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How are we approaching identification, selection and #appraisal in #digitalpreservation right now? Which reference documents are we using? And what does 'long-term' mean anyway? 🤔
The #EOSC EDEN team did a survey - I've blogged about our findings here […]

Secure digitisation ensures valuable information is preserved for the future. Data longevity matters.
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Secure digitisation ensures valuable information is preserved for the future. Data longevity matters.
#DataPreservation #SecureDigitisation #FutureReady #www.nexarasoft.in

WaffleCopyPRO v2.8.2 - The Oasis BBS WaffleCopyPRO v2.8.2 fixes the IPF or ADF extension mix-up when reading disks, preventing bogus IPF filenames.

WaffleCopyPRO v2.8.2 Fixes Wrong IPF Extensions When Reading Amiga Disks
#WaffleCopyPRO #Amiga #FloppyDisks #RetroComputing #DataPreservation #DiskImaging #ADF #IPF #DrawBridge #OpenSource

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Project Silica Explained: A Look at “Digital Immortality” Today we examine the ambitious Project Silica, a research initiative that explores the possibility of creating storage media capable of outlasting modern civilization. Developed by Microsoft, the project addresses a fundamental challenge of the 21st century: how to preserve humanity’s data in a form that can survive not just generations, but potentially the collapse of current […] Post Project Silica Explained: A Look at “Digital Immortality” at Root-Nation.com.

Project Silica Explained: A Look at “Digital Immortality” #ProjectSilica #DigitalImmortality #Microsoft #DataPreservation #FutureTechnology

The Perpetual Motion of Tape Migration: Is Your Archive Eating Itself? In the world of data preservation, there is a recurring nightmare that many IT managers know all too well. It is the relentless cycle of LTO tape migration. As LTO 6 reaches its end of life, many orga...

In the world of LTO tape technology - are you spending an inordinate amount of time and frustration on migrating your data between LTO formats? There is an alternative! Read this to find out: www.diskarchive.com/post/the-per...

#LTO #DataArchives #PAC #archive #Petabyte #datapreservation

Researchers urge strict chain-of-custody, hashing and standardized working files for user-generated audio evidence Dr. Rob Maher of Montana State University urged investigators to preserve originals, compute hash codes, block device communications, and create standardized working files (for example 48 kHz, 16-bit WAV) when handling user-generated audio to protect integrity and enable reliable analysis.

Dr. Rob Maher emphasizes the crucial need for forensic teams to treat user-generated audio evidence with the same rigor as traditional evidence, ensuring its integrity and reliability in investigations.

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#US #MontanaForensics #CitizenPortal #ForensicStandards #DataPreservation

💼 HSR Filing Surges and the Discovery Imperative in Transaction Workflows 🔎 Read the complete article from ComplexDiscovery OÜ at complexdiscovery.com/the-hsr-earl.... #LegalTech #DiscoveryStrategy #HSRCompliance #DataPreservation #RegulatoryDiscovery

Join us for Love Data Week 2026 | SFU Library

Happy Love Data Week!

For #LoveData26, libraries at @sfu.ca, UBC, UNBC, and @uvic.ca join up, offering a series of talks and workshops. All events are hosted online and registration is open to everyone!

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#OpenData #DataVisualization #DataRecovery #DataPreservation

I’ve officially hit the point where I need a NAS. The Tower Project Archives are ~550GB and growing, and I need the space to fully uncompress and organize everything. My long term goal is to make the entire archive publicly accessible. Any budget friendly recommendations? #DataPreservation

Discussions touched on IA's infrastructure, from tape vs. disk storage to improving torrent generation/downloads. Enhancing these technical aspects is crucial for efficient data preservation and broader content access. #DataPreservation 5/5

Data is disappearing, but truth matters.

In her Fall 2025 Wallace House Journal piece, Laura Santhanam ’25 shows why rescuing federal datasets and fearless reporting are essential for understanding our world: https://bit.ly/492B0R4

#JournalismMatters #DataPreservation #WallaceHouseJournal

Don't underestimate the persistence needed for optical media recovery. Combining software retries with careful physical cleaning and patience offers the best chance to rescue your valuable data from old discs. Every bit counts! #DataPreservation 6/6

Shadow library scraped 86 million Spotify tracks for preservation Anna's Archive distributed 256 million Spotify metadata rows and 86 million audio files totaling 300 terabytes, representing 99.6% of platform listens.

