Old dog…new tricks! TAGS: 5.25" floppy disks | digital forensics | Digital Preservation | kryoflux A few weeks ago – and with some money left in the kitty – I made a pitch to purchase some additional equipment to build on established procedures in place …Continue reading →

Interested in Digital Preservation? Come along to our ‘Edinburgh Preserves’ event! TAGS: Collaboration | Digital Preservation | Edinburgh Preserves | networking If you’re in the Edinburgh area on the 16th February and would like to hear/learn a bit more about local Digital Preservation projects and activities, or if you even have …Continue reading →

Digital Preservation Training Programme: London (7-9 April 2014) TAGS: Digital Preservation | Digital Preservation Training Programme | DPTP | OAIS | Open Archival Information System | Training | ULCC | University of London Computer Centre The University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) recently ran its award-winning Digital Preservation Training Programme and I was fortunate enough to win a scholarship from the Digital Preservation Coalition to …Continue reading →

Thinking about a Data Vault TAGS: data asset register | DataVault | Digital Preservation | private data [Reposted from https://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/blog/2013/12/20/thinking-about-a-data-vault/] In a recent blog post, we looked at the four quadrants of research data curation systems.  This categorised systems that manage or describe research data assets by whether …Continue reading →