The UCSD Libraries are actively engaged in applied research that contributes to the development of regional, national, and international digital library content, standards, and services. Current Activities| Title: | Archivists Toolkit | | Description: | The first open source archival data management system to provide integrated support for accessioning, description, donor tracking, name and subject authority work, and location management for archival materials. | | Funding agency: | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | | Collaborators: | New York University, Five Colleges Inc. | | Dates: | 2004-2007 (Phase 1), 2007-2009 (Phase 2) | | Project web site: | http://www.archiviststoolkit.org |
| Title: | Chronopolis | | Description: | A digital preservation repository that will provide distributed storage, data replication, storage management and core ingestion, curation and preservation tools and services across time and space using data grid technologies. | Collaborators: | San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), University of Maryland, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
Title: | Data Center for LC Digital Holdings (pilot project) | | Description: | A one-year pilot project to demonstrate the feasibility and performance of current approaches for a production digital Data Center to support the Library of Congress’ requirements. | | Funding agency: | Library of Congress | | Collaborators: | San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) | Dates: | 2006-2007 |
Past ActivitiesTitle: | Digital Preservation Lifecycle Management | Description: | This project demonstrated a preservation life cycle management process for video content, including management of authenticity, integrity, and infrastructure independence. The aim was to identify a preservation lifecycle, which would mesh seamlessly with the content production. | Funding agency: | National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP) | Collaborators: | San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), UCSD-TV, UCTV, Institute of International Affairs at the University of California, Berkeley | Dates: | 2005-2006 | Project web site: | http://www.sdsc.edu/srb/projects/digarch/main.html |
Title: | PoLicy Enforcement in Data Grid Environments (PLEDGE) | Description: | A research project that developed scalable policy expression and digital information life cycle management technologies for digital librarians and archivists. | Funding agency: | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) | Collaborators: | MIT, San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) | Dates: | 2005-2006 | Project web site: | http://pledge.mit.edu/ |
| Title: | DSpace/SRB Integration | | Description: | Integration of a user-friendly interface that supported digital asset life-cycle management (DSpace) with a data storage management infrastructure (SRB). It supported large scale storage, as well as access to replicated, distributed data across the data grid. | | Funding agency: | National Archives and Records Administration NARA) | | Collaborators: | MIT, San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) | | Dates: | 2004-2005 | | Project web site: | https://libnet.ucsd.edu/nara/ |
| Title: | Union Catalog for Art Images (UCAI) | | Description: | Examined the need and infrastructure for a shared cataloging utility for art images. | | Funding agency: | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | | Collaborators: | Cleveland Art Museum, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania | | Dates: | 2002-2003 (Phase 1), 2004-2005 (Phase 2) | | Project web site: | http://gort.ucsd.edu/ucai/ |
| Title: | Image Digitization | | Description: | Digitization of 225,000 art and architecture slides to support classroom instruction. The digital images are currently accessible through ARTstor and make up one of the founding collections. | | Funding agency: | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | | Dates: | 2003-2005 | | Project web site: | http://www.artstor.org/info/ |
| Title: | California Explores the Ocean | | Description: | An endeavor that made primary source collections about the ocean and ocean exploration accessible to the citizens of California. | | Funding agency: | Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) | | Collaborators: | Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library and Archives, San Diego Historical Society | | Dates: | 2001-2002 | | Project web site: | http://ceo.ucsd.edu |
| Title: | Bridging the Gap between Libraries and Data Archives | | Description: | An oceanography collection providing access to nearly 50 years of shipboard data, integrating historical documents, samples, research publications, and maps from global databases was developed into a searchable digital library. | | Funding agency: | National Science Digital Library (NDSL) | | Collaborators: | Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) | | Dates: | 2001-2004 | | Project web site: | http://nsdl.sdsc.edu/ |
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