How are digital state publications preserved from loss?
The Internet Archive permanently stores the files for our digital state publications on their web servers at sites in San Francisco, California, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Alexandria, Egypt. The MSL downloads these same digital files from the Internet Archive and stores them on our SAN (storage area network) which is backed up on magnetic tape. Furthermore, the MSL uploads these same files to our digital repository called the Montana Memory Project on web servers located in Ohio, which are also backed up. This digital repository meets an ISO (International Standards Organization) archiving standard called OAIS (Open Archival Information System). MSL is working to develop our own local archive for digital masters. Possibilities include LOCKSS or the OCLC Digital Archive. The purpose of this archive would be to enable staff to restore publications lost or damaged through public access.
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