The floppy disks in the garage: physical preservation conditions and digital media

This talk illustrates a case study of working with removable digital media previously stored in far-from-ideal conditions, in a small archives with minimal resources. The process included physical cleaning of disks, and resulted in over 90% of data being recovered and preserved. The preservation of born-digital materials begins well before they reach any archival institution.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2024-09-09
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13737775
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Digital and Traditional Archives Management
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The floppy disks in the garage: physical preservation conditions and digital media

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Digital and Traditional Archives Management
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The floppy disks in the garage: physical preservation conditions and digital media

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Abstract

This talk illustrates a case study of working with removable digital media previously stored in far-from-ideal conditions, in a small archives with minimal resources. The process included physical cleaning of disks, and resulted in over 90% of data being recovered and preserved. The preservation of born-digital materials begins well before they reach any archival institution.

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