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What are the most effective ways to minimize latency issues in geographically distributed collections?
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Aug 21, 2014
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technology
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policies
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How are data files used with ArcGIS software are handled for digital preservation?
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Aug 7, 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
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Is there a matchmaking service to match my legacy media with other institutions' hardware?
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Jul 23, 2014
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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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disk-imaging
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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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research-and-development
standards
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Has anyone used a USB bridge & converter cables to writeblock non-USB devices?
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Jun 27, 2014
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tools
forensics
technology
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Is AFF the best choice for digital preservationists who create images?
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Jun 26, 2014
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ChristiePeterson
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580
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technology
forensics
file-formats
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What makes a good question?
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Jun 26, 2014
by
ChristiePeterson
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580
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meta
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5
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How many State Archives have deployed a digital preservation system? What systems are they using?
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Jun 5, 2014
by
Vinh-Doyle
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140
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What is "Preservation Metadata"?
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May 14, 2014
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petemay
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metadata
terminology
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How do I take a forensic image of an Android smartphone?
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Apr 15, 2014
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databases
forensics
phones
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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
by
tjowens
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2,360
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databases
normalization
migration
authenticity
file-formats
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What are the recommendations for brand or type of hardware write blocker?
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Mar 7, 2014
by
JMandelbaum
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290
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technology
tools
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660
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What are the best CD/DVD-ROM drives for disc imaging?
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Feb 13, 2014
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jeffersonbailey
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imaging
optical
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Comparative lifetimes of digital media
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Dec 1, 2013
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anjackson
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storage
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Merging & Deduping WARC files
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May 1, 2018
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richard
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190
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warc
deduplication
storage
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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
by
petemay
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170
points)
mets
provenance
digitisation
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Does splitting large master files (temporarily) go against best practices?
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Feb 7, 2018
by
jwil127
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130
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storage
policies
best
practices
external-hard-drives
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External Write Blocker that works with an External Optical Drive?
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Feb 7, 2018
by
Gill Amos
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130
points)
writeblocker
external
dc-drive
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