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How to distinguish 68k and PPC executables on classic Macintoshes?
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Mar 26, 2015
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Scanned manuscript - saved as TIFF image files in archival disc. Is it Ok
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Feb 16, 2015
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Any LTP "Packaging Format" Standard you Support that Makes More Sense than WARC?
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warc
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Is there a GUI alternative to Bagger that performs a similar function?
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Feb 6, 2015
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checksums
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Tool(s) for extracting administrative metadata from WARC?
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Jan 29, 2015
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blumenthal
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web-archiving
warc
preservation-metadata
metadata
premis
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Optimal file sizes for access PDFs
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Jan 24, 2015
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Splitting PDFs while preserving quality
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Jan 21, 2015
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bernieh
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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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Branko
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video
digitization
format
preservation
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Who uses the SPOT Model for Risk Assessment?
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Dec 15, 2014
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fryerc
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risk
planning
spot
policies
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Does anyone have experience capturing and archiving WeChat data?
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Dec 9, 2014
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thomasgpadilla
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digital-preservation
data-curation
web-archiving
digital-forensics
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Does anybody have experience with a CRU USB Media Writeblocker?
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Dec 2, 2014
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hardware
technology
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How to open WARC files
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Nov 27, 2014
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bernieh
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Tools for identifying obfuscated files, specifically password protected and encrypted formats?
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Nov 23, 2014
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ross-spencer
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digital-preservation
software
digital-archiving
digital-forensics
appraisal
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When is "Preservation Format" a useful concept in digital preservation?
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Nov 18, 2014
by
tjowens
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file-formats
policy
terminology
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Should data repositories remove illegal characters from filenames?
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Nov 13, 2014
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CDearborn
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filenames
acquisition
data-curation
policies
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What is a good way to record information about the funding of a preservation project?
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Nov 7, 2014
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nkrabben
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metadata
donor
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How to detect Hybrid ISOs?
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Nov 4, 2014
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despens
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990
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iso
hybrid
filesystem
joliet
disk-image
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Is there a standard way of citing OAIS?
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Oct 31, 2014
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elisedunham
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oais
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What are some techniques for safely preserving virus-infected files?
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Oct 28, 2014
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andrewjbtw
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310
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viruses
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Is Multipage Tiff an acceptable Preservation format?
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Oct 10, 2014
by
evanwill
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150
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multipage-tif
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