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nkrabben

1990 points
4 questions
16 answers
24 comments
member since 3 Dec 2013

Questions (4)

2votes 1answers 598views
Are there accepted alternatives to WAVE for storing audio files larger than 4GB?

asked by nkrabben on 23 Jun 2016
- audio
- file-formats
3votes 2answers 6790views
What is a good way to record information about the funding of a preservation project?

asked by nkrabben on 7 Nov 2014
- metadata
- donor
3votes 3answers 752views
What is the service life of an external hard drive?

asked by nkrabben on 5 Jun 2014
- hard-drives
- external-hard-drives
2votes 1answers 12933views
How do I take a forensic image of an Android smartphone?

asked by nkrabben on 15 Apr 2014

Answers (16)

5votes

What are current best practices for acquiring & preserving Google Docs?

answered on 5 Feb 2018
1votes

IP limiting/restrictions for providing in-house access to copyrighted/restricted material?

answered on 13 Sep 2017
2votes

Best SIP / AIP creation practices for optical carriers that span multiple volumes

answered on 22 Jun 2016
1votes

Is it problematic to include spaces in file names?

answered on 16 Jul 2015
1votes

Strategy for preserving scanned files outside of repository

answered on 2 Jul 2015
2votes

What are best hardware/software for automated back-up to external hard drive?

answered on 2 Jul 2015
0votes

What storage hardware should I use for a LOCKSS node?

answered on 23 Jul 2014
1votes

Is simple fixity information valuable to digital stewards?

answered on 23 Jul 2014
1votes

Is there a matchmaking service to match my legacy media with other institutions' hardware?

answered on 23 Jul 2014
0votes

What are the research and development needs for digital cultural heritage?

answered on 9 Jul 2014
2votes

What makes a good answer?

answered on 27 Jun 2014
1votes

What do you (or should you do) with ‘thumbs.db’ and other hidden system files?

answered on 25 Jun 2014
2votes

How can we ensure obsolete software can be legally used for digital preservation and access?

answered on 3 Jun 2014
0votes

What is a file format?

answered on 22 May 2014
0votes

What is "Preservation Metadata"?

answered on 15 May 2014
4votes

Is digitisation on topic?

answered on 3 Dec 2013