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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
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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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technology
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file-formats
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What makes a good answer?
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Jun 26, 2014
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meta
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What makes a good question?
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Jun 26, 2014
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ChristiePeterson
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meta
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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
file-formats
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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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tjowens
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redaction
disk-image
aip
dip
workflow
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How should digital preservation tools be funded?
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Jun 20, 2014
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euanc
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software-licensing
tools
funding
cost-models
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What do you (or should you do) with ‘thumbs.db’ and other hidden system files?
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Jun 16, 2014
by
crouchmi
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hidden
system
files
policy
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Unusual sources of file format signatures
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Jun 6, 2014
by
richardlehane
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file-formats
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What is the service life of an external hard drive?
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Jun 5, 2014
by
nkrabben
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hard-drives
external-hard-drives
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Should discussion about questions be in the comments or the answer fields?
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Jun 5, 2014
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euanc
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meta
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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
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Vinh-Doyle
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140
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How should you scope a crawl for web archiving online discussion forums
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Jun 5, 2014
by
tjowens
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web-archiving
acquisition
scope
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What techniques are there for detecting similar images at large scale?
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Jun 4, 2014
by
anjackson
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2,950
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near-duplicate-detection
duplicate-detection
images
tools
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A tool to detect encrypted Office documents?
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May 29, 2014
by
richardlehane
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answer
415
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What is Preservation Planning?
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May 28, 2014
by
fryerc
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230
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terminology
standards
planning
risk
audit
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744
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How can we ensure obsolete software can be legally used for digital preservation and access?
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May 21, 2014
by
euanc
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3,930
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emulation
virtualization
software-licensing
legal
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7
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2,778
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What is a file format?
asked
May 21, 2014
by
euanc
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3,930
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file-formats
terminology
standards
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3
answers
311
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What is "Preservation Metadata"?
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May 14, 2014
by
petemay
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170
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metadata
terminology
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