One of the most critical problems for research archives is their definition. Without a common dictionary and a robust conceptual framework, academic research heritage, specifically if in digital form, is at risk; the efforts made for its preservation and exploitation will not be able to face old and new challenges and even less to exploit technological potentialities and new languages available.The tools developed for making accessible and preserving the academic outputs generally support creation of digital library and repositories for publications or for individual items. Specialized and efficient tools for identifying, describing, making available and preserving this heritage are required. Compliance with acknowledged standards is necessary, but it is also essential to define consistent workflows, approve adequate policies and build sustainable services. The paper will discuss these issues by presenting the Sapienza Digital Library and its goals of identifying, making accessible and preserving significant research heritage in digital form.

Defining research archives and supporting their protection: Sapienza Digital Library project / Guercio, Maria; Carloni, Cecilia. - In: JLIS.IT. - ISSN 2038-1026. - ELETTRONICO. - 6:1(2015), pp. 1-19. [10.4403/jlis.it-10989]

Defining research archives and supporting their protection: Sapienza Digital Library project

GUERCIO, MARIA;CARLONI, CECILIA
2015

Abstract

One of the most critical problems for research archives is their definition. Without a common dictionary and a robust conceptual framework, academic research heritage, specifically if in digital form, is at risk; the efforts made for its preservation and exploitation will not be able to face old and new challenges and even less to exploit technological potentialities and new languages available.The tools developed for making accessible and preserving the academic outputs generally support creation of digital library and repositories for publications or for individual items. Specialized and efficient tools for identifying, describing, making available and preserving this heritage are required. Compliance with acknowledged standards is necessary, but it is also essential to define consistent workflows, approve adequate policies and build sustainable services. The paper will discuss these issues by presenting the Sapienza Digital Library and its goals of identifying, making accessible and preserving significant research heritage in digital form.
2015
digital library; digital archives; digital preservation; metadata; Europeana
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Defining research archives and supporting their protection: Sapienza Digital Library project / Guercio, Maria; Carloni, Cecilia. - In: JLIS.IT. - ISSN 2038-1026. - ELETTRONICO. - 6:1(2015), pp. 1-19. [10.4403/jlis.it-10989]
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