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tjowens

2360 points
15 questions
6 answers
3 comments
member since 2 Dec 2013

Questions (15)

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When is "Preservation Format" a useful concept in digital preservation?

asked by tjowens on 18 Nov 2014
2votes 2answers 2631views
Best Practices for Accessioning Email from Web Applications?

asked by tjowens on 30 Sep 2014
- acquisition
- email
1votes 1answers 371views
Documenting Scope and Content for Web Archives

asked by tjowens on 22 Aug 2014
3votes 3answers 10680views
When should Archives Complement the Acquisition of a Personal Papers Collection with Web Archiving?

asked by tjowens on 13 Aug 2014
1votes 3answers 3597views
What makes for well defined selection criteria for an Archive-It Web Archive collection?

asked by tjowens on 30 Jul 2014
1votes 1answers 469views
What should be in a digital preservation strategic plan?

asked by tjowens on 23 Jul 2014
- policy
- planning
0votes 2answers 2558views
What format questions to ask and considerations to make in acquisition of born digital architectural drawings?

asked by tjowens on 7 Jul 2014
3votes 4answers 1601views
What are the best examples of file format action plans?

asked by tjowens on 25 Jun 2014
- planning
- file-formats
1votes 1answers 596views
When to redact AIPs vs DIPs in digital archives workflows?

asked by tjowens on 24 Jun 2014
3votes 1answers 3917views
How should you scope a crawl for web archiving online discussion forums

asked by tjowens on 5 Jun 2014
1votes 3answers 7895views
What format questions to ask and considerations to make in acquisition of born digital photography collections

asked by tjowens on 22 Apr 2014
2votes 2answers 3450views
When should one keep database content in an original format and when to export or flaten it?

asked by tjowens on 27 Mar 2014
4votes 6answers 7500views
What are the most essential technical/how-to guides that anyone getting started in digital preservation should read?

asked by tjowens on 6 Mar 2014
1votes 1answers 9260views
To what extent do cryptographic hash (MD5, SHA1, etc.) collisions rates matter for fixity checking?

asked by tjowens on 3 Mar 2014
3votes 1answers 2616views
What should be the qualifications for digital archivist jobs?

asked by tjowens on 2 Dec 2013
- workforce
- archives

Answers (6)

2votes

How should digital preservation tools be funded?

answered on 26 Jul 2014
3votes

What are best practices/recommendations for how often to check fixity of content? ✔ accepted

answered on 24 Jul 2014
2votes

Where can digital preservation system/tool requirements be found online?

answered on 8 Jul 2014
2votes

What makes a good question?

answered on 26 Jun 2014
0votes

How do I take a forensic image of an Android smartphone?

answered on 22 Apr 2014
2votes

What are the reasons for saving disk images?

answered on 27 Mar 2014