Integrating DuraCloud with DPN at Chronopolis and the Texas Digital Library

In order to provide DPN with a complete end-to-end solution for long-term access and preservation services, Chronopolis and the Texas Digital Library (TDL) each partnered with DuraSpace to offer ingestion and content management services through DuraCloud. Both systems offer offsite content backup and archiving, with an option to transfer content into DPN for long-term preservation. Chronopolis led this effort and provided guidance and counsel to the TDL.

Chronopolis and the TDL have each embarked on parallel paths to use DuraCloud as the front-end for ingesting content into a variety of cloud providers. Their shared work in DPN brought them together to work toward the common goal of providing ingestion services into DPN.

This panel will present on and lead discussion of the following topics:

• Efficacy of a DuraCloud and native Amazon architecture
• Ingestion of content via DuraCloud into native storage solutions and legacy systems
• How these organizations are working together to provide DPN First Node services
• Challenges dealing with diverse groups of users
• Differences in business models
• Best practices for preservation metadata

These groups will consult and collaborate to learn how to grow their programs individually while working collectively in the preservation ecosystem.