Shadow library scraped 86 million Spotify tracks for preservation #Spotify #MusicPreservation #DigitalLibrary #DataPreservation #ShadowLibrary

Shadow library scraped 86 million Spotify tracks for preservation Anna's Archive distributed 256 million Spotify metadata rows and 86 million audio files totaling 300 terabytes, representing 99.6% of platform listens.

Shadow library scraped 86 million Spotify tracks for preservation #Spotify #MusicPreservation #DigitalLibrary #DataPreservation #ShadowLibrary

The discussion highlighted the technical simplicity supporting OpenBenches' robust data. It's a prime example of how user-generated content, when curated effectively, creates invaluable, living archives for public good. 💾 #DataPreservation 4/6

Preserving the data of LGBTQ+ history An interview with Dr. Clair Kronk. _Photo by Olga from Pictrip, modified by Pax Ahimsa Gethen_ by _Pax Ahimsa Gethen_ In what is rapidly becoming a “post-truth” society, queer and trans people face ongoing misinformation, censorship, and erasure of our history on websites and social media. To restore and preserve accurate information about our communities, some have turned to Wikipedia, the free, volunteer-run encyclopedia, and its sister Wikimedia projects, including the knowledge base Wikidata. While many have found these projects relatively reliable on trans topics – to the chagrin of those who prefer Grok’s version of truth – they have plenty of room for improvement. One trans scholar working to improve the collection and accuracy of LGBTQ+ information is Dr. Clair Kronk (she/her), an ontologist, terminologist, medical informaticist, and natural language processing researcher who serves as an assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In an interview with _Assigned Media,_ Kronk said, “So many queer resources are disappearing from the internet and are only partially preserved or completely lost. It is so crucial that people know we were here.” Kronk recently talked about her work at Queering Wikipedia, an annual conference for queer and trans Wikimedians and allies. Having edited Wikipedia since childhood, she became more involved in the community during grad school while serving on the board of Homosaurus, a linked data vocabulary of LGBTQ+ terms which is currently maintained by the Digital Transgender Archive. Kronk went on to contribute her expertise to a Wikidata initiative, WikiProject Personal Pronouns, which aims to improve the accuracy of pronouns assigned to humans and fictional characters represented in the project. Precision and accurate terminology are very important in Kronk’s work. Her recognition of this importance, coupled with her experience of transitioning during graduate school, led her to create GSSO, the Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation Ontology. This resource helps facilitate accurate and respectful communication between health professionals and their queer and trans patients. As Kronk explained to _Assigned Media,_ “My research focuses on a number of different problems where the underlying idea is: ‘we have the data, but it isn't understandable – let's make it more understandable’.” Another data collection Kronk started toward that end is lgbtDB, a “cousin” project to Wikidata she envisions as “a free, reliable, and comprehensive database of LGBTQIA+ resources that preserves historical and contemporary lived realities of queer people.” She sees it as a “search engine for other places across the web, that allows people to find books, medical research, comics, video games, Cuneiform tablets, laws, events, and places where their experiences are represented.” Unlike Wikipedia and Wikidata, lgbtDB does not allow any inclusion of deadnames. The database also includes items that might not be considered notable enough for inclusion in Wikimedia projects. In contrast to those projects that “anyone can edit”, applications for accounts on lgbtDB are individually reviewed for approval, to stave off vandalism and harassment. On coping with transphobia from Wikimedia editors, Kronk said, “I have been fairly lucky in this regard so far, but many of my colleagues and friends have dealt with far worse. I do hope, generally, there is a path forward where transphobia is not provided an open license on Wikimedia projects.” Folks interested in helping out with lgbtDB don’t need any particular expertise. “To add information to lgbtDB, all you need is a bit of data entry experience!”, Kronk said. “While those with more technical or coding experience might be able to help with some of the larger datasets, anyone of any skill level can add information to our growing encyclopedia.” The lgbtDB project is hosted on Wikibase Cloud, a free resource using the same Wikibase software suite that underlies Wikidata. Kronk highly recommends the service for people working in GLAM institutions (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums). Affordable resources for archivists and researchers are greatly needed, as the anti-DEI actions of the Trump administration have made it difficult to find funding for LGBTQ-related projects. “Even before these restrictions were in place, funding was a constant need in the academic world,” Kronk explained. “Right now, many of us are attempting to pivot where possible, but early-career investigators (people who finished graduate school in the last 5-7 years) are suffering the most. Some of us are lucky to have seed funding or foundation funding to help us continue vital research, but right now nothing new is able to be funded during the shutdown at all.” Asked if she has advice for young trans folks considering careers in STEM fields, Kronk stressed the importance of community. “I made a plan in undergrad to come out to my parents, but I was honestly too scared,” she related. “I was not in a strong place financially and I wasn't sure my friends would support me. Looking back, I think they absolutely would have, and my parents ended up being supportive as well, and I'm so grateful for that. But making sure you have that support network is absolutely crucial.” Kronk continued, “STEM fields are often very trans and queer friendly! 500 Queer Scientists is a super incredible resource to connect with people in any field for their specific experiences and advice too.” Kronk gave thanks to those who supported and encouraged her during graduate school, including her mentor Dr. Judith Dexheimer, Dr. Randall Sell, and Dr. Susan Stryker. With talented, conscientious individuals like Dr. Clair Kronk working on our behalf, hope remains that trans knowledge and history will be preserved – accurately and respectfully – for future generations. * * * _Pax Ahimsa Gethen_ _(they/them) is a queer Black trans writer and editor. They live in San Francisco with their spouse Ziggy._

