LIFE3: A PREDICTIVE COSTING TOOL  FOR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
Predicting the costs of long-term digital preservation is a
crucial yet complex task for even the largest repositories
and institutions. For smaller projects and individual
researchers faced with preservation requirements, the
problem is even more overwhelming, as they lack the
accumulated experience of the former. Yet being able to
estimate future preservation costs is vital to answering a
range of important questions for each. The LIFE (Life
Cycle Information for E-Literature) project, which has
just completed its third phase, helps institutions and
researchers address these concerns, reducing the
financial and preservation risks, and allowing decision
makers to assess a range of options in order to achieve
effective preservation while operating within financial
restraints. The project is a collaboration between
University College London (UCL), The British Library
and the Humanities Advanced Technology and
Information Institute (HATII) at the University of
Glasgow. Funding has been supplied in the UK by the
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the
Research Information Network (RIN).
["Hole, Brian", "Wheatley, Paul", "Lin, Li", "McCann, Patrick"]
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