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Natalie Harrower
The Importance of Trusted Digital Preservation(for Humanities Data)
1st International Workshop on Computational History
June 27, 2014
Natalie HarrowerEducation & Outreach
What is the Digital Repository of Ireland?
DRI Presentation
DRI is an interactive, national trusted digital repository for contemporary and historical, social and cultural data held by Irish institutions
Core Grant: HEA PRTLI 5, €5.2M
RIA (lead), NUIM, TCD, DIT, NUIG, NCAD
Sep 2011 – Sep 2015
Partnership projects: diversified funding to 2019
Funding
Digital Preservation
Data Discovery
Access & Curation
Narratives, Visualisation
How do we do it?
Robust TDR Infrastructure
Policy and Advocacy
Education and Outreach
Projects and Partnerships
What do we do?
DRI Repository Preview – 14 May 2014
• Pilot version launched to a small group of stakeholders last month. Public launch this fall
• Currently have 18 collections from 15 institutions
• File formats include image, text, audio
• Content: artwork, scripts, radio, music, reports, manifestos, war posters, interviews, Irish language
• Ability to browse, search, view collections, objects, all
metadata, download objects (depends on license)
DRI: Connecting with the Community
Education & Outreach (Events & Dissemination)
Partnerships
Collaborative Projects
DRI Core
Big Data Industry
Academics
LibrariesArchives
Cultural Institutions
Custodians of social data
App Developers
Community Interest
Why Digital Preservation?
• Archiving brings order and discoverability
• Preservation for long-term accessibility
• Ability to share data = unexpected discoveries,
research reproducibility, cost savings
• Enables links between data sets
• Facilitates data-driven humanities research
Why Digital Preservation?
“A trusted digital repository is one whose mission is to provide reliable, long-term access to managed digital resources to its designated community, now and in the future”
Why a Trusted Digital Repository?
Key Aspects of Trust
a. Authenticity & Provenance
b. Attention to Standards and Quality of data
c. Formal Agreements & Procedures
d. Data Security & Access Authentication
Sample Projects/Partnerships
• Irish Record Linkage, 1864-1913: vital registration data• MoTIF: Pilot Thesaurus on Irish Folklore (with NLI)• The DRI-INSIGHT RTÉ project: content discovery for archives• PLOT: app for cultural tourism• Social Repository of Ireland – SFI Technology Innovation Development
Award (TIDA Feasibility Study)• Research Data Alliance, DARIAH, Digital Preservation Coalition
