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Is there any best practice/guidance on where to store, in METS, metadata about digitisation/digital creation processes?
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Feb 7, 2018
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mets
provenance
digitisation
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Tools for identifying obfuscated files, specifically password protected and encrypted formats?
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digital-archiving
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Should data repositories remove illegal characters from filenames?
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Nov 13, 2014
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What are current best practices for acquiring & preserving Google Docs?
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Are there accepted alternatives to WAVE for storing audio files larger than 4GB?
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When to redact AIPs vs DIPs in digital archives workflows?
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Jun 24, 2014
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disk-image
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How/where to store metadata about optical media sector layout in METS/PREMIS
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Feb 5, 2018
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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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What are the content appraisal at scale practices that are most useful?
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Aug 1, 2014
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mgallinger
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scale
collection
policies
acquisition
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What are best hardware/software for automated back-up to external hard drive?
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Jun 9, 2015
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elisedunham
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storage
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Digital Preservation - Server Side
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Feb 7, 2018
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richard
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server
linux
bagit
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Any LTP "Packaging Format" Standard you Support that Makes More Sense than WARC?
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Feb 13, 2015
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tibaut.houzanme
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format
packaging
standard
zip
warc
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Are there guidelines or best practices for preserving iOS apps and iBooks?
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Jul 24, 2014
by
lily
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160
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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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tjowens
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2,360
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policy
planning
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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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chelcie
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media
acquisition
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Ingesting large & hybrid digital collections
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May 18, 2017
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erwinverb
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web-archiving
ingest
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External Write Blocker that works with an External Optical Drive?
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Feb 7, 2018
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Gill Amos
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writeblocker
external
dc-drive
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Best SIP / AIP creation practices for optical carriers that span multiple volumes
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Jun 22, 2016
by
johanvanderknijff
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cd-rom
sip
aip
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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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Scanned manuscript - saved as TIFF image files in archival disc. Is it Ok
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Feb 16, 2015
by
Nanjundiah
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110
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scaned
manuscript
tiff
format
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