Coordinate Transfer Files for Digital Preservation into Archivematica with the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library
Strategic Alignment
Ensure Equitable Access to Information
Enhance Research & Scholarship
Leads/Involved
Krystal Thomas and Susan O'Shea (Ringling)
About
Video files were created as part of an awarded IMLS grant to Ringling for at-risk film.
Outcomes
Over 7.4 TB was ingested into Archivematica for preservation. As our first large scale project, we learned a lot about AM and how to best use it for digital preservation of FSU assets moving forward.
Success
Increased traffic to Special Collections & Archives (SCA) blog and linked sites (SCA main and the FSU Digital Repository), as well as interest and engagement on FSU Libraries social media.
Streaming Video Server Migration
Strategic Alignment
Ensure Equitable Access to Information
Establish the Library as a Center of Intellectual Community
Enhance Research & Scholarship
Leads/Involved
Web Development, Digital Infrastructure, Resource Management & Discovery Services (RMaDS), Dave Rodriguez, Favenzio Calvo, Louis Brooks, Malcolm Shackleford, Devin Soper, Scott Schmucker, Shelly Schmucker, and Valerie Boulos
About
FSU Libraries have historically maintained their own video streaming server to provide access to materials purchased under a digital site license (DSL). Due to concerns about performance and technical constraints related to running this service ourselves, it was determined to migrate to a third-party platform (AVON) to host and stream the content to FSU users. This migration involved manually uploading over 90 titles (~170GB) to AVON, manually creating metadata for each title, and updating Alma catalog records to point users to the new locations of the video content.
Outcomes
Significantly increased performance and capacity for streaming content to simultaneous users; improved user-interface and streaming experience for FSU faculty and students accessing hosted video content; and improved metrics for capturing data about the video collection (e.g. COUNTER reports, User Engagement statistics gathering, etc).
Success
The new streaming platform provides an updated, modern interface, greater bandwidth to support simultaneous users, and other technical features that help ensure a high-quality streaming experience. This results in greater reliability and usability of library collection materials and far less chances of service disruptions. Moving the streaming service to a third-party also clears up DI staff time and infrastructure (i.e. AWS cloud resources) to focus on other services.