Kopal: cooperation, innovation and services: Digital preservation activities at the German National Library

This paper intends to describe activities of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB, the German National Library) in digital preservation. Special attention is to be given to the long-term preservation project kopal, but prior developments, strategic implications and future scenarios will be addressed...

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Veröffentlicht in:Library hi tech 2010-01, Vol.28 (2), p.235-244
Hauptverfasser: Altenhöner, Reinhard, Steinke, Tobias
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper intends to describe activities of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB, the German National Library) in digital preservation. Special attention is to be given to the long-term preservation project kopal, but prior developments, strategic implications and future scenarios will be addressed as well. The paper is a narrative of the findings, that also describes the technical specification of kopal. The current status of kopal development is presented, added by some remarks on potentials for further activities with regard to a digital preservation infrastructure. Kopal has been presented in other publications. This paper describes the strategic value and impact of the solution, added by insights for future development.
ISSN:0737-8831
2054-166X
DOI:10.1108/07378831011047640