The Meta. Archive Cooperative: Collaboratives and Trust Relationships Katherine Skinner Educopia Institute and Meta. Archive Cooperative NDIIPP Partners Meeting Arlington, Virginia July 20 -22, 2010
Meta. Archive Cooperative A distributed digital preservation cooperative for digital archives, based on LOCKSS Founded in 2003; supported by combination of sponsored funding (NDIIPP, NHPRC), consulting fees, and membership fees Provides digital preservation infrastructure and training and models to enable other groups to establish similar networks Skinner 7/21/10 2
Meta. Archive Cooperative Founded on the premise that cultural memory organizations should maintain their historical role as cultural stewards Preservation of digital assets as corollary to preserving physical ones Need in house expertise and knowledge Value of curators and librarians and archivists Chose technical and organizational infrastructure that capitalizes on cultural memory organization’s proven methodologies Distributed preservation Partnership to keep costing affordable Skinner 7/21/10 3
Cooperative preservation Meta. Archive is a cooperative, not a vendor: A cooperative (or co-op) is an organization that consists of a group of individuals who have joined together to perform a function more efficiently than each individual could do alone. The purpose of a cooperative is not to make profits, but to improve each member's situation and the situation of the surrounding society. collaborative association of cultural memory organizations with a nonprofit administration All hardware and software assets are owned by members Membership fees go to a central pool of support for members’ co-op activities Skinner 7/21/10 4
Rapidly Growing Membership Meta. Archive 17 members 11 states/districts 3 countries Members 14 US + Lib. of Congress Skinner 7/21/10 5
Meta. Archive Members/Affiliates Auburn University Boston College Clemson University Emory University Florida State Univ. Folger Shakespeare Lib. Georgia Tech Indiana State Univ. Library of Congress Penn State University 6 Pontifícia Universidade Católica (Rio) Rice University Univ. of Hull Univ. of Louisville Univ. of North Texas Univ. of South Carolina Virginia Tech NDLTD SDSC
Trust and TRAC Completed self-audit in 2010 (see http: //metaarchive. org/resources) Meta. Archive successfully conforms in all 3 categories and 84 criteria “trustworthy digital repository”…ensures that processes and policies and workflows meet the standard for long-term preservation Helped us identify places where we could improve our policies and documentation Skinner 7/21/10 7
Risk and collaboration Balance of flexibility and fragility Needs strong organizational center Limit dependence on any one member Sustainability does not come naturally! Collaborative can be a great asset for longterm preservation Geographic diversity/distribution Expertise diffusion Maintain cost-effective, in-house options Skinner 7/21/10 8
Trust and collaboration Reducing short- and long-term costs Investing in a commonly-owned solution, not purchasing a service Sharing technological development and organizational tasks Decentralizing activities Safety in digital preservation may well reside in shared knowledge and shared commitment Decreasing dependence There is room for various types of solutions Increased capacity for acting as a community of cultural stewards Skinner 7/21/10 9
Contact Info Dr. Katherine Skinner 404 783 2534 katherine. skinner@metaarchive. org Skinner 7/21/10 10
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