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Archive: July 2011 (2 Posts)

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Similarity Breeds Confusion – The Challenge of Finding Music

Posted by: Susan Manus

In addition to the ongoing challenge of direct digital preservation there are other related activities that are crucial to this effort.   Lots of things, actually – that are not directly “preservation” activities but do affect the digital preservation end result.  Things such as metadata – which I’d like to focus on here, and using music …

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Make It Work!

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is a guest post by Abbey Potter, Program Officer, NDIIPP, and Communications Officer, IIPC. You’ve no doubt heard this catch phrase made popular by Tim Gunn from the reality competition show Project Runway. It is the advice he gives harried contestants who are trying to create a fabulous dress in under two hours …