Archivist LizAm I imagining things, or was there a session during #iPRES2024 where a Flemish(?) group presented on archiving SharePoint sites using a tool format/massage the metadata? Ring any bells? I looked through the proceedings, but nothing was popping out at me. #followerpower #ipres #digipres
Mickybonus points to Arkivum's Jack Leitch for leaning into the bake-off theme wearing a chef's hat! Jack is a returning baker from #ipres2024 - and will use the Library of Congress video data from the #ipres2025 pantry to showcase how Arkivum can extract metadata from AV objects.
Also based on feedback from the community, we are now introducing a special track for practicioners! There've been amazing practitioner demos in the past (special shout-outs to @vickyrampin demo at #ipres2024 and Nick Krabbenhoeft's demo at #ipres2023) but no dedicated submission track.
#ipres2025 is now introducing the "Amuse Bouche" challenge, where you can showcase small,self-contained tools. A winner will be chosen by the audience!
More on this submission track here:
https://www.ipres2025.nz/post/ipres-digital-preservation-bake-off-2025-amuse-bouche-challenge-tiny-tools-tasty-wins
#ipres2025 is now introducing the "Amuse Bouche" challenge, where you can showcase small,self-contained tools. A winner will be chosen by the audience!
More on this submission track here:
https://www.ipres2025.nz/post/ipres-digital-preservation-bake-off-2025-amuse-bouche-challenge-tiny-tools-tasty-wins
joshuatjI was looking up #iPRES2024 collaborative notes and noticed many of them are empty. @anj, have you done any analysis on the percentage of notes filled?
Also, should #iPRES2025 have collaborative notes for each session?
Mat KellyIda Haugen-Poljac used AI to identify hate speech and verbal attacks online using AI. #ipres2024 /cc @rezapour
Andy JacksonIf you're very curious about the project I'm working on, we've just release the video of the presentation we did earlier in the year, based on part of the #ipres2024 workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOv6usTbPhc
#DPClinic September – Registries of Good Practice
Rezensionsnerdista*newest addition to the #zenodo #digipres community*
"A Guide to Imaging Obscure Floppy Disk Formats" by @makethecatwise @Thorsted @archivist_Liz and Chris Knowles. While originally created for an #ipres2024 workshop, the guide is "written for people getting started with imaging floppy disks (...), particularly
smaller institutions or those with tight budgetary constraints".
Check it out here:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13828372
A Guide to Imaging Obscure Floppy Disk Formats
Memory institutions are grappling with the challenges posed by digital carriers in their collections. While solutions for more recent carriers like hard drives, optical discs, and flash storage are readily available, the landscape becomes trickier when dealing with older formats such as floppy disks. It is becoming increasingly difficult to source the hardware, such as 5.25”floppy drives. There are many boards that can read flux streams, including the KryoFlux, and the Award-winning Archivist’s Guide to KryoFlux can help to get started. But KryoFlux is somewhat limited in the disk formats it can interpret and might be too expensive for smaller institutions. We came together as practitioners because we encountered disk formats that required additional efforts to read and extract files. We explored hardware such as Greaseweazle and using FluxEngine software to read less common disk formats. Sharing the knowledge we have gained, this tutorial and workshop present an opportunity for participants to delve into these formats, examining them from both hardware and formatting perspectives. The session will start with a tutorial designed to showcase various options and tools (FluxEngine, GreaseWeazle), demonstrating how to make aging equipment compatible with contemporary machines. At the end of the tutorial, participants should have the knowledge to build their own forensic workstation for 5.25”and 3.5”floppy disks. Commencing with case studies, the workshop in the second half of the session will unravel the complexities of dealing with obscure formats and share valuable lessons learned. Participants will be equipped with practical tips and tricks for identification and handling, including utilizing Hex Editors and using tools for specific obscure disk formats (such as WANG). The aim is to empower participants with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the challenges associated with older formats.
New blog post: Tightrope - an iPRES 2024 trip report https://anjackson.net/2025/01/05/tightrope/ #DigiPres #iPRES2024
Dries MoreelsFitting with the festive time of the year, @anj converted the #ipres2024 program metadata (complete with fulltext and video links) into an amazing poetic ode: https://www.dpconline.org/blog/an-unexpected-gift ! As a gift that keeps giving, he also incorporated the data into the collaborative #digipres Publications Index at https://www.digipres.org/publications/ipres/ipres-2024/