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When accessioning born-digital materials, what actions should I take after discovering virus-contaminated materials?
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Jul 23, 2014
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chelcie
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Should there be a Pronom ID for unidentifiable/unidentified?
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Jul 15, 2014
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Standards for digital preservation
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Jul 15, 2014
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What makes a good answer?
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Jun 26, 2014
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ChristiePeterson
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meta
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Unusual sources of file format signatures
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Jun 6, 2014
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What is the service life of an external hard drive?
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Jun 5, 2014
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hard-drives
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What is "Preservation Metadata"?
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May 14, 2014
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petemay
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metadata
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What format questions to ask and considerations to make in acquisition of born digital photography collections
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Apr 22, 2014
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tjowens
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acquisition
file-formats
photography
aprasial
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How to access a subset of Web Archive pages from a vintage web browser on vintage hardware?
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Sep 29, 2020
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EriolGaurhoth
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Best way to read SCSI tape drive on a modern PC?
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Jun 6, 2018
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johanvanderknijff
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digital-forensics
hardware
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Digital Preservation - Server Side
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Feb 7, 2018
by
richard
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190
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server
linux
bagit
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Setting a custom date for wget or wpull?
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Dec 17, 2015
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despens
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web-archiving
warc
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CD-ROM / DVD imaging: is it customary to save scans of booklets / covers as well?
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Sep 22, 2015
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johanvanderknijff
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What organizations are preserving software?
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Aug 13, 2015
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euanc
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software-preservation
software
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Tools for identifying obfuscated files, specifically password protected and encrypted formats?
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Nov 23, 2014
by
ross-spencer
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190
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digital-preservation
software
digital-archiving
digital-forensics
appraisal
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What is a good way to record information about the funding of a preservation project?
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Nov 7, 2014
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nkrabben
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metadata
donor
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Best Practices for Accessioning Email from Web Applications?
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Sep 30, 2014
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tjowens
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acquisition
email
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External 3.5 disk drive recommendation?
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Sep 23, 2014
by
Matt Gorzalski
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140
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Any written policies on retention of digital surrogates?
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Sep 15, 2014
by
lljohnston
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230
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policies
surrogates
retention
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Digital preservation in sharepoint environment
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Aug 18, 2014
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RichardMommsen
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