I met a traveller from an antique land Who said:—Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in th... more I met a traveller from an antique land Who said:—Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains: round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. Percy Bysshe Shelley
The International Archive of Women in Architecture grew by 67.5 cubic feet (cf), with the creatio... more The International Archive of Women in Architecture grew by 67.5 cubic feet (cf), with the creation of seven new collections and additions to 15 existing collections. Largely due to supplemental library funding for architecture graduate student assistants and a grant from the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, 15 collections (35 cf) were processed and have detailed finding aids. The IAWA now has 290 collections (~1200 cf).
Since the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia has played an important role in American history and ... more Since the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia has played an important role in American history and it has an especially important part to play in African-American studies. Until the mid-nineteenth century, Virginia had a larger African-American population than any other state, and its ...
I met a traveller from an antique land Who said:—Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in th... more I met a traveller from an antique land Who said:—Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains: round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. Percy Bysshe Shelley
The International Archive of Women in Architecture grew by 67.5 cubic feet (cf), with the creatio... more The International Archive of Women in Architecture grew by 67.5 cubic feet (cf), with the creation of seven new collections and additions to 15 existing collections. Largely due to supplemental library funding for architecture graduate student assistants and a grant from the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, 15 collections (35 cf) were processed and have detailed finding aids. The IAWA now has 290 collections (~1200 cf).
Since the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia has played an important role in American history and ... more Since the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia has played an important role in American history and it has an especially important part to play in African-American studies. Until the mid-nineteenth century, Virginia had a larger African-American population than any other state, and its ...
While few would argue about the importance of digital preservation, but it often gets a low prior... more While few would argue about the importance of digital preservation, but it often gets a low priority when institutions are planning and implementing their ETD initiatives. However, the NDLTD has joined forces with the MetaArchive Cooperative to establish the ETD Preservation Network.
By adapting the open-source software, LOCKSS, the MetaArchive provides is a secure dark archive for ETDs that is run and maintained by partnering institutions--currently Boston College, Emory University, Florida State, Rice, and Virginia Tech. This collaborative, distributed, digital preservation network is cost-effective and not technology or staff intensive for any member institution.
As a founding member of both the NDLTD and the MetaArchive Cooperative as well as part of the original ETD implementation team at Virginia Tech, I will provide a practical grounding in the distributed digital preservation network for ETDs.
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By adapting the open-source software, LOCKSS, the MetaArchive provides is a secure dark archive for ETDs that is run and maintained by partnering institutions--currently Boston College, Emory University, Florida State, Rice, and Virginia Tech. This collaborative, distributed, digital preservation network is cost-effective and not technology or staff intensive for any member institution.
As a founding member of both the NDLTD and the MetaArchive Cooperative as well as part of the original ETD implementation team at Virginia Tech, I will provide a practical grounding in the distributed digital preservation network for ETDs.