DLF Forum 2019

Presentations
Session Chair: Daniel Noonan (The Ohio State University)
Session Chair: Amy Rudersdorf (AVP)
 
"But What About the Thumbnails?": A Migration Story
Kevin Powell
Center for Jewish History, United States of America
 
What happens when a proprietary DAMS is 15 years old, holds 50 terabytes of data, and is no longer receiving updates? The Rosetta Migration and Implementation Manager from the Center for Jewish History will discuss the technical, procedural, and political challenges CJH faces while answering this question.
 
 
The Dissolving Dark Archive: What to do when the plug gets pulled on your digital preservation system.
Todd Digby, Fletcher Durant
University of Florida, United States of America
 
This presentation will discuss how a large academic research university, with a large digital collection, responded when a statewide digital preservation system shut down with only months allotted to transition. We will discuss challenges in managing the technology infrastructure response while adhere to digital preservation best practices.
 
 
The 5 P’s of DH: Project Management, Preservation, Policies, Procedures, and Prosophographies
Alex Kinnaman, Corinne Guimont
Virginia Tech, United States of America
 
Creating sustainable, preservable Digital Humanities (DH) projects is a challenge that is often left until after project completion if considered at all. This presentation explores a case study that is implementing a strategy of project management, preservation planning, and documentation early in development as a framework for preserving DH projects.