Off to Chicago!
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
71st Annual Meeting
August 28 - September 2
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.
