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Archive: July 2013 (2 Posts)

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You Say You Want a Resolution: How Much DPI/PPI is Too Much?

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

Preserving digital stuff for the future is a heavy responsibility. With digital photos, for instance, would it be possible someday to generate perfectly sharp high-density, high-resolution photos from blurry or low-resolution digital originals? Probably not but who knows? The technological future is unpredictable. The possibility invites the question: shouldn’t we save our digital photos at …

Posted in: Digital Content, Tools and Infrastructure

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What People Are Asking About Personal Digital Archiving: Part 2

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

During Preservation Week 2013, I gave a personal digital archiving webinar in which over 600 people participated. Ninety one people submitted questions online and two-thirds of the questions centered on two topics: digital photos and storage. In part 1 of this blog post, I gave sample questions and answers about digital photos. Today I will give sample …

Posted in: Digital Content