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February 6, 2020 •
  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
Shameless Self-Promotion is the Best Kind of Self-Promotion
Over the past year our work has been featured in a video and podcast.
Lance Stuchell, Head of the Digital Preservation Unit, points at a screen display of 3.5-inch floppy disks during a World Digital Preservation Day event.
November 8, 2019 •
  • Scott David Witmer
World Digital Preservation Day 2019
The U-M Digital Preservation Unit celebrated World Digital Preservation Day on November 7 with zines, cookies, and a 3.5-inch floppy disk data rescue demonstration.
Box of Zip disks
April 18, 2019 •
  • Christina Min
Click-Click-Dead: Pt. 1
The click of death and more fun with Zip disks!
A open sign in a shop window
November 13, 2018 •
  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
A New Website for the Digital Preservation Lab
Our Digital Preservation Lab now has a cool website with shared versions of our workflows to transfer material off current and obsolete media; information on new and vintage equipment used in the lab; and a selection of reports and research on born-digital preservation.
Mold removal setup
October 4, 2018 •
  • Christina Min
Mold is Weird: Part 2
Part two outlining our findings after discovering some moldy floppy disks.
Moldy floppy disk
July 18, 2018 •
  • Christina Min
Mold is Weird: Part 1
The first post on how we are dealing with moldy 5.25 floppy disks.
Artsy floppy disk
June 8, 2018 •
  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
Digital Preservation Lab 2.0
Major upgrades to our lab space!
Computer monitor planter
March 20, 2018 •
  • 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.