Metadata and preservation

Issue title: ICSTI/CODATA/ICSU Seminar on Preserving the Record of Science

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Woodyard, Deborah

Affiliations: Collection Care, The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB, UK. Tel.: +44 20 7412 7549; Fax: +44 20 7412 7796; E-mail: Deborah.Woodyard@bl.uk

Abstract: Effective implementation of preservation metadata is a keystone digital preservation strategy, for without it we cannot manage or use our digital collections in the long term. International work on the OAIS reference model is providing guiding principles, the RLG/OCLC Working Group on Preservation Metadata is preparing a framework, and libraries such as the British Library and National Library of the Netherlands are gaining practical experience which will also inform the field.

DOI: 10.3233/ISU-2002-222-311

Journal: Information Services & Use, vol. 22, no. 2-3, pp. 121-125, 2002