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What are the content appraisal at scale practices that are most useful?
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Aug 1, 2014
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scale
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What storage hardware should I use for a LOCKSS node?
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What are the recommendations for brand or type of hardware write blocker?
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Mar 7, 2014
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Should collecting institutions keep external storage media once the digital content has been extracted?
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Jul 23, 2014
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media
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What is the service life of an external hard drive?
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What factors should be considered for at-scale content appraisal?
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Aug 1, 2014
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Are there guidelines or best practices for preserving iOS apps and iBooks?
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Jul 24, 2014
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lily
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apps
ebooks
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What should be in a digital preservation strategic plan?
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Jul 23, 2014
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planning
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What are the research and development needs for digital cultural heritage?
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Jul 3, 2014
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humanities
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Standards for digital preservation
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Jul 15, 2014
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Helen Afi
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How to browse web archives using an old browser?
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Jul 8, 2014
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anjackson
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web-archiving
browser
emulation
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Is simple fixity information valuable to digital stewards?
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Jul 23, 2014
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SpencerGoodwin
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fixity
acquisition
bagit
oxsum
ingest
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Should there be a Pronom ID for unidentifiable/unidentified?
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Jul 15, 2014
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euanc
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A tool to detect encrypted Office documents?
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May 29, 2014
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When should one keep database content in an original format and when to export or flaten it?
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Mar 27, 2014
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tjowens
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2,360
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databases
normalization
migration
authenticity
file-formats
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How should digital preservation tools be funded?
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Jun 20, 2014
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euanc
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software-licensing
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funding
cost-models
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Where can digital preservation system/tool requirements be found online?
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Jul 3, 2014
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euanc
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requirements
tools
use-cases
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What makes a good question?
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Jun 26, 2014
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ChristiePeterson
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580
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meta
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Is AFF the best choice for digital preservationists who create images?
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Jun 26, 2014
by
ChristiePeterson
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580
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technology
forensics
file-formats
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When to redact AIPs vs DIPs in digital archives workflows?
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Jun 24, 2014
by
tjowens
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2,360
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redaction
disk-image
aip
dip
workflow
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