title: Information Life Cycle Management and Long Term Preservation - Technical Aspects Of Workflow Organisation: Presentation - iPRES 2005 - Göttingen
creators: Reinhard Altenhöner
abstract: Publications were traditionally distributed in the form of print media, but with the advent of global electronic networks many are now being disseminated as digital documents. This evolutionary shift significantly changes the task profile of libraries and especially concerns archive libraries, which are entrusted with the preservation of a nation's cultural heritage. As libraries expand their scope to accommodate digital objects, they can no longer resort to established methods for archiving print, but must adapt their organisation and operation to meet a completely new set of requirements.
  These new requirements are spelled out within the framework of Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), which is used in industry and commerce as a standard model for such analysis. This analysis also enables Die Deutsche Bibliothek's present situation to be mapped out in a generalized manner. ILM boils down to a strategic model for actively managing the storage and retrieval of digital objects throughout their entire life cycle. Which guidelines, methods and instruments are best suited to provide a cost-effective and mission-adequate infrastructure for archived data and their accessory applications?
  Die Deutsche Bibliothek is currently leading the cooperative development of a deposit system for digital resources (kopal: Co-operative Development of a Long-Term Digital Information Archive), which will be presented as a background for discussing key aspects of these requirements and their consequences for systems implementation. A final step will illustrate the practical impact of these consequences on the operating processes which are currently being developed.
keywords: göttingen