ETD‘s as pilot materials for long-term preservation efforts in kopal

@inproceedings{citeulike:2653855, abstract = {Since summer 2004, the German National Library (GNL) and several partners are conducting a project called kopal, with the objective to establish a technology platform for a long-term preservation repository in Germany. Electronic theses and dissertations are the first archival objects to be imported into the kopal archive system. They represent the first online publications that have been archived by GNL since 1998, and these over 45.000 documents provide the largest ETD collection in Europe. As a national library, GNL has the task to provide unimpeachable long-term access to these high-value scientific documents. At the same time, their overall consistency, the well-established metadata format and the complete coverage by the stable URN referencing system make them ideal objects for pilot long-term preservation efforts. The paper includes a general introduction into the kopal concept and its implementation policy. It addresses specific challenges with ETD’s in terms of formats and workflows in the prototypical process. The variety of ETD formats from German universities is being discussed with the focus on how the various formats and their continuing access can be long-term preserved by kopal.}, author = {Wollschl\"{a}ger, Thomas }, citeulike-article-id = {2653855}, institution = {German National Library}, keywords = {datamodel, kopal}, posted-at = {2008-04-11 13:54:37}, priority = {2}, series = {9th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations}, title = {ETD‘s as pilot materials for long-term preservation efforts in kopal}, year = {2006} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2653855 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2653855 TI - ETD‘s as pilot materials for long-term preservation efforts in kopal SE - 9th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations N2 - Since summer 2004, the German National Library (GNL) and several partners are conducting a project called kopal, with the objective to establish a technology platform for a long-term preservation repository in Germany. Electronic theses and dissertations are the first archival objects to be imported into the kopal archive system. They represent the first online publications that have been archived by GNL since 1998, and these over 45.000 documents provide the largest ETD collection in Europe. As a national library, GNL has the task to provide unimpeachable long-term access to these high-value scientific documents. At the same time, their overall consistency, the well-established metadata format and the complete coverage by the stable URN referencing system make them ideal objects for pilot long-term preservation efforts. The paper includes a general introduction into the kopal concept and its implementation policy. It addresses specific challenges with ETD’s in terms of formats and workflows in the prototypical process. The variety of ETD formats from German universities is being discussed with the focus on how the various formats and their continuing access can be long-term preserved by kopal. KW - datamodel KW - kopal AU - Wollschläger, Thomas PY - 2006/// ER -