title: Towards an Integrated Media Transfer Environment: A Comparative Summary of Available Transfer Tools and Recommendations for the Development of a Toolset for the Preservation of Complex Digital Objects
creators: Antonio Ciuffreda Vincent Joguin Andreas Lange Winfried Bergmeyer Dan Pinchbeck Leo Konstantelos Janet Delve David Anderson
abstract: Efficient media transfer is a difficult challenge facing digital preservationists, without a centralized service for strategy and tools advice. Issues include creating a transfer and ingest system adaptable enough to deal with different hardware and software requirements, accessing external registries to help generate accurate and appropriate metadata, and dealing with DRM. Each of these is made more difficult when dealing with complex digital objects such as computer games or digital art. This paper presents the findings of several studies performed within the KEEP project, where numerous open-source and commercial media transfer tools have been evaluated for their effectiveness in generating image files to be integrated into an emulation-based preservation solution for complex digital objects. We provide suggestions for assembling toolsets based on the specifications of these tools, therefore providing a valuable source of information for media transfer activities.
keywords: singapore digital preservation image file transfer tools optical media magnetic media digital objects emulation