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Preserving Digital Archaeological Data

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

This is a guest post by Leigh Anne Ellison, Sales and Marketing Coordinator, The Center for Digital Antiquity. I am excited for the opportunity to contribute a guest post here at The Signal. I work with The Center for Digital Antiquity, a collaborative non-profit organization devoted to enhancing preservation of and access to irreplaceable archaeological …

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Preserving.exe: A Short List of Readings on Software Preservation

Posted by: Trevor Owens

Most of the conversations I end up in about digital preservation are about the digital versions of analog things. Discussions of documents, still and moving images and audio recordings are important, but as difficult as the problems surrounding these kinds of digital objects are, there is a harder problem: preserving executable content, aka software. Software isn’t …

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MCN 2012, It Was All a Blur

Posted by: Susan Manus

So, how far along are we with cloning?  Because I could have really used a clone or two in order to cover the many (sometimes concurrent) interesting sessions at this year’s Museum Computer Network conference in Seattle.  Since this was my first MCN, I’m probably looking at this with more of a beginner’s “gee whiz” …

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All In! Embedded Files in PDF/A

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

Wouldn’t it be great to have a single technical solution that solves all your long-term digital archiving, stewardship and preservation needs? Perhaps a file format with millions of users, widespread adoption across different computing platforms, free viewers and open documentation? A lot of hopes and dreams have been poured into the idea of “one preservation …

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Be a Joiner! IIPC is Accepting Membership Applications

Posted by: Abbey Potter

Learning by doing and benefiting from a community of practitioners are key aspects of our approach to meeting the challenge of digital preservation. The International Internet Preservation Consortium is an organization that must also focus on practical solutions and quick action.  The web is a huge distributed resource and is changing constantly so it takes …

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Step-by-Step Management of Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media

Posted by: Erin Engle

I like lists. I particularly like ordered lists. I’ve even read a book about checklists. Which is one of the reasons I wanted to point out a recent OCLC report, You’ve Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media(PDF). The report focuses on practical approaches institutions …

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Talking About Museums and Digital Preservation

Posted by: Susan Manus

In anticipation of the Museum Computer Network conference next week in Seattle, I’ve been giving some extra thought lately to museum community involvement in digital preservation. We (the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, that is) work with many partners from a range of industries, and in the last couple of years this has …