:  +44 121 456 4656; fax:  +44 121 456
4680; or e-mail:  europe@oclc.org).  In Asia and the Pacific region, contact
the OCLC Asia Pacific office in Dublin, Ohio (phone:  +1-614-764-6189; fax:
+1-614-764-4331; or e-mail:  asia_pacific@oclc.org).  In Canada, contact the
OCLC Canada office in Montreal, Quebec (phone:  +1-450-658-6583 or
1-888-658-6583; fax:  +1-450-658-6231; or e-mail:  canada@oclc.org).  In
Latin America and the Caribbean, contact the OCLC Latin America and the
Caribbean office in Dublin, Ohio (phone:  +1-614-761-5196; fax:
+1-614-718-1026; or e-mail:  america_latina@oclc.org).

More information about OCLC, its affiliated U.S. regional networks, service
centers, international divisions and distributors is available at
<http://www.oclc.org/>.    (ND)

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OCLC is a registered trademark of OCLC.  Preservation Resources is a
trademark of OCLC.

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