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What storage hardware should I use for a LOCKSS node?
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Jul 23, 2014
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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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Is simple fixity information valuable to digital stewards?
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Jul 23, 2014
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What are the specs of workstations people are using for digital preservation activities?
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Jul 23, 2014
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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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What encryption would you using for LTO tape for long-term storage or transport, why?
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Jul 21, 2014
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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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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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When to redact AIPs vs DIPs in digital archives workflows?
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Jun 24, 2014
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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
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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
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IP limiting/restrictions for providing in-house access to copyrighted/restricted material?
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Sep 11, 2017
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access
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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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Best SIP / AIP creation practices for optical carriers that span multiple volumes
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Jun 22, 2016
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cd-rom
sip
aip
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How can I set up a test instance of Archivematica on OS X (10.11.2)?
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Apr 1, 2016
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archivematica
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DIY digitisation, good or bad?
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Feb 18, 2016
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bernieh
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digitisation
preservation
standards
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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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Managing Timestamps
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Oct 29, 2015
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Elizabeth
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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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Optimal file sizes for access PDFs
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Jan 24, 2015
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bernieh
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600
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access
copies-pdfs-file
size-quality
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