CASE STUDIES
In the 2009 Open Repositories Conference, the Preservation Solutions Community held a Birds-of-a-Feather session. Part of our discussion centered around what would be most useful to the community. There seemed to be a consensus that case studies would provide a mechanism for not only communicating experience on various topics but also would stimulate discussion on the listserv . We are therefore launching our first case study which deals with archival masters and related issues of preservation.
- Archival Masters - An RUcore Case Study. This case study is a summary of practices that Rutgers University Libraries has used in the treatment of archival masters to be deposited in RUcore (Rutgers Community Repository). These practices have developed over a period of years and are recognized as compromises between preservation theory and practice. As a result, the last section summarizes issues that might be valuable to others who are dealing with similar problems.
- Other Case Studies to Follow.
