{"id":244,"date":"2021-03-28T03:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T03:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndltd.vt.domains\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2025-06-03T14:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:54:34","slug":"etd-preservation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ndltd.org\/etd-preservation\/","title":{"rendered":"ETD Preservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ETD Preservation<br>Since 2008, the NDLTD has worked with the MetaArchive Cooperative to offer higher education institutions a preservation network designed especially for ETDs. For more information, see:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/educopia.org\/sponsee-profile\/metaarchive-cooperative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ETD Preservation Network<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111231181351\/http:\/\/www.metaarchive.org\/GDDP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Guide to Distributed Digital Preservation.<\/a> (K. Skinner and M. Schultz, Eds., Educopia Institute, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110527111111\/http:\/\/scholar.lib.vt.edu\/theses\/NDLTD\/BoD200906\/NDLTDPreservationPlan20090606.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NDLTD Preservation Strategy with the MetaArchive Cooperative<\/a> (Gail McMillan, Katherine Skinner, 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111029122336\/http:\/\/conferences.library.pitt.edu\/ocs\/viewabstract.php?id=733&amp;cf=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Getting ETDs off the Calf-Path: Digital Preservation Readiness for Growing ETD Collections and Distributed Preservation Networks<\/a> (Martin Halbert and Gail McMillan, 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111029122336\/http:\/\/scholar.lib.vt.edu\/presentations\/GrowingMetaArchive4NDIIPP200807.ppt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Growing the MetaArchive Cooperative: ETDs<\/a> (Gail McMillan, 2008)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A variety of other organizations are developing Digital Preservation Systems (DPS), including those listed below. DPS strategies involve a comprehensive approach to preservation, including standards and processes for refreshing, migration, replication, emulation, metadata attachment, and building trustworthy digital object repositories.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ARKive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bagit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>British Library<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CASPAR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DAITSS (Florida State University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Preservation Coalition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Preservation Europe&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DuraSpace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elsevier Science Digital Archive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ex Libris Rosetta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FDsys<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>iRODS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JHOVE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Media Art Preservation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PADI (National Library of Australia)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Persistent Digital Archives and Library System (PeDALS) Project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PLANETS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Portico<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PROMETHEUS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PROTAGE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETD PreservationSince 2008, the NDLTD has worked with the MetaArchive Cooperative to offer higher education institutions a preservation network designed especially for ETDs. 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