Operating Principles for CUL's Digital Assets
The The following operating principles are aim to support life cycle management of our digital collections and to ensure the creation of digital content that is of high-quality and everlasting.
1) Plan for Life Cycle Management
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b. Periodically audit the existing collections and assess their value from various perspectives including usability, technical stability, standards support, etc.
3) Push Content Where Users Are
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a. Record information about the existing and new collections and services systematically. Key information elements include collection-level definition and characterization, rights management, delivery platforms, curatorial and technical support roles, statistics, web services support.
http://rdc.library.cornell.edu/
5) CUL Digital Preservation Policy:
a. Follow the principles outlined in the Policy, which formalizes Cornell University Library's continuing commitment to the long-term preservation of its diverse and extensive range of digital assets.
http://commondepository.library.cornell.edu/cul-dp-framework.pdf
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