Stream C - Technology: Jason Kaminski

Presentation Title: e-Permanence – Maintaining the long-term reliability of digital information  
Stream: Technology
Presenter:
Name Jason Kaminski
Organisation Opticon
Title Senior Consultant
 
Short Biography

Jason is a senior consultant with Opticon Australia’s Melbourne office. He has a proven track record in the development and implementation of innovative, effective, usable and accessible information systems and services, pragmatic information management governance frameworks and strategies, and information literacy and capability improvement programs.  

Jason has many years of experience consulting to Government agencies and private sector organisations.  His main areas of interest include information management, information quality and e-permanence. He has in-depth business analysis experience; many of his projects demanding deep functional requirements analysis and design of information architectures and systems that align with and support electronic delivery of business services.

Jason’s applied knowledge of contemporary information management theory and practice, advanced consultative research skills, and an ability to listen and communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders has provided him with an acute awareness of business innovation and improvement opportunities, and a high level of commitment to client-focused project outcomes. Jason’s advanced theoretical knowledge and research skills, and varied experience, coupled with an ability to communicate effectively and see new business improvement opportunities when they arise, all contribute to his effectiveness in this field of work. 

 

 

About Presentation (Abstract)
The ‘disappearance’ of knowledge caused by rapid rates of change and obsolescence in technical tools and media used to create and record digital information might, according to some observers, contribute to a future ‘black hole’ in our knowledge and understanding of organisational histories. This concept was first put forward a decade ago in a Library Association’s conference paper by Terry Kuny. The central proposition of Kuny’s paper remains true a decade later: digital information is more vulnerable to complete loss simply through technical and physical obsolescence than it is from any other cause, including poor repository management or back-up and restore failure.

Today, corporations and organisations rely even more heavily upon the preservation of digital information (including data, drawings and images, documents, communications and corporate records) to support everyday decision-making and operational processes, as well as for strategic planning and business intelligence purposes. ‘Electronic Permanence’ (often called ‘e-Permanence’ or ‘digital preservation’) is the idea that a range of techniques, practices, standards and technologies can be applied in conjunction with good information management governance to combat digital obsolescence and its negative effects on organisational efficiency, sustainability and long-term continuity.

 


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