Dear Julie:

Indeed this topic has been at the top of the archival research agenda 
for years.  The LongRec research project in Norway, which produced 
the report that started this thread is a partner of the InterPARES 
research project, which you can find here www.interpares.org.

InterPARES researchers and collaborators have produced about 2000 
papers and articles on the subject.  You could begin by looking at 
the book we issued in 2007, the bulk of which is online at 
http://www.interpares.org/ip2/book.cfm (the case studies are on a DVD 
attached to the paper copy of the book, distributed by the Society of 
American Archivists).

Among the appendixes to the book there are three documents the 
readers of this listserv might be specifically interested 
in:  Appendix 19, A Framework for policy development; Appendix 20, 
Creator Guidelines; and Appendix 21, Preserver Guidelines. About the 
Guidelines I would like to point out that they are not copyrighted: 
you can download them, disseminate them as they are, tailor them to 
your needs, personalize them for distribution to your 
organization...use them as you wish.

Enjoy your reading!

Luciana

At 01:59 PM 08/01/2010, you wrote:
>It wouldn't surprise me if this is a topic being much more deeply 
>investigated by the archival community - any archivists on the list 
>aware of any good articles on this topic being published 
>lately?  Any empassioned discourse on the archives listserv?

Dr. Luciana Duranti
Chair and Professor, Archival Studies
Director, The InterPARES Project www.interpares.org
Director, Digital Records Forensics Project www.digitalrecordsforensics.org
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies www.slais.ubc.ca
The University of British Columbia
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Vancouver, British Columbia  V6T 1Z1 CANADA
Tel: 604.822.2587
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