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This posting contains five messages:

1. PDF/A Format : first part of ISO standard published

2. Automated Tape Preservation & Digitization System to be used
at The Library of Congress in US

3. DPC/PADI What's New in Digital Preservation - Issue 11 available

4. RLG DigiNews: October 2005 issue now available

5. D-Lib magazine: issues of September and October available

posted by the ECPA Secretariat, with apologies for cross-posting

1. PDF/A Format : first part of ISO standard published

Message forwarded from IFLA-L, the listserve of the International
Federation of Library Assocations
 and Institutions.
____Forward header_____
>From : Olivier DE SOLAN olivier.de-solan at culture.gouv.fr
Date: 10/03/05 12:54pm
Subject: PDF/A Format

La premičre partie de la norme internationale sur le format PDF/A a été 
officiellement publiée par l'ISO le 28 septembre dernier sous la référence
 ISO 19005-1 "Format de fichier des documents électroniques pour une 
conservation ŕ long terme - Utilisation du PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1)".

Le format PDF/A-1 est conforme au format PDF (version 1.4) mais n'en 
utilise pas toutes les possibilités, de maničre ŕ permettre une meilleure 
conservation et une restitution plus fidčle des documents. Il s'applique 
aux documents contenant du texte et des images (matricielles ou
vectorielles) ; les séquences de son et de vidéo sont exclues.

La norme ISO 19005-1 détaille les fonctionnalités du PDF ŕ utiliser 
obligatoirement (référence au format de caractčres Unicode par exemple), 
celles ŕ utiliser avec des restrictions (sur la maničre de saisir des 
métadonnées par exemple) et celles ŕ ne pas utiliser (par exemple, le 
cryptage, la compression LZW, la transparence des images...).

La norme ISO 19005-1 trouve son origine dans les travaux lancés en octobre
 2002 par l'AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) et la 
NPES (The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting
 Technologies). Elle a ensuite été revue et modifiée par les membres de
l'ISO.

Elle peut ętre acquise auprčs le l'ISO (http://www.iso.org/). Elle
n'existe  actuellement qu'en version anglaise.

D'autres informations peuvent ętre trouvées sur le site de l'AIIM
(versions  antérieures de la norme, présentations...) :

http://www.aiim.org/standards.asp?ID=25013

Des outils permettant d'écrire et de lire les fichiers au format PDF/A 
devraient ętre prochainement disponibles.

Par ailleurs, une deuxičme partie de la norme, ISO 19005-2, est ŕ l'étude.
 Elle s'appliquera cette fois-ci au format PDF 1.6. Il est notamment 
envisagé de prendre en compte la compression JPEG 2000, certaines
séquences  audio et vidéo, des fonctions de signature plus élaborées. La
norme ISO  19005-2 n'est pas destinée ŕ remplacer la norme ISO 19005-1.

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The first part of the international standard about PDF/A format was 
officially published by ISO on past 28th September, under reference ISO 
19005-1 "Electronic document file format for long-term preservation - Use 
of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1)".

PDF/A-1 format is conform to PDF 1.4 format but does not use all features 
of PDF 1.4, in order to allow a better preservation and a better display
of  documents. It is applicable to documents containing combinations of 
character, raster and vector data. Sound and video are not permitted.

International standard ISO 19005-1 lists which features of PDF 1.4 are 
required (Unicode character map for example), which ones are restricted 
(about metadata for example) and which ones are prohibited (for example 
encryption, LZW compression, transparency of images...).

International standard ISO 19005-1 finds its origin in works launched in 
October 2002 by AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management)
and  NPES (The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and
Converting  Technologies). It was then revised and modified by ISO
members.

It can be purchased on ISO Website, (http://www.iso.org/), in English 
version only.

Other informations can be found on AIIM Website (former versions of the 
standard, presentations...) :

http://www.aiim.org/standards.asp?ID=25013

Some tools to write and read PDF/A files should be soon available.

Besides, a second part of the standard, ISO 19005-2, is under preparation.
 It will be applicable to PDF 1.6. It could take into account JPEG 2000 
image compression, audio/video content, more sophisticated digital 
signature support. ISO 19005-2 standard will not replace ISO 19005-1.

