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When should Archives Complement the Acquisition of a Personal Papers Collection with Web Archiving?
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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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What factors should be considered for at-scale content appraisal?
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What makes for well defined selection criteria for an Archive-It Web Archive collection?
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What should be in a digital preservation strategic plan?
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Jul 23, 2014
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policy
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When accessioning born-digital materials, what actions should I take after discovering virus-contaminated materials?
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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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What are the specs of workstations people are using for digital preservation activities?
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Jul 23, 2014
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Jul 23, 2014
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institutional-resources
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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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