nestor (archiving network)
nestor (Network of Expertise in long-term Storage and availability of digital Resources in Germany) is a German network for long-term archiving and long-term availability of digital resources. It unites experts with the cooperation partners, namely libraries , museums and archives . After two project phases in which nestor was funded by the Ministry of Education and Research, the cooperation network has been supported by the cooperation partners since July 2009.
Focus of nestor
nestor networks different institutions that deal with the long-term archiving of digital data. As a German competence network, nestor cooperates with European partners. Standardization activities are bundled and brought into the respective communities. Together with universities, nestor develops training, further education and training offers in the field of long-term digital archiving. The focal points and activities are conveyed through workshops and other events as well as through publications such as the nestor handbook, the nestor expertise and the nestor advisors. Furthermore, nestor serves as a contact point and information platform for questions about digital long-term archiving.
Cooperation partner
At the moment (as of September 2019) the following cooperation partners are active in nestor:
- Bavarian State Library
- Library Service Center Baden-Württemberg
- Federal Archives
- German Kinemathek
- German National Library
- Distance University of Hagen
- Georg-August-University Goettingen
- GESIS - Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences
- University library center of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Institute for Museum Research
- Konrad Zuse Center for Information Technology Berlin
- Baden-Württemberg State Archive
- State archive of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Leibniz Institute for the German Language
- Munich City Library
- PDF Association
- Computer center of the University of Freiburg
- Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen
- Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
- Association of the German Central Specialized Libraries
Working groups
nestor offers working groups on sub-areas of digital long-term archiving. Experts and interested parties work together on various topics:
- AG AV Media
- AG Permanent citability
- AG digital conservation
- WG documentation of digital long-term archiving
- WG Electronic Files
- AG emulation
- AG format recognition
- Research data group
- AG OAIS review
- AG Personal Digital Archiving
- AG law
- WG SIP specification
- AG certification
literature
- Stefan Toepfer, With “Nestor” against digital amnesia , in: FAZ of October 17, 2007, No. 241, p. 46
- Hendrik Werner, Against data death . An "encyclopedia" should pave the way for long-term digital archiving. In: Die Welt, October 27, 2007, p. 27.
- Dagmar Giersberg: At the height of research: The nestor manual for digital long-term archiving See: http://www.goethe.de/wis/med/dos/dig/lza/de3122038.htm
- Karsten Huth, Three Years of nestor - Project Results from the Perspective of the Archives , in: Der Archivar 59 (2006), Issue 4, pp. 360–362.
- Heike Neuroth, Stefan Strathmann: nestor - digital long-term archiving in Germany , in: http://www.bibliothek-saur.de/2006_3/343-350.pdf
- Ute Schwens, Hans Liegmann: Long-term archiving of digital resources , in: Rainer Kuhlen, Thomas Seeger, Dietmar Strauch (eds.): Basics of practical information and documentation. 5th, completely revised edition. Munich: Saur, 2004.
- Natascha Schumann: nestor - The German Network of Expertise in Digital Long-Term Preservation . In: M. Ionnades, A. Addison, A. Georgopoulos, L. Kalisperis (Eds.): VSMM 2008. Digital Heritage. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia. Budapest: Archaeolingua, 2008, pp. 129-131.
- Sabine Schrimpf: Long-term Preservation of Electronic Literature . In: iPRES 2008. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects. London: The British Library, 2008. pp. 28-31.