Posts tagged with digital preservation in Blog Bits and Pieces

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screenshot of web development tools item inspector results of one of the images
  • susan borda
In Web Archiving, do you get just the images or the entire site with most functionality intact?

This blog will cover the process of just getting the image files and related text in Part 1. Part 2 will cover the process of making the JavaScript-enabled site function when run locally, allowing the content to have more meaning by being displayed in context.
Screenshot of transferred metadata in Archivematica METS file.
  • Abby Sypniewski
In 2024, The U-M Library Digital Preservation Lab uncovered an almost decade-old mistake in our metadata workflow. Luckily, we were able to use this as a learning experience to think about how we can anticipate future changes to metadata formatting standards in the digital archaeology space.
Lines of Web ARChive file format data, white typeface on a black background
  • Shauna-Kay Gabrielle Harrison
In response to the rise in book challenges in Michigan and across the country, a new web archive has been created to preserve, to the best of our ability, information regarding attempts to change collection development policies in public schools and public libraries.
An iron-on patch and a tan baseball hat on a wood picnic table surface, both with an embroidered design featuring a large ear of corn and the words Urbana Champaign Illinois
  • Scott David Witmer
The 2023 iPres conference at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana brought an international community of digital archivists to the Midwest for a week of sessions that explored a range of digital preservation challenges.
Silhouette of a person walking from a dark tunnel into a bright light
  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
Part two of our ongoing series on getting our dark repository back up and running. This post outlines our approach to moving forward.
A person facing a scary creature in the foggy darkness
  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
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.
  • Scott David Witmer
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.
The landing page of the Digital Archiving Research Guide showing a brief introduction and content menu
  • Scott David Witmer
Announcing the publication of the Digital Archiving Research Guide, with tips and recommendations for organizing and preserving your personal digital files.
  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
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.
  • Scott David Witmer
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.