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ARCHIVES / CHICAGO 2007 Program Session
306. Preserving Electronic Records in the Sciences
Thursday, August 30, 2007
2:45 PM-4:15 PM
Gold Kevin Glick, Chair
Yale University Library, Manuscripts and Archives Department Tracey Lauriault
Carleton University, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
“Accessing Scientific Data in the Future: Do Data Portals, Repositories, and Catalogues Preserve or Archive Their Data?” Evelyn Peters McLellan
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
“Preserving the Geographic Information System of the City of Vancouver” Geospatial data, remote sensor data, and other types of scientific records
must be preserved and made accessible to support replication of research
results, but these data often reside in dynamic and interactive systems that
present significant recordkeeping and preservation challenges. The presenters
discuss results of InterPARES 2 research into preservation of electronic records
in the sciences, with an emphasis on geospatial and geomatic records, and offer
possible preservation strategies for use by scientific institutions and digital
repositories. Although the emphasis in this session is on the sciences, the
discussion has implications for general electronic records preservation.
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