Arctic World Archive Securing data for coming generations International Digital Curation Conference Barcelona | February 20th 2018 “Scientists across the US are scrambling to save government research in 'Data Rescue' events” Dana Varinsky, Business Insider, February 2017 “The Lost Picture Show: Hollywood archivists can’t outpace obsolescence” Marty Pellmutter IEEE Spectrum, April 2017 “We have made the access to services and databases so easy that it is also easy for our enemies.” Virgil Gligor, Carnegie-Mellon University MIT Tecnology Review. June 2015 Arctic World Archive • Inspired by the Global Seed Vault • Located in Mine Nº3, 300 m inside the arctic mountain at Svalbard Islands, Norway. • Digital vault designed to protect most valuable data from wars, catastrophes and cyberattacks • Collaboration with Store Norske • Officially inaugurated in March 2017 Why Svalbard? • Natural cold conditions without energy • Remoteness and isolation • Protected by Svalbard Treaty (1920) • Demilitarized area • Signed by 43 countries in 2018 2017 Inauguration ● Arquivo Nacional do Brasil ● Archivo General de la Nación de México ● Municipal Archives Digital Resource Center Norway (KDRS) ● The event was covered by mass media worldwide Deposit this week Arctic World Archive What Content could be stored? Any kind of digital information written on PiqlFilm: audio, video, documents, images, photos, data, …. Film as a digital storage medium ● Binary Data Encoding on a 2D barcode. ● Codebar printing onto 35mm film through a DMD (Digital Micromirror Device). ● Silver Halyde on a Polyester base Guaranteed Information Recovery in 500 years. Migration Free ¡Data is visible! Self-contained Media Representation Information Open Platform for Reading • Image Scanning – Light Source – Sensor to convert light to digital info. • Requires Little Technology • Human-readable • Open Source decoding software • Fully Described on the film itself OAIS model ISO14721:2012 Nearline Storage / Customer Online storage Piql Piql FILES SIP Piql Ra Archivematica AIP Preservation w Preservation System files System Client PC Archivematica VM Piql System VM Piql System (Partner site) DIP AtoM AtoM VM Data Security – Offline Storage “When it comes to preservation of – Automatic Archival System digital data – understood as maintaining something in its – Migration free original state, keeping it alive and – 500 years Longevity or more safe from harm – the Piql Services – Few People manages Data is the most appropriate storage method available today. – Trustworthy materials More Info at Foyer Auditorium Roberto González Business Development [email protected].