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MetaArchive Project

Lead Partner: Emory University
Additional Partners: Auburn University Libraries, Boston College, Clemson University, Educopia Institute, Florida State University Libraries, Folger Shakespeare Library, Georgia Institute of Technology Library and Information Center, Pennsylvania State University, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rice University, University of Hull (UK), University of Louisville Libraries, University of South Carolina and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Libraries.

The MetaArchive Project partners are developing a networked, multi-institution archive of Southern digital culture via a distributed digital preservation network. The content includes a variety of subjects such as the Civil War, civil rights movement, slave narratives, Southern music, handicrafts and church history. Its collaborative networks are comprised of libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions that seek to cooperatively preserve their own digital materials.

Objectives

  • Distributed digital preservation
  • Ingest collections into system, copy, distribute, and store onto secure file servers in multiple locations
  • Provide a dynamic means of constantly checking each file and providing repairs whenever necessary

More detailed project information can be found at the Project Web site (external link)

Highlights

MetaArchive Cooperative