Digital Audio Preservation at MIT: an NDSR Project Update. Susan Manus, Tricia Patterson.
Library of Congress; The Signal. January 16, 2015.
Report of the residency position, in which Tricia is primarily tasked with: completing a gap analysis of the digital
preservation workflows currently in place for audio streaming and preservation, and developing lower-level
diagrammatic and narrative workflows. [Workflow images are in the article.] Workflow documentation is receiving increased acknowledgement and
appreciation in the preservation environment. The reasons:
- tested, repeatable road map allows processing of larger projects with efficiency and security
- detailed workflows show redundancies and deficiencies in processes across departments
- workflow documents clarify roles and accountability within the chain of custody.
The benefits include getting a better idea of what
digitization project documentation is generated and that
the documentation needs to be preserved as well. It has also helped
identify steps that would benefit from automation.The process started with itemizing 50-60 delivery requirements, including relevant
TRAC requirements
(PDF), covering display and interface, search and discovery,
accessibility, ingest and export, metadata, content management,
permissions, documentation and other considerations. From there requirements were prioritized on a scale from “might
be nice” to “must-have.” The next step is to measure options against our prioritized requirements to determine the needs of the Libraries now. An important part is to provide meaningful access to the audio treasures in the library.
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