Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2005

DOI

doi:10.1045/december2005-nelson

Publication Title

D-Lib Magazine

Volume

11

Issue

12

Pages

1-17

Abstract

The Archive Ingest and Handling Test (AIHT) was a Library of Congress (LC) sponsored research project administered by Information Systems and Support Inc. (ISS). The project featured five participants: Old Dominion University Computer Science Department; Harvard University Library; Johns Hopkins University Library; Stanford University Library; Library of Congress. All five participants received identical disk drives containing copies of the 911.gmu.edu web site, a collection of 9/11 materials maintained by George Mason University (GMU). The purpose of the AIHT experiment was to perform archival forensics to determine the nature of the archive, ingest it, simulate at least one of the file formats going out of scope, export a copy of the archive, and import another version of the archive. The AIHT is further described in Shirky (2005).

Original Publication Citation

Nelson, M.L., Bollen, J., Manepalli, G., & Haq, R. (2005). Archive Ingest and Handling Test. D-Lib Magazine, 11(12), 1-17. doi:10.1045/december2005-nelson

ORCID

0000-0003-3749-8116 (Nelson)

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