Olivier de Solan
Direction des archives de France
56, rue des Francs-Bourgeois
75141 Paris Cedex 03
France
Tél. : ++33 (0)1 40 27 60 02
Fax : ++33 (0)1 40 27 66 30
olivier.de-solan at culture.gouv.fr
http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr

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2. Automated Tape Preservation & Digitization System to be used
at The Library of Congress in US

Message forwarded from the discussion list of IFLA's Section on
Audiovisual and Multimedia. _____Forward header_____
From: "Richard Billeaud" <billeaud at rbcconsultant.com>
Date: 10/17/05 07:05pm
Subject: [SCAVM-L] Library of Congress and SAMMA

Sorry for cross posting

Automated Tape Preservation & Digitization System to be Used
At The Library of Congress

 SAMMA to Migrate Library's Audio/Visual Collection

Washington DC - October 1, 2005 - The Library of Congress has contracted
to use The System for the  Automated Migration of Media Archives, or
SAMMA, to migrate their extensive collection of audio-vis ual material in
preparation for their move to the National Audio-Visual Conservation
Center in Culp eper, VA. Over the next several years the Library will use
SAMMA to migrate and digitize over 500,0 00 television items and close to
2,000,000 audio recordings.

The Library realized that it would take almost one hundred years, and be
prohibitively expensive to
 migrate and digitize the audio-visual collections manually. To have the
material accessible at the Culpeper facility, a more practical, cost
effective, and efficient method had to be found. In exam
ining the alternatives, the Library concluded that Media Matters'
innovative migration automation s ystem would provide the high quality
necessary to preserve the recordings while meeting the require d cost and
time restraints.

SAMMA integrates robotic tape handling systems with proprietary tape
cleaning and signal analysis t echnologies. SAMMA's expert system
supervises quality control of each media items' migration. From  a
thorough examination of the physical tape for damage to real-time
monitoring of video and audio s ignal parameters as the media item is
being migrated, SAMMA ensures that magnetic media is migrated
 with the highest degree of confidence and the least amount of human
intervention. SAMMA also gathe
rs technical metadata throughout the entire migration process, ensuring
that the process is documen ted in depth and gathering important metrics
about the state of an entire collection. The modular,  portable system
will be installed on-site and run 24/7.  The final product is a
re-mastered cassett e and/or a digital file copy of each master tape at
preservation quality and the technical metadata
 describing the condition of the media item and the migration process.

Upon completion, the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC) of
the Library of Congress w ill be the first centralized facility in America
especially planned and designed for the acquisitio n, cataloging, storage
and preservation of the nation's heritage collections of moving images and
r ecorded sounds. It is expected to be the largest facility of its kind.

About Media Matters LLC

Media Matters LLC has over a dozen years of expertise with media
migration, and is dedicated to tak ing traditional migration strategies
into the 21st century by researching, developing, and deployin g
cutting-edge digital media technology focused specifically on the needs of
archives and the chall enges of magnetic media.  Working closely with EU's
PrestoSpace consortium, and other international
 organizations, Media Matters is developing next-generation processes and
standards for automated m
edia migration.

For further information:

Contact Richard Billeaud at richard at media-matterseurope.com or Steve
Kwartek at steve.kwartek at media -matters.net

Phone: 212-268-5528 X113
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3. DPC/PADI What's New in Digital Preservation - Issue 11 available

Message forwarded from padiforum-l.
_____Forward header_____
From: mhanley at nla.gov.au
Date: 10/28/05 01:02am
Subject: DPC/PADI What's New in Digital Preservation - Issue 11 available

[Apologies for cross-posting]

Issue no. 11 (June - September 2005) of the DPC/PADI "What's New in
Digital Preservation" bulletin is now available from the Digital
Preservation Coalition Web site and the National Library of Australia's
PADI Web site:

National Library of Australia:
http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/qdigest/sep2005.html
Digital Preservation Coalition:
http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/whatsnew/

"What's New" is a summary of selected recent activity in the field of
digital preservation, compiled by Deb Woodyard-Robinson for the Digital
Preservation Coalition (DPC) and Marian Hanley of the National Library of
Australia. Items are compiled from the Preserving Access to Digital
Information (PADI) Gateway and the digital-preservation and padiforum-l
mailing lists, although additional or related items of interest may also
be included.

