Ingest into the Digital Preservation Network: Standard Pipelines

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

General Track Papers and Panels

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The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) ensures that the scholarly record is preserved for future generations. DPN uses a federated approach to preservation, based on extant preservation technologies in varied organizations. By replicating multiple dark copies of these collections in diverse nodes, DPN protects against the risk of catastrophic loss due to technology, organizational or natural disasters. DPN is not building new, untested software processes, but is instead standing on the shoulders of preservation and digital library platforms that have existed for several generations. For this presentation, we will be looking in-depth at the submission process from three of the current DPN “First Nodes.” In the DPN environment, a “First Node” is defined as the primary ingest and dissemination point for moving content in and out of the network. First Nodes also provide the contractual and legal contact points for data providers. Each of these First Nodes is based on a different architecture and has a different submission process. These processes, which allow content to flow from repository environments into DPN, represent standard workflows that can be generalized and used in the future by other nodes.