01
Introduction to Digital Preservation
Saturday, July 23, 12: 00 – 3:00pm Eastern Time
Session One Program
12:00 Introductions
12:30 DigiPres Standards & NDSA Levels of Preservation
01:15 BREAK
01:30 Pre-Recorded Video Q&A with Jonathan Farbowitz
02:10 Digital Preservation Packaging
03:00 Session End
Session Resources
NDSA Levels Rubric
Example Package Logs
Pre-Recorded Videos
Jonathan Farbowitz
Conservation of Computer-Based Artworks
Nicole Martin
Foundations of Digital Technology
Digital File Makeup
Preserving Data Integrity
Readings
NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation
Peltzman: Expanding NDSA Levels of Preservation
The Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model
PREMIS: Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies
02
Systems, Hardware & Repair
Sunday, July 24, 12: 00 – 3:00pm Eastern Time
Session Two Program
12:00 Exercise: Identify Preservation Package Contents
12:15 Introduction to Hardware Identification & Preservation
12:45 Breakout Groups: Microcontroller Component Identification
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
01:15 BREAK
01:30 Repair & Obsolescence
02:00 Systems Diagramming Presentation & Group Exercise
02:20 Breakout Groups: Diagram a System in Teams
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
03:00 Session End
Readings
GFCGlobal: Inside a Computer
Goldmark/Sierra Club: Built Not to Last: How to Overcome Planned Obsolescence
Khowala: Designing to Enable Repair
03
Software, Emulation & Troubleshooting
Sunday, July 30, 12: 00 – 3:00pm Eastern Time
Session Three Program
12:00 Introduction to Emulation
12:30 Software & Emulation Discussion with Ethan Gates
01:30 BREAK
01:45 Basic Troubleshooting
02:00 Furbee Organ Group Exercise
02:30 Closing Shop Breakout Groups
03:00 Session End
Pre-Recorded Videos
Caroline Gil
Disk Imaging Computer-Based Artworks
Ethan Gates
Software, Emulation, and Preservation of Computing Environments
Readings
Gil, Krabbenhoeft, Rhonemus, Turkus: Restart it Again – Troubleshooting in Context
Dulaney, Certification Magazine: A guide to troubleshooting theory from a CompTIA A+ perspective
Additional Links and Resources
Digital Preservation History
DP Workshop Digital Technology and Preservation Timeline
The Signal: Digital Preservation Pioneer: Clifford Lynch
Lynch: Accessibility and Integrity of Networked Information Collections (1993)
Digital Preservation Packaging
Bagit: A Video Introduction
Kim, Ross: Digital Forensics Formats: Seeking a Digital Preservation Storage Container Format
Conserving Computer-Based Artwork
Farbowitz: Archiving Computer-Based Artworks
Engel & Phillips: Applying conservation ethics to the examination and treatment of software- and computer-based art
Engel & Wharton: The Documentation of Artists’ Source Code as a Preservation Tool
Computer-Based Artwork Conservation & Preservation Groups & Initiatives
Preserving Immersive Media Group
Preserving Immersive Media Research Project at Tate
Guggenheim Conserving Computer-Based Artwork Initiative
Bitcurator Consortium
File Formats, Risk & Obsolescence
Gary Kessler: List of File Signatures
Martin: What is a Digital File?
Library of Congress Sustainability of Digital Formats
Jackson: Formats Over Time, UK Libraries
Digital Preservation Coalition: Digital Preservation Handbook, File Formats and Standards
FADGI: Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative: File Format Comparison Projects
Disk Imaging
Colloton, Farbowitz, Fortunato & Gil: Towards Best Practices In Disk Imaging: A Cross-Institutional Approach
MoMA Peer Forum Disk Imaging Resources
Smithsonian Time-Based Media and Digital Art: Disk Imaging, Software, and Emulation
DANNNG Digital Archives: Disk Imaging Decision Factors
Guggenheim Museum: Workflow for Disk Imaging
Tate: Disk Imaging Guide
Data Integrity, Fixity & Safe File Transfer
Checking Your Digital Content: An NDSA Publication
Baily: Protect Your Data (The Signal)
Rice: Reconsidering Checksums
Havemeyer-King: Trojan Dots and DIY Solutions (NDSR Blog)
Goldin: A gentle introduction to rsync, a free, powerful tool for media ingest
Digital Storage
Google – Pinheiro, Weber, Barroso: Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population
Glicksman: Storage Architectures and Network
2017 NDSA Storage Survey & Report
Clipper Notes: LTO tape advantages over disk
Backblaze – Klein: What Can 49,056 Hard Drives Tell Us?
