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What are best practices for cleaning floppy drive heads?
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What preservation format for video to use when digitizing VHS tapes?
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Jan 5, 2015
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What are some techniques for safely preserving virus-infected files?
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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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media
digital-forensics
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Best method to record track playing order for ripped audio CDs
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Oct 20, 2015
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audio
cd
metadata
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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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planning
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Preserving PDF files with multimedia content
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May 20, 2015
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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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digital-forensics
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When is "Preservation Format" a useful concept in digital preservation?
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Nov 18, 2014
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tjowens
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2,360
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file-formats
policy
terminology
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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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hardware
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research-and-development
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What are the reasons for saving disk images?
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Mar 7, 2014
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forensics
media
technology
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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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jsternfeld
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140
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humanities
arts
cultural-heritage
research-and-development
standards
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May 25, 2016
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johanvanderknijff
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parity
cd-rom
disk-image
fixity
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Where can I find guidance or standards for environmental storage conditions for new and older legacy media types?
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Mar 27, 2014
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JMandelbaum
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290
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media
storage
environment
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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
by
chelcie
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270
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Recommendations - Drives for Offline Storage
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Jun 4, 2015
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sarah.barsness
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storage
external-hard-drives
hard-drives
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