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Coming to TERM:
Designing the Texas Email Repository Model
Sue Soy
Stan Gunn
Marlan Green
Dr. Patricia Galloway
University of Texas at Austin
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Problem
Permanent retention of electronic
records
Rules for management of email (TSLAC)
Agencies may not currently be
compliant
Legal risks involved
All Email has a common format
Every agency produces email
Legal record
Multiple platforms
Complexity increased by attachments
Solution
Archival trusted repository +
OAIS model +
Multiple proofs of concept (Harvard & MIT)
=TERM
MIT’s Dspace Project
Players
State Agencies
DIR
Texas Department of
Information Resources
TSLAC
Texas State Library and
Archives Commission
Vendor(s)
RMICC
Records Management
Interagency Coordinating
Council
Public
Attorney General
Repository Management Team
Records Management Interagency
Coordination Council
State
Agencies
owner's special knowledge
users’ concerns
responsiveness
security
Office
of the
Attorney
General
administering and unifying group
technology concerns with
repository's commercial products
Repository
Management Team
legalities
security
State mandated body
representative of all
concerned parties - a
collaborative effort endowed
with generous amounts of
authority.
TERM/OAIS
Administration
OAIS capabilities
security
security
enabling infrastructure
strategies
custodianship
preservation
archival functions
Texas State Library and
Archives Commission
TERM/OAIS
Management
(Contractors)
accountability
responsiveness
Texas State Department of
Information Resources
Public Interest
Composition of TERM Repository Management Team and members' areas of responsibility.
TERM OAIS Structure
TERM
Descriptive Information
Descriptive Information
Data
Management
queries
P
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result sets
Ingest
Access
orders
AIP
SIP
DIP
Archival Storage
Preservation
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ADMINISTRATION
MANAGEMENT
Major functions of the OAIS Reference Model from Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), CCSDS 650.0W-1, Producer-Archive Interface Methodology Abstract Standard. (OAIS). White Book. Issue 1. Draft Recommendation for
Space Data System Standards.
Agency Level Email Capture
Email Created
TERM
Outgoing
Message
Internal
Message
Incoming
Message
Dat
Email Messaging System
Recipient
copy of original
email captured
and sent to
local repository
Ingest
Local Repository
SIP
SIP is prepared and
TERM notified
AIP
Arc
Information Flow
Producer
State Agency
TERM
Archival Storage
SIP
AIP
DIP
qu
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res
ult
se
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ord
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Information flow from agency to consumer,
adapted from Kenneth Thibodeau, The
Unsteady State of the Art of Preserving
Electronic Records.
Consumer
State Agency
or
citizens
Metadata Capture
Ingest
descriptive information
is extracted
Data
Management
SIP
ADMINISTRATION
Access
Records Retention
Optional records management
review to accommodate any
alteration in policy or law.
Email
creation
1 year
3 years
2 years
Application of SIP
Permanent retention under Agency
or Texas State Library and Archive
Commission Ownership.
TERM
agency controlled transitory correspondence
Disposal (after appropriate review)
Agency negotiates SIP Agreement with TERM
SIP Agreement stipulates transfer date, ownership, privacy, access, and
retention actions for administrative and general correspondence.
Transitory records are disposed of by the agency.
Recommendations—Short Term
Recruit repository management team (RMICC)
Foster collaborative environment
Commit to OAIS standard
Enforce TSLAC email guidelines
Require open standards and software
Adopt standard user practices
Avoid exotic attachment file formats
Consider using established resources (WTDROC)
Recruit agency for pilot project
Recommendations—Intermediate
Implement pilot project
Develop phased plan
Evaluate repository functionality
Locate funding
Assess producer community’s needs
Investigate automated classification systems
Identify vendors willing to collaborate on
development
Recommendations—Long Term
Select vendor for repository development
Review findings and continuously improve plan
Develop and implement automated classification
systems
Build value-added services (knowledge management,
data warehousing etc.)
Address preservation issues (migration, refreshing
etc.)
Test repository cessation and disaster plans
D-Lib Online Magazine
Coming to TERM:
Designing the Texas Email Repository Model
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september02/09contents.html
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