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* [http://www.adpn.org/docs/pdf/ADPNet_Governance_Policy.pdf ADPNet Governance Policy]
 
* [http://www.adpn.org/docs/pdf/ADPNet_Governance_Policy.pdf ADPNet Governance Policy]
 
* [http://www.adpn.org/docs/pdf/ADPNet_Membership_Model_20111001.pdf ADPNet Membership Model]
 
* [http://www.adpn.org/docs/pdf/ADPNet_Membership_Model_20111001.pdf ADPNet Membership Model]
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* [https://gitlab.com/adpnet ADPNet Gitlab Repository]
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The Alabama Digital Preservation Network (ADPNet) is a distributed digital preservation network, maintained by a number of Alabama libraries, archives, colleges and universities [[The Project|since 2008]]. Member institutions pool their electronic resources through a [[LOCKSS Basics|LOCKSS]]-based network of [[preservation nodes]] in order to provide a long-term storage repository for digital assets. The network can support repositories of different types and sizes as well as different kinds of institutions, and it provides secure, geographically distributed, low-cost, and member-run storage for the long-term preservation of digital assets. ADPNet is governed by the [[Member (ADPNet)|member institutions]] through the network's [[Steering Committee]]; the network is financially supported by [[Member (ADPNet)|member institutions]], and sponsored by the [https://ache.edu/NAAL.aspx Network of Alabama Academic Libraries] (NAAL).
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We welcome new [[Member (ADPNet)|members]] from Alabama and the U.S. Southeast. [http://adpn.org/form.html Contact Us with a Membership Request] if you are interested in joining the digital preservation network.
  
 
=== Committees and Workgroups ===
 
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* The '''[[Technical Policy Committee]]''' periodically reviews the ADPNet capacity and technical specifications and prepares recommendations on issues having to do with hardware and software. It consists of members with technical expertise representing the [[ADPNet Host]] member organizations. Chairs of the [[Steering Committee]] serve as ''ex officio'' members of the committee, and appoint regular committee members from the staff of [[ADPNet Host|Host Members]].
 
* The '''[[Technical Policy Committee]]''' periodically reviews the ADPNet capacity and technical specifications and prepares recommendations on issues having to do with hardware and software. It consists of members with technical expertise representing the [[ADPNet Host]] member organizations. Chairs of the [[Steering Committee]] serve as ''ex officio'' members of the committee, and appoint regular committee members from the staff of [[ADPNet Host|Host Members]].
  
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=== Project Prospectus ===
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=== Q&A: Network Members ===
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''February 2008''
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* [[Q: Does ADPNet provide a way to add or update content to an AU after it has been preserved in the network?]]
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* [[Q: What upkeep is required to run a LOCKSS node?]]
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Funding has been generously provided by the [http://www.imls.gov Institute of Museum and Library Services], the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Auburn University, Spring Hill College, Troy University, University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of North Alabama. 
 
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The Alabama Commission on Higher Education through its Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL), a partnership of all the state’s public and non-profit private four-year colleges and universities, will implement a two-year research project to develop a state-based, distributed, low-cost model for the long-term archival preservation of locally-created digital resources.
 
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The long-term preservation of digital assets is an essential part of digital collection building. However, in their eagerness to make content publicly available online, some digital project planners are failing to develop and implement preservation strategies. Along the Gulf Coast, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita constituted one of the worst natural disasters in the country’s history. Throughout the years, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and fires have destroyed libraries and ruined collections throughout the Alabama. But the aftermath of Katrina, unlike damage in earlier years, galvanized public calls for strategies to prevent such chaos after future disasters.
 
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The library and archival professions agree that digital preservation is critical and that no single strategy is appropriate for all types of repositories or all types of data. Repositories risk losing content primarily through two ways:  physical damage and/or obsolescence of hardware and software. This project proposes a LOCKSS long-term storage network as an effective solution to prevent loss of digital assets through physical damage from natural events, human intervention or error, or just the ravages of time. It addresses a pressing need for Alabama repositories to ameliorate the risk of physical damage while planning to manage obsolescence threats.
 
