Harvard University Library Technology Services and Harvard Library invite you to the Digital Repository Services (DRS) Futures Open Meeting to learn more about the work to modernize the infrastructure and programmatic services preserving the University’s digital scholarly resources and institutional records. WHAT: The Digital Repository Services (DRS) Futures Open Meeting – this meeting will be…
This is an overview of the DRS Futures project updates as of November 2022. For the full update, please visit the Monthly Reports page. Current Project Status: • The membership of the project executive committee has been finalized and the committee kick-off meeting has been scheduled for mid-December 2022. • The team technical architect, Stefano Cossu,…
The team has already accomplished a lot in October, since the last project update. Here is a recap of our current status and upcoming activities: Current project status: The project team has finalized recruitment for previously posted project positions and is now engaging in the final stages of recruitment of a digital preservation consultant, who…
This is an overview of the DRS Futures project updates as of October 2022. For the full update, please visit the Monthly Reports page. Current Project Status: We have onboarded the Senior BA position as of 9/27. Additionally, we have hired the project technical architect, who will be starting on 10/24. After initial review of…
Several DRS Futures team members are attending this year’s iPres conference in Glasgow, Scotland. iPres is the premier and longest-running conference series on digital preservation. This marks the 18th year of the International Conference on Digital Preservation. Team member Tricia Patterson is presenting on email preservation tool enhancement work at Harvard and partner institutions….
At the end of June 2022, Harvard Library and Library Technology Services announced the official kick-off of the DRS Modernization (“DRS Futures”) project, an ITCRB-funded effort to modernize the Digital Repository Service. This 3-year effort began with an initial Discovery phase in July 2022, which will be followed by a Planning phase in Summer 2023 and will conclude with…
We are pleased to announce the official kick-off of the DRS Modernization project, an ITCRB-funded effort to modernize the Digital Repository Service. This 3-year effort begins with an initial Discovery phase in July 2022, followed by a Planning phase in Summer 2023, and concluding with implementation and release of a new service expected in Summer 2025….
