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Bits and Pieces

Updates on our work in digital preservation and research data.
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Artsy floppy disk
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  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
Digital Preservation Lab 2.0
Major upgrades to our lab space!
Change
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  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
Adapting the Disk Imaging Workflow
A summary of how we transitioned our workflow for forensic imaging.
Computer monitor planter
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  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
Spring Digital Preservation Unit Update
Update on work done by the Digital Preservation Unit including efforts on the Digital Preservation Lab, digital file formats, and community outreach.
Box of Altman 3.5 inch floppy disks.
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  • Leigh Anne Gialanella
Disk Imaging for Preservation: Part 2
An outline of the workflow developed to image and preserve content from obsolete floppy disks. Part 2 of 2.
Box filled with digital media from the Altman collection
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  • Leigh Anne Gialanella
Disk Imaging for Preservation: Part 1
An outline of the workflow developed to image and preserve content from obsolete floppy disks. Part 1 of 2.
Photo of Amiga computer exhibit at the Andy Warhol Museum
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  • Scott David Witmer
Dispatches: Digital Preservation 2017 conference
A report from Pittsburgh on the National Digital Stewardship Alliance's annual conference, Digital Preservation 2017.
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  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
iPres 2018 Call for Contributions
iPres 2018 in Boston releases the initial call for contributions.
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  • Scott David Witmer
Personal Digital Archiving Guide Part 2: Media Types and File Formats
Part 2 of the Personal Digital Archiving Guide covers characteristics of digital file formats that you should consider when deciding how to preserve your digital materials.
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  • Jake Carlson
What does a Data Workflows Specialist Do Anyways?
We are very pleased to have Susan Borda join the UM-Library as our very first Data Workflows Specialist. What exactly does a Data Workflows Specialist do you ask? Read on...
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  • Scott A Martin
Digital Data in Biodiversity Conference, 6/5-6/6/17
The University of Michigan hosted the inaugural Digital Data in Biodiversity conference on June 5-6, 2017. Co-sponsored by NSF’s iDigBio program and the U-M Museums of Zoology, Paleontology, and the University Herbarium, this conference brought together researchers, database managers, and funders to discuss current projects and future plans for collection and use of biodiversity data.