Collections and Storage Breakout, Session #3
NDIIPP Annual Meeting
Thursday June 25, 2009
10:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Presenters:  Jonathan Crabtree (DataPASS), Tom Habing (EchoDep), Martin Halbert (MetaArchive), Gail McMillan (Virginia Tech), Don Sutton (Chronopolis)

Attendees: 26 

Overview
•	Institutions need to be able to share core code rather than incur the costs and delays of recreating something commonly used. 
•	Siloed institutional software development of LOCKSS tools that can’t interoperate simply doesn’t make sense
•	Conversely, there is a strong desire to reuse tools developed for respective Private LOCKSS Networks (PLNs)
•	Developing common tools implies a common data schema 
•	Interest was expressed in having PLNs and SRB as complementary systems to one another – necessitating that the PLN common software also be able to interoperate with other back end storage systems
•	DataPASS in particular has a strong interest in greater control in the LOCKSS network – specifically to be sure that the appropriate numbers of copies are uploaded and that the rules are being appropriately followed
•	Strong interest expressed in LOCKSS retrieval tools – directory structures are particularly challenging, one has to re-map the data out of LOCKSS in order to recreate the original data structure 

Plans
•	Martin Halbert and others  are teaming up to write grant applications to fund interoperability work
o	Currently they are hoping to submit an application for a grant to the NSF Community-based Data Interoperability Networks
•	There is interest in using the EchoDep Hub and Spoke model spoke for retrieving LOCKSS data – this might entail a  year-long focused effort, if undertaken. 

Action items 
•	Represent need for and challenges of creating modular or interoperable software for a large digital preservation community with singular systems. Develop a graphic and a few lines to help communicate the benefits of several shared ingest, validation, or access pieces. 
o	Martin Halbert, Bill Robbins, and others will work on a rough drawing that LC graphic designers could refine into a more polished graphic for communication uses.