Scott David Witmer
Posts tagged with Personal digital archiving in Blog Bits and Pieces
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![The landing page of the Digital Archiving Research Guide showing a brief introduction and content menu](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/screen_shot_2020-05-01_at_2.38.48_pm.png?itok=XU6uPpK9)
Announcing the publication of the Digital Archiving Research Guide, with tips and recommendations for organizing and preserving your personal digital files.
![Copies of the Personal Digital Archiving zine, featuring a cover drawing of a desktop computer with a rasterized spiral on the screen](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/img_0760.jpeg?itok=xIa3-9hr)
The Personal Digital Archiving zine is now available in the Digital Preservation Lab and in Shapiro Library Design Lab's Design-o-Matic 4000 vending machine!
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/img_0671.jpeg?itok=uvg_K6W_)
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.
![The UM Library Digital Preservation Unit's Pop-Up Digital Archiving Clinic on World Digital Preservation Day 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/dtmw6oewsaa8skt.jpg?itok=1YFJ8Hyq)
A brief photo tour of the Digital Preservation Unit's Pop-Up Digital Archiving event for World Digital Preservation Day 2018.
![Store display of commercially-available external hard drives](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/img_0401.jpg?itok=MHFCpHSW)
Part 3 of the Personal Digital Archiving series looks at storage options for backing up your digital data.
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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.
![Photo of text reading: "Everything not saved will be lost." Nintendo "Quit Screen" message](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/nintendoquote.png?itok=t8xjMrgA)
The first in a series of how-to guides helping you to preserve your personal files and archives!