"So many queer resources are disappearing from the internet and are only partially preserved or completely lost. It is so crucial that people know we were here."

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#news #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ+ #DataPreservation

🚀 Big news: the Aaru GUI is complete!
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⚠️ Still in alpha, so expect bugs… but enjoy the ride! 🎉 #opensource #datapreservation

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#InternetArchive #DataPreservation

GenAI image of binary code inside a preserving jar (image generated using DALL-E)

So bleiben Forschungsdaten erhalten: Dieser Kurs am #TrainingTuesday (#Trainingsdienstag) erklärt, wie wichtig digitale Langzeitarchivierung ist und wie man sie am besten umsetzt. #DataPreservation

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We're excited to join Cerabyte for a Birds of a Feather session at iPRES on 11/5.

We'll discuss the Digital Vellum Project and how to preserve digital records for generations to come. bit.ly/4nszaOL #datapreservation #digitalrecords #datamigration

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Historic logs, surveys, customer complaints, unsorted entries—turn all of them into valuable, filterable, searchable data with (Un)Perplexed Spready.
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#DataPreservation #ArchiveTech #AIConversion #QualResearch #NLP #SurveyAnalysis

📊 At #IDW2025 in Brisbane, a side event addressed long-term #datapreservation challenges, vital for TERN. Congratulations to Dr Alison Specht and attendees for talks on "Long-term data workflow". Looking forward to collaborating on a follow-up paper!

AI Assistant Enables Long-Term Access to RHIC Scientific Knowledge

To preserve RHIC’s 25‑year legacy, an AI‑powered assistant now gives natural‑language access to the collider’s archives, which total roughly one exabyte of data. getnews.me/ai-assistant-enables-lon... #rhic #aiassistant #datapreservation

Eternity Crystal: The 5D Storage Breakthrough Preserving 360TB For Billions of Years The technology, pioneered by researchers at the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre, is a monumental leap beyond…

Eternity Crystal: The 5D Storage Breakthrough Preserving 360TB For Billions of Years.

#5DDataStorage #EternityCrystal #DataPreservation #Nanotechnology, #FutureTech, #DigitalDarkAge, #QuartzDataStorage, #TechInnovation, #ScienceBreakthrough #BigData #SustainableTech

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Preserving At-Risk Public Data - Ithaka S+R ‪Federal data enable cutting-edge research and underpin decision making across the public and private sector—but that data is increasingly at risk. Learn about efforts to safeguard public access to fe...

Preserving At-Risk Public Data - An Interview with the Data Rescue Project Steering Committee

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#DataRescue #OpenData #DataPreservation #PublicData #DigitalPreservation #DataAccess #AtRiskData #ResearchData #OpenScience #DataSharing #KnowledgePreservation

A woman in a lab coat interacts with digital data visualizations on a large screen. Bold text overlay reads "Public Data Is Disappearing: What’s at Risk and Why It Matters" with a downward yellow arrow indicating data loss. ISR logo appears in the bottom left corner.

Data the public relies on is vanishing. In a new article, ISR researchers @maggielevenstein.bsky.social and @johnkubale.bsky.social explain what’s happening, how it affects public trust, and what can be done to preserve critical data.

Read more: myumi.ch/D8XdE

#DataPreservation #ProtectScience

The Forever Website - Why would you need it? Protecting Your Digital Legacy: The Hidden Risks of Data Ownership and Blockchain Solutions....the fate of information when users or organisations can no longer actively manage their data.

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#DigitalLegacy #BlockchainStorage #DataPreservation #ImmutableWeb #DecentralisedStorage #PermanentWebsite #WebArchiving #DigitalPermanence #ProtectYourData #DigitalOwnership #SecureWebBackup #DataIntegrity