ERPANET- Presentation Niklaus Bütikofer (Swiss Federal Archives) Presentation at EAA Roundtable: Towards European Information Architectures for Archeology Organised by ARENA September 27th 2002, Thessaloniki

ERPANET- Presentation er pa net e lectronic r esource p reservation and a ccess net work

ERPANET- Presentation 3 The Project Nodes –HATII, University of Glasgow –Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv –Nationaal Archief van Nederland –Institute for Archival and Library Science, University of Urbino

ERPANET- Presentation 4 erpaSTAFF Directors: One in each node Coordinator: Based in Glasgow Editors: One in each node Advisory Committee: to ratify and ensure consistency of direction

ERPANET- Presentation 5 Information has Recurring Value Corporate Memory Reusability Risk of Loss Costs of recreation (if possible) Competitive Advantage Risk of Retention Cultural Memory

ERPANET- Presentation 6 Preservation Challenges Medium - storage media naturally decay Technological (e.g. hardware/software) - hardware and software obsolescence makes data/information inaccessible Intellectual - validation of integrity and authenticity Contextual - avoid loss of meaning with metadata Legal Impediments - data protection, FOI

ERPANET- Presentation 7 Organisations Need Help Off-the-shelf policy statements Business cases & strategies Digestible guidance on technologies and their preservation implications Improved models (reference, costs, standards, functional requirements) Simple Guidelines on digital survival Guidance on creating data repositories IPR support and guidance

ERPANET- Presentation SIMPLY: ERPANET works to enhance the preservation of cultural and scientific digital objects through: - raising awareness, - providing access to experience, - sharing policies and strategies, and - improving practices.

ERPANET- Presentation 9 erpaServices erpacommentaries erpatools erpaadvisory erpaworkshops erpatraining erpastudies

ERPANET- Presentation 10 erpaWorkshops Digitisation, Conservation, & Preservation XML & Web Appraisal Scientific Data (with CODATA) Joint Workshop with InterPARES II ?Developing Policies & Legislation? Integrity, authenticity, accuracy and audit PlaceMonthYear ToledoJune2002 UrbinoOct2002 BernApril2003 RomeNov2003 AntwerpApril2004 BudapestOct2004 Launched, June 2002

ERPANET- Presentation 11 erpaSeminars PlaceMonthYear CopenhagenNov2002 ParisJan2003 Patra/CreteMay2003 MarburgSept2003 LisboaDecember2003 CorkMarch2004 ViennaJune2004 AmsterdamSept2004 Launching November 2002

ERPANET- Presentation 12 For our products, information and registration: /