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PRESERVATION IN A DIGITAL WORLD. Presented By: Darrell Garwood Imaging Lab Manager Library and Archives Division Kansas State Historical Society Dgarwood@kshs.org 785-272-8681, ext.141. If you don’t save it, it is gone. Analog Digital Scanned images Camera images Born digital images
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PRESERVATION IN A DIGITAL WORLD Presented By: Darrell Garwood Imaging Lab Manager Library and Archives Division Kansas State Historical Society Dgarwood@kshs.org 785-272-8681, ext.141
If you don’t save it, it is gone. Analog Digital Scanned images Camera images Born digital images Digital recordings
Analog • Equipment dependent • Deteriorating or stable • Reformat, save or recycle original
Digital • Equipment dependent • Deteriorating or stable • Reformat, save or recycle original
Scanned Images • Scanning parameters File format • Uncompressed and lossy tiff for images • Uncompressed AIFF or WAV encouraged for audio • Mp3 discouraged • Semi-compressed MPEG2 for video
Has my work been compressed? • Compression is a bad word for digital formats of any kind. • Select a lossless and uncompressed format to store your master files and recordings. • TIFF, AIFF or other non-proprietary file format • Find a SAN, somewhere. • Cloud????
CDs and DVDs • These are storage mediums, not stone. • Verify, verify, verify. • Establish a refresh cycle of 3 to 5 years.
Friends • NDNP • Regional Library System-ILDP • Kansas Humanities Council-Preservation grants