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Computerized tomography (CT) scan of the right tusk of an African elephant
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  • Joanna Thielen
Measuring hormone concentrations in woolly mammoth and African elephant tusks: Interview with Dr. Adam Rountrey from the UM Museum of Paleontology
In this interview, Dr. Adam Rountrey is the Research Museum Collection Manager (Vertebrates/Plants) and 3D Specialist at the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology (UMMP) describes his research on hormone levels in woolly mammoth and African elephants tusks. Several CT scans of these specimens are available in Deep Blue Data.
Headshot of Yingxiao Zhang, PhD candidate in the Climate and Space Sciences department 
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  • Jake Carlson
  • Rachel Woodbrook
  • Joanna Thielen
Simulating historical and future pollen emissions: An Interview with Yingxiao Zhang
In this interview, Yingxiao Zhang (PhD candidate in the Climate and Space Sciences department) describes why she decided to share the data set entitled "Simulated historical (1995-2014) and future (2081-2100) pollen emission using PECM2.0" in Deep Blue Data.
Magnified images of snow using micro-computed tomography
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  • Joanna Thielen
  • Jake Carlson
  • Rachel Woodbrook
Measuring Snow Reflectance: Interview with Dr. Adam Schneider
In this interview, Dr. Adam Schneider (U-M alum; PhD in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences 2018) described why he decided to share the data set entitled "Supporting data for the Near-Infrared Emitting and Reflectance-Monitoring Dome" in Deep Blue Data.
Yellow naval vessel in the marine laboratory wave tank
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  • Joanna Thielen
  • Jake Carlson
  • Rachel Woodbrook
Stabilizing Ships with a Flywheel: Interview with Nate Clemett
In this interview, Nate Clemett (Master's student in the naval architecture and marine engineering department) describes his research and why he decided to share his data set entitled "Flywheel Energy Storage System Roll Dataset" in Deep Blue Data.
Dr. Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales interviewing a Lannang speaker
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  • Joanna Thielen
  • Rachel Woodbrook
  • Jake Carlson
Documenting a Mixed Language: Interview with Dr. Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales
In this interview, Dr. Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales (U-M alum; PhD in Linguistics 2022) describes why he decided to share the data set entitled "The Lannang Corpus (LanCorp): A POS-tagged, sociolinguistic corpus containing recordings and transcriptions of Lannang speech collected from the metropolitan Manila Lannangs between 2016 and 2020" in Deep Blue Data.
A person facing a scary creature in the foggy darkness
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  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
The Horrors of Good Intentions: Told through the story of a dark repository.
An overview and lessons learned from challenges faced in the management of our dark repository.
Photo of several dozen empty white metal bird cages hanging in a cluster.
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  • Scott David Witmer
Archiving Twitter
Turmoil at Twitter is causing concerns about the platform’s long-term stability. Here are a few methods for copying and preserving your Twitter data.
Image of a clipboard and pen
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  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
Our First Digital Preservation Assessment
In the summer and early fall of 2021, the Digital Preservation Steering Committee undertook a focused assessment to surface current roadblocks to implementing a more comprehensive digital preservation program. Keep reading to find out the results and our plan to address our programmatic gaps!
Image of the start/finish line of a track
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  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
A Starting Line for Digital Preservation
We have drafted a document outlining what "digital preservation" means at our institution.
The landing page of the Digital Archiving Research Guide showing a brief introduction and content menu
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  • Scott David Witmer
Digital Archiving Research Guide
Announcing the publication of the Digital Archiving Research Guide, with tips and recommendations for organizing and preserving your personal digital files.