Digital Preservation Readiness Assessment

FAIN: PG-51534-12

Valdosta State University (Valdosta, GA 31698-0100)
Deborah Davis (Project Director: May 2011 to October 2012)

A preservation assessment of the university's digital collections and the development of a digital preservation policy for over 500 gigabytes of material documenting the history of the university and the culture and folklife of southern Georgia in the 20th century.

The VSU Archives and Special Collections has thousands of digital files in varied formats. We have recently acquired our first 5 TB storage disk array and have begun to consolidate all files not currently on CD or DVD. This material includes some of our most popular collections, such as the South Georgia Folklife Collection, our East African Art and Artifact collection, and our indexes to newspapers and collections. Digital records are becoming critical to our archives. In the last six months, prior to our storage array acquisition, we lost over 80 GB of data from three external hard drives and four PC’s. While the storage array can help safeguard our data, we have no consistent policies and procedures for tracking materials, nor any overall strategy for digital preservation. Working with consultants from LYRASIS, we will conduct a digital inventory and then a digital preservation readiness assessment.

Associated Products

Digital Preservation Policy (Web Resource)
Title: Digital Preservation Policy
Author: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection
Abstract: A full policy has been implemented based on the Lyrasis consultant's visit and report.
Year: 2013
Primary URL: http://www.valdosta.edu/academics/library/depts/archives-and-special-collections/policies-and-procedures/digital-policy.php
Primary URL Description: Digitization Policy pages for the VSU Archives and Special Collections

50 States of Integration: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections (Blog Post)
Title: 50 States of Integration: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections
Author: NEH
Abstract: A highlight of our digital collections and the work of the grant
Date: 4-1-2017
Primary URL: https://www.neh.gov/divisions/preservation/featured-project/50-states-preservation-valdosta-state-university-in-valdosta-georgia
Primary URL Description: 50 states of preservation: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections
Blog Title: 50 States of Integration: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections
Website: NEH

Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections and NEH--digital collections (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections and NEH--digital collections
Writer: Deborah Davis
Director: Deborah Davis
Producer: Dallas Suttles
Abstract: This is a video that describes our digital collections which have been impacted by our NEH grant
Year: 2017
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqjpZU38IKc
Primary URL Description: This is the video on youtube.
Format: Video

Valdosta State University featured on the NEH’s Division of Preservation and Access blog (Blog Post)
Title: Valdosta State University featured on the NEH’s Division of Preservation and Access blog
Author: MANDY MASTROVITA
Abstract: This blog highlights VSU Archives and Special Collections entry in 50 states of Preserevation by NEH
Date: 4-4-2017
Primary URL: https://blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu/?p=6740
Primary URL Description: DLG blog
Blog Title: DLGB Blog of the Digital Library of Georgia
Website: Digital Library of Georgia Blog

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