Using Preservation of Faculty Research as Demo Preservation Use Case for Developing a Digital Preservation Strategy within a Research University - Using Preservation of Faculty Research as Demo Preservation Use Case for Developing a Digital Preservation Strategy within a Research University

Florida State University (FSU) entered into a formal digital preservation strategy agreement with Florida Digital Archive (FDA) in 2009. However, prior to joining FDA, FSU requested permission from FDA to develop a plan to preserve a faculty member's research data. FDA agreed to allow the development of a FSU demo preservation of FSU Biological Scientist, Dr. A.K.S.K. Prasad, images of biological silica collection which was later presented in several national and international conference presentations.
This talk will include oral history and a presentation detailing the development of FSU utilizing locally developed preservation strategy of DAITSS, known as Dark Archive in the Sunshine State, starting with demo preservation of faculty research data which was later used to influence senior management to join FDA. The talk will include: Proof-of-concept to prototype preservation of FSU data via diatomscapes Intellectual merit and broader impact of preservation of faculty research via Boyer's Model of Scholarship Marketing DAITSS via conference presentations Reason FSU selected and joined FDA as a preservation strategy partner FSU collections currently being preserved via DAITSS FDA formal memorandum of understanding between FDA and FSU