The Cedars Project is a Higher Education initiative funded by
the Joint Information Systems Committee through
the eLib programme. It
officially began on the 1st April 1998. The funding was awarded to
the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL)
and the work is carried out on behalf of CURL by three CURL
institutions -- Leeds,
Oxford and
Cambridge. A
summary of Cedars is available
and a more comprehensive project
overview is provided at the main CURL site.
Digital Preservation
Further information about the long-term preservation of digital materials including
pointers to useful web sites and further reading.
Preservation 2000: An
International Conference on the Preservation and Long Term Accessibility of Digital
Materials
Papers and presentations from the conference (held 7/8 December 2000 in York, England) as well as presentations and information on the pre-conference workshop on digital preservation metadata entitled Information Infrastructures sponsored by the Cedars
Project, RLG and OCLC. A summary article is also available in Ariadne
Project Planning and
Progress
Including information on Evaluation, Focus Group Series, Dissemination and
Related Events, Collection Management, Selection Issues for Digital Preservation, Technical Papers, Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights Issues (including the Cedars Bibliography on Digital Preservation). This section includes project working papers on Intellectual Property Rights, Cost Elements and Guidance for Collection Managers!
NEW!!
A report on Cedars findings up to March 2001 Executive Summary and Full Paper
NEW!!
An update on Testing the Cedars Demonstrator Archive
Project Management Structure
Including Cedars meeting information and minutes
Technical Issues - Progress and Papers
Including project working papers and information on the Cedars demonstrator project, work on metadata for digital preservation, and on the OAIS model specifically. NEW! A Working Paper on Emulation as a strategy for digital preservation!
Miscellaneous
Team Pages
Cedars Document registry OR (Click here to search all Cedars documents)
Seminar for Publishers
Cedars Information for Publishers
JISC/NSF International Digital Libraries Programme - New Project: Emulation for Preservation (CAMILEON)
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