✨Bringing light to #FileFormats ✨
Tough on the outside with food for thought inside!
File formats reveal a lot about the different meanings of an object.
CPP-008 and CPP-010 help you uncover them through #FileFormatIdentification and #FileFormatValidation:
http://tiny.cc/cpp-desc
✨Bringing light to #StorageManagement ✨
Things can go wrong, but you’re not alone! CPP-011 and CPP-030 help you stay prepared.
Explore CPP-011 to learn how to manage spare copies. CPP-030 guides you in protecting storage media from decay and failure: http://tiny.cc/cpp-desc
✨Bringing light to #SafeguardingDataHealth ✨
Digital preservation is stingy: Bits can rot, humans are humans.
Explore CPP-007 to learn how #VirusScanning shields you from malice.
CPP-004 and CPP-027 are your safety net for managing #DataCorruption and #FileRepair: http://tiny.cc/cpp-desc
I'm currently archiving Bitsavers. I won't be an official mirror, but the content will be accessible from my digital archive site.
✨Bringing light to #IntegrityChecking ✨
Preservation is a continuous responsibility. Recalculating and comparing checksums helps you detect bit rot, verify that files remain unchanged, and maintain an audit trail.
Learn more about #IntegrityChecks in CPP-003: http://tiny.cc/cpp-desc
🙋🏼 Join us this Thursday (4 Dec, 2pm EST) for #DPConnect Americas. It's your online space to drop in and discuss all things digital preservation!
Come along for a chat with local #digitalpreservation folks. All are welcome ☺️
https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/520/-/dpconnect-americas
Calling #digipres colleagues worldwide 📣 We’re looking for volunteers to share their workflows for the March 2026 #DPC Workflow Webinars!
Share your #digitalpreservation workflow, spark discussion, and help strengthen our community in the 2026 Workflow Webinars series, planned for 2-6 March.
Read more & fill out the Form: https://www.dpconline.org/news/share-your-digipres-workflow
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #community #workflow #LetsConnect #JoinUs
What is #digitalpreservation? - Digital Preservation Coalition
Digital Preservation Refers to the series of managed activities necessary to ensure continued access to digital materials for as long as necessary ...(digital preservation) refers to all of the actions required to maintain access to digital materials beyond the limits of media failure or technological and organisational change
My first weeks at Artefactual Systems Inc.
by @beet_keeper
There was a great response to my move away from the public sector into a private sector company (that’s right, I no longer work for the government!).
The organisation I joined, we, (Artefactual) specialise in developing open source digital preservation, archival description, and discovery solutions.
https://twitter.com/archivematica/status/922285241116459008
I started November 1, and
#archivematica #archives #digitalPreservation #openSource #oss
Digital preservation at the coalface: or how I learned that glamping doesn’t always involve the vast wilderness
by @beet_keeper
The last Friday of March this year I was invited by Elizabeth Kata at the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) to give a presentation at the Vienna Institute for Historical Research (Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung). I don’t have a transcript for the day, or set notes I followed, but here is the essence of the talk I gave that day, touching on, among other things,
#archives #archivists #coalface #digipres #digitalPreservation #europe #glam #instsem #jhove #linux #maori #outreach #presentations #talks #waiata
Micky
hyperreal
Digital Preservation Coalition
STOPDISINFORMATION
Ross Spencer