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Can cover sheets be part of an AIP?
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Sep 10, 2014
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oais
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What are the best examples of file format action plans?
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Jun 25, 2014
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Any written policies on retention of digital surrogates?
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Sep 15, 2014
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What is the break down for common long-term preservation costs?
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Aug 21, 2014
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What are best practices/recommendations for how often to check fixity of content?
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Jul 24, 2014
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fixity
checksums
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What should I consider when evaluating a request to delete materials from a digital preservation environment?
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Jul 23, 2014
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To what extent do cryptographic hash (MD5, SHA1, etc.) collisions rates matter for fixity checking?
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Mar 3, 2014
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tjowens
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fixity
checksums
tools
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Could MarkDown support be added to this site?
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Aug 27, 2014
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meta
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What are best practices for cleaning floppy drive heads?
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Jul 30, 2014
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ChristiePeterson
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hardware
forensics
floppy-disks
disk-imaging
disk-drives
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Unusual sources of file format signatures
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Jun 6, 2014
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richardlehane
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file-formats
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Do filesystem-based checksums add value in a digital preservation context?
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Jul 15, 2014
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michael
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storage
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bit-rot
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What format questions to ask and considerations to make in acquisition of born digital architectural drawings?
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Jul 7, 2014
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tjowens
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acquisition
file-formats
design
collection-development
special-collections
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How should you scope a crawl for web archiving online discussion forums
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Jun 5, 2014
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tjowens
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web-archiving
acquisition
scope
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What criteria should I consider when determining the hardware specs for a disk imaging station?
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Jul 23, 2014
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chelcie
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270
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media
digital-forensics
disk-imaging
hardware
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What settings should be used when imaging floppy disks using a Kryoflux device?
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Jul 21, 2014
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euanc
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floppy-disks
disk-imaging
digital-forensics
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What specifications are available for digital preservation and processing workstations?
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Jul 24, 2014
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lljohnston
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230
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hardware
specifications
research-and-development
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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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270
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What do you (or should you do) with ‘thumbs.db’ and other hidden system files?
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Jun 17, 2014
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crouchmi
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270
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hidden
system
files
policy
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What is a file format?
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May 21, 2014
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euanc
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3,910
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file-formats
terminology
standards
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2
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863
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What encryption would you using for LTO tape for long-term storage or transport, why?
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Jul 21, 2014
by
Gail Truman
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160
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storage-migration
tape
encryption
standards
vendor-lockin
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