Peru
We can admire any of the imperial invaders of Peru for the energy needed to travel and communicate across the most awesome landscapes and seascapes. It is similar to an uninhabited, earthlike planet somewhere else. The only familar feature is the old library.
As we complete two weeks of projects here in Arequipa there is a sense that more will follow. The Convent of the Recoleta is hospitable to an ongoing base for book studies and book work. The San Pablo University has hosted a well attended workshop. And the
INLIBI connections are facilitating donations and logistics.
certification
The CLR work of certification and assessment of Portico and Haithitrust as digital repositories is to assure the same persistence and delivery dependability of digital resources that is familiar with print.
An interesting aspect here is that the print collections were self-certifying for persistence and dependable delivery through the simple act of acquistion into a research library. Digital simulations of print do not provide this assurance and to some degree may not be capable to do so.
The CLR agenda includes co-ordinate acquisition of digital with disposal of print providing “last copy” repository for physical print to provide the needed back-up, mastering and source authentication for the digital simulation. Certainly such an agenda should include certification of the last print copy as well as the digital copy. The digital copy should be certified for persistence and delivery dependabilty. The print copy should be certified as back-up, master and source authenticator.
So it comes to this; we are now certifying the reality of the physical collections. Only overt dependence on digital resources could result in such oddness.