PRISM (Preservation, Reliability, Interoperability, Security, Metadata)
http://www.prism.cornell.edu/

Cornell University Library (CUL) Research Program

This DLI2 project is a four-year collaborative effort between the CUL and the Cornell's Computer Science Department to investigate and develop policies and mechanisms needed for information integrity in the context of component-based digital library architecture. The key research areas include long term survivability of digital information, reliability of information resources and services, interoperability, and security (the privacy rights of users of information and the intellectual property rights of content creators), and metadata that makes it possible to ensure information integrity in digital libraries. At the heart of this project is translating the traditional preservation strategies to the digital realm in order to support the development of digital preservation tools and mechanisms. Project Prism addresses preservation issues involved in a variety of digital formats.

The Cornell University Library research team consists of Anne R. Kenney, Nancy Y. McGovern, William R. Kehoe, Peter Botticelli, and Richard Entlich. Sarah Thomas, University Librarian, is one of the Co-Principal Investigators of the project.

For an overview of the project, see, "Preservation Risk Management for Web Resources: Virtual Remote Control in Cornell's Project Prism," by Anne R. Kenney, Nancy Y. McGovern, Peter Botticelli, Richard Entlich, Carl Lagoze, and Sandra Payette in DLib Magazine, January 2002.

Additional Risk Management resources.

CUL Prism Research Projects:

• Preservation Risk Management for Web Resources
• Digital Information Longevity Study
• Web Resource Risk Management Experiments