Creating a Digital Smithsonian

Martin R. Kalfatovic | Smithsonian Libraries | 27 Sep 2010

Designing Storage Architectures for Digital PreservationSeptember 27-28 2010Library of Congress

Digitization Mission

To digitize the resources of the

Institutionfor the widest possible

use by current and future

generations

2

What are we digitizing?

3

Smithsonian Institution Digitization Program

5

Collection Information Systems

EDAN

SIRIS

ArtCIS NMAH CISNASM CIS ACM CIS NMNH RCIS

NPM CISNMAI CIS

Enterprise Digital Asset Net(EDAN)

Metadata

DAM

Archival Storage

Images, Sound, Video

DAM

Parent & Child

Scientist EnthusiastColleague

Creating a Digital Smithsonian

Martin R. Kalfatovic | Smithsonian Libraries | 27 Sep 2010

Designing Storage Architectures for Digital PreservationSeptember 27-28 2010Library of Congress