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OCLC Digital Archive

OCLC's Digital Archive provides for the storage and access of digital collections. It allows institutions to do item-by-item harvesting and submission of Web pages and Web-based documents, or Batch archiving to submit collections on various storage media for ingest and automated metadata creation at OCLC.

OCLC's Digital Archive allows for the archiving of assets in two ways. Item-by-item Web Archiving and Batch archiving. Item-by-item Web Archiving uses a Web Harvester for item-by-item archiving of Web pages and Web documents, notably HTML, PDF and associated files that are often "born digital." Users create a Digital Archive record in OCLC's Connexion, then send the Web Harvester out to extract the components to place into the archive. After the content is ingested, users can manage it through the Administration Module, and can access it through Connexion, FirstSearch, OPACs or any Web links created by staff. The second method is Batch archiving of digital collections. Institutions can submit collected assets in TIFF and other formats for inclusion in the Digital Archive by using a program supplied by OCLC and sending digital collection(s) and basic metadata on CD-ROM or tape. OCLC ingests the collections, automatically generates the metadata records and notifies institutions when their collections have been archived for administration and access.

The content is stored and preserved in the Digital Archive and made available for end-users through the Open WorldCat program, FirstSearch, and Group Catalogs. This digital content may include images, audio and video, documents such as theses, dissertations, or research papers, digital books, etc. deposited into the OCLC Digital Archive for long-term storage and preservation.

The OCLC Digital Archive provides a reliable, standards-based solution for the life cycle and long-term management of digital collections.

From TIFFs and GIFs to PDFs and HTML pages, OCLC's Digital Archive can manage multiple file formats, and features an intuitive interface that makes it easy to harvest, organize, and archive digital assets. OCLC guarantee continued access to collections as technology evolves.

Based on the OAIS (Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System) ISO standards and utilizing the METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard), the Digital Archive brings context, accessibility and longevity to the fast-shifting and often ephemeral world of digital assets.

Benefits

• Security. Keep your materials safe, secure and accessible over time.
• Reliability. The Digital Archive is a dependable and trusted, standards-based third-party repository
• Focus. The Digital Archive lets institutions focus on content, not storage space and technology trends.
• "Born Digital" that lasts. Archive live documents from the Web or collections that exist only on your own servers, CDs, or tapes.
• Metadata expertise. OCLC applies its vast experience with bibliographic metadata to help institutions capture extensive preservation metadata.
• No more worries about the whereabouts of collections scattered across multiple CDs or tapes.

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