Scholars Portal continuously monitors developments in the area of file formats to determine if/when formats preserved within the repository are in need of migration. This monitoring takes place through engagement in the digital preservation community, and through monitoring of blogs and mailing lists related to digital preservation.
A partial list of resources monitored includes, but is not limited to:
Mailing Lists
- ARCAN-L
- padiforum-l
- digipres-l
- DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
- PREMIS Implementors Group
- METS Mailing List
Blogs
- Agogified - blog of Bill Lefurgy, digital preservationist at LoC
- Australian National Data Service blog
- ICPSR blogs
- DSHR's Blog - David Rosenthal of Stanford/LOCKSS
- File Formats Blog - Gary McGath of Harvard/JHOVE
- Neil Beagrie's Blog - European digital preservation consultant
- Practical E-Records - Chris Prom of UIUC
- Ten Thousand Year Blog - David Mattison, Canadian archivist
Journals