Issue 11 features news on projects funded by the Digital Curation
Centre, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (UK), Digital
Preservation Coalition, (DPC),  Library of Congress, National Archives and
Records Administration (US), Long-Lived Data Collections Task Force (US), 
Center for International Earth Science Information Network, the Daniel
Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology (Canada) and the
National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research Data
(Canada).

The bulletin also includes summaries of recent publications on the themes
of digital preservation research and directions, digital
preservation readiness, digital repositories, web archiving, e-prints,
preservation metadata, standards, personal archiving, storage media and
digital preservation training.  Summaries of other selected recent
publications and information on past and forthcoming events are also
provided.
Best wishes,
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Marian Hanley
PADI Administrator
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600
AUSTRALIA
padi at nla.gov.au
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4. RLG DigiNews: October 2005 issue now available

Volume 9 Number 5 is online at
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20793 This special issue on the
certification of digital repositories includes three feature articles: 
ˇ	Seamus Ross and Andrew McHugh present an introduction to audit and
certification of digital repos itories, as well as some relevant
initiatives in which the Digital Curation Centre of the UK will e ngage
ˇ	Robin Dale discusses the development of certification methodology
through the work of the RLG-NAR A Digital Repository Certification Task
Force, its recently released Audit Checklist for Certifying
 Digital Repositories, and the Center for Research Libraries Audit and
Certification of Digital Arc
hives project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
ˇ	Susanne Dobratz and Astrid Schoger provide an overview of two
certification-related initiatives i n Germany: the Deutsche Initiative für
Netzwerkinformation (DINI) Certificate for Document and Publ ication
Repositories and the Working Group on Trusted Repository Certification of
the Network of Ex pertise in Long-term STOrage of Digital Resources
(nestor)
Highlighted Web Site: The Center for Research Libraries: Certification of
Digital Archives

For more information about RLG or RLG's preservation community,
please contact:

    Robin L. Dale
    RLG Member Programs
    2029 Stierlin Court, Suite 100
    Mountain View CA 94043-4684 USA
    650-691-2238
    Fax: 650-964.0943
    robin.dale [at] rlg__org
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5. D-Lib magazine: issues of September and October available

September issue available
at http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september05/09contents.html

Articles include:
Anatomy of Aggragate Collections: The Example of  Google Print for
Libraries Brian Lavoie, Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC
Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

doi:10.1045/september2005-lavoie

Academic Institutional Repositories: Deployment Status in 13 Nations as of
Mid 2005 Gerard van Westrienen, SURF Foundation; and Clifford A. Lynch,
Coalition for Networked Information

doi:10.1045/september2005-westrienen

Institutional Repository Deployment in the United States as of Early 2005
Clifford A. Lynch and Joan K. Lippincott, Coalition for Networked
Information doi:10.1045/september2005-lynch

An Examination of Citation Counts in a New Scholarly Communication
Environment Kathleen Bauer and Nisa Bakkalbasi, Yale University
doi:10.1045/september2005-bauer

StoneD: A Bridge between Greenstone and DSpace
Ian H. Witten, David Bainbridge, Chi-Yu Huang and Katherine J. Don,
University of Waikato; and Robe rt Tansley, Hewlett-Packard Labs
doi:10.1045/september2005-witten

October issue now available at
http://www.dlib.org/

Articles include:
The CREE Project: Investigating User Requirements for Searching within
Institutional Environments

by Chris Awre and Ian Dolphin, University of Hull; Gabriel Hanganu and
Tony Brett, Oxford Universit y; and Caroline Ingram, CSI Consultancy
doi:10.1045/october2005-awre

Using Machine Learning to Support Quality Judgments
by Myra Custard and Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado at Boulder
doi:10.1045/october2005-custard

Hierarchical Catalog Records: Implementing a FRBR Catalog
by David Mimno, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and Gregory Crane
and Alison Jones, Tufts Uni versity
doi:10.1045/october2005-crane

Development and Assessment of a Public Discovery and Delivery Interface
for a Fedora Repository  by Leslie Johnston, University of Virginia
doi:10.1045/october2005-johnston

Exploiting "Light-weight" Protocols and Open Source Tools to Implement
Digital Library Collections  and Services
by Xiaorong Xiang and Eric Lease Morgan, University of Notre Dame
doi:10.1045/october2005-morgan

Lund Virtual Medical Journal Makes Self-archiving Attractive and Easy for
Authors  by Yvonne Hultman Özek
doi:10.1045/october2005-ozek
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