  
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As more content becomes available in digital formats, Alabama residents will expect organizations to recover quickly in the event of another disaster.  The Alabama Digital Preservation Project will:
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=== HOWTO: Network Members ===
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* [[HOWTO: Request a staging area on the Drop Server]]
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* [[HOWTO: Package files for staging on the Drop Server]]
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* [[HOWTO: Convert CentOS 7 to RHEL 7]]
  
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# Highlight the importance of preserving significant digital assets to the academic community, state agencies, and other cultural heritage institutions in Alabama.
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==== HOWTO: Preservation Node Managers ====
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# Develop a state-based, distributed, low-cost model to manage the preservation of digital assets by establishing a LOCKSS network for the long-term archival storage of digital assets created by all types of repositories in Alabama.
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* [[HOWTO: Add a new AU to your node for preservation]]
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# Create an administrative structure to manage the storage network and assure its long-term sustainability. By the end of the project, the storage repository participants will have established an on-going management structure for the repository, adopted policies and procedures, and adopted a sustainability plan.
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* [[HOWTO: Add a new AU to your node for a test crawl]]
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# Demonstrate that a long-term storage repository for digital assets can support repositories of different types and sizes as well as different kinds of institutions.
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* [[HOWTO: Check the version of Java running on your preservation node]]
  
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By the end of the two-year project, Alabama academic institutions and state agencies, as well as other cultural heritage institutions will have an increased awareness of the importance of preserving significant digital assets. These organizations will be participating in the Alabama Digital Preservation Network to assure the long-term archival storage of their digital assets. The project will document that a LOCKSS preservation network will operate efficiently and effectively to demonstrate that a long-term storage repository for digital assets can support the archival preservation storage needs of different types and sizes as well as different kinds of repositories.  A representative organization will govern the network and assure the long-term continuation of the Alabama Digital Preservation Network.
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== Network History ==
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* [[The Project|Project Prospectus]] (February 2008)
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* [https://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/49351 "LOCKSS Networks: Community-Based Digital Preservation"] (Book chapter from Jeremy Myntti and Jessalyn Zoom, eds. [https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/digital-preservation-libraries-preparing-sustainable-future Digital Preservation in Libraries: Preparing for a Sustainable Future], ALA 2019)
  
 
== LOCKSS Resources ==
 
== LOCKSS Resources ==

Latest revision as of 15:39, 17 May 2023

ALABAMA DIGITAL PRESERVATION NETWORK

The Alabama Digital Preservation Network (ADPNet) is a distributed digital preservation network, maintained by a number of Alabama libraries, archives, colleges and universities since 2008. Member institutions pool their electronic resources through a LOCKSS-based network of preservation nodes in order to provide a long-term storage repository for digital assets. The network can support repositories of different types and sizes as well as different kinds of institutions, and it provides secure, geographically distributed, low-cost, and member-run storage for the long-term preservation of digital assets. ADPNet is governed by the member institutions through the network's Steering Committee; the network is financially supported by member institutions, and sponsored by the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL).

We welcome new members from Alabama and the U.S. Southeast. Contact Us with a Membership Request if you are interested in joining the digital preservation network.

Committees and Workgroups

  • The Steering Committee sets general ADPNet policy, reviews and approves requests to join ADPNet, and reviews and approves requests to increase ADPNet storage capacity. Each Member of ADPNet appoints voting representatives to the Steering Committee according to membership categories, for a term of 1 year.
  • The Technical Policy Committee periodically reviews the ADPNet capacity and technical specifications and prepares recommendations on issues having to do with hardware and software. It consists of members with technical expertise representing the ADPNet Host member organizations. Chairs of the Steering Committee serve as ex officio members of the committee, and appoint regular committee members from the staff of Host Members.

Q&A: Network Members

HOWTO: Network Members

HOWTO: Preservation Node Managers

Network History

LOCKSS Resources



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