Digital Government: Proposal for a Workshop to Develop a Research Agenda on Digital Archiving and Preservation

eia - 0214690——玛格丽特·l·HedstromUniversity MichiganDigital政府:建议车间开发研究议程数字数字记录的存档和PreservationArchiving联邦政府正在迅速超过需要归档的物理对象——例如,预计在未来一年左右的时间里,国家档案馆与记录管理局(奈良)必须准备接受,指数,使搜索超过2000万联邦电子邮件。虽然许多机构，如NARA，将被要求永久保存电子记录，但很少有机构考虑未来2-3年以后的情况。由此产生了许多问题，例如计算系统的自然淘汰周期为3-5年，操作系统和应用程序以及相关文件格式的周期可能更长。这方面的研究显然是有必要的——问题是要详细地确定主题领域，并分配一些优先级。这就是本次研讨会的目的。其他几个机构将积极参加这次讲习班：国家医学图书馆、国会图书馆和国家农业图书馆。

EIA-0214690Margaret L. HedstromUniversity of MichiganDigital Government: Proposal for a Workshop to Develop a Research Agenda on Digital Archiving and PreservationArchiving of digital records in the Federal government is rapidly outstripping the need for archiving of physical objects - for example, it is expected that in the next year or so, the National Archive and Records Administration (NARA) must be prepared to accept, index, and make searchable over 20 million Federal emails.Few agencies are thinking beyond the next 2-3 years, though many, such as NARA, will be required to maintain electronic records in perpetuity. Many issues arise, such as the natural 3-5 year obsolescence cycle of computintg systems, and the perhaps longer cycle of operating systems and applications and associated file formats. Research in this area is clearly needed - the question is one of identifying topic areas in detail, and assigning some priority. That is what this workshop is intended to accomplish. Several other agencies will actively participate in this workshop: the National Library of Medicine, the Library of Congress and the National Agricultural Library.