Digital Preservation Q&A

Questions by tjowens

+4 votes

4 answers 1,475 views

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

asked Nov 18, 2014

+2 votes

2 answers 2,631 views

Best Practices for Accessioning Email from Web Applications?

asked Sep 30, 2014

+1 vote

1 answer 371 views

Documenting Scope and Content for Web Archives

asked Aug 22, 2014

+3 votes

3 answers 10,680 views

When should Archives Complement the Acquisition of a Personal Papers Collection with Web Archiving?

asked Aug 13, 2014

+1 vote

3 answers 3,597 views

What makes for well defined selection criteria for an Archive-It Web Archive collection?

asked Jul 30, 2014

+1 vote

1 answer 469 views

What should be in a digital preservation strategic plan?

asked Jul 23, 2014

0 votes

2 answers 2,558 views

What format questions to ask and considerations to make in acquisition of born digital architectural drawings?

asked Jul 7, 2014

+3 votes

4 answers 1,601 views

What are the best examples of file format action plans?

asked Jun 25, 2014

+1 vote

1 answer 596 views

When to redact AIPs vs DIPs in digital archives workflows?

asked Jun 24, 2014

+3 votes

1 answer 3,917 views

How should you scope a crawl for web archiving online discussion forums

asked Jun 5, 2014

+1 vote

3 answers 7,895 views

What format questions to ask and considerations to make in acquisition of born digital photography collections

asked Apr 22, 2014

+2 votes

2 answers 3,450 views

When should one keep database content in an original format and when to export or flaten it?

asked Mar 27, 2014

+4 votes

6 answers 7,500 views

What are the most essential technical/how-to guides that anyone getting started in digital preservation should read?

asked Mar 6, 2014

+1 vote

1 answer 9,260 views

To what extent do cryptographic hash (MD5, SHA1, etc.) collisions rates matter for fixity checking?

asked Mar 3, 2014

+3 votes

1 answer 2,616 views

What should be the qualifications for digital archivist jobs?

asked Dec 2, 2013

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