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Challenges of Removable Media in Digital Preservation Eddy Colloton AAPB NDSR Jan 12 2017 Challenges of Removable Media in Digital Preservation Eddy Colloton AAPB NDSR Jan 12 2017 Resources: American Archive of Public Broadcasting, National Digital Stewardship Residency: https://ndsr.americanarchive.org/ ​ Byers, Fred R. "4. How Long Can You Store CDs and DVDs and Use Them Again?" - Council on Library and Information Resources. October 2003. Accessed July 22, 2015. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/sec4.html. ​ Coughlin, Tom, Jim Handy, Easen Ho, Eden Kim, ‘Choosing the Right Solid State Storage Device: A Case Study of the SNIA SSSI Performance Test Specification’, November 2010, http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/SSS%20PTS%20Whitepaper%20Nov20 10.pdf Dicks, Christopher. "Computer Hard Disks and Diskettes." Canadian Conservation Institute.http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1456340763236 ​ Digital Forensics Wiki: http://forensicswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page ​ Duryee, Alexander. "An Introduction to Optical Media Preservation." The Code4Lib Journal Syndication. April 16, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2015. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/9581. ​ ​ Floppy Disk Data Separator Design Guide for the DP8473. National ​ Semiconductor Corporation, 1995. http://info-coach.fr/atari/hardware/_fd-hard/AN-505.pdf Jon L. Jacobi, ‘The Proper Care and Feeding of SSD Storage’, May 2013, http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038511/the-care-and-feeding-of-ssds-wh at-makes-these-speedy-drives-hum.html Lunt, Barry M. "How Long Is Long Term Data Storage." 2011. Accessed July 22, 2015. http://www.imaging.org/ist/publications/reporter/articles/REP26_3_4_AR CH2011_Lunt.pdf. ​ Lui, Gough. “Project KryoFlux—Part 2: Why Bother With It?” Gough’s Tech Zone. April 21, 2013. http://goughlui.com/2013/04/21/project-kryoflux-part-3-recovery-in-pra ctise/ Morel, Morgan and George Blood, George Blood Audio Video Film. Preserving Write-Once DVDs Producing Disc Images, Extracting Content, and Addressing Flaws and Errors. April, 2014. ​ http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/Preserve_ DVDs_BloodReport_20140901.pdf Neary, David. “A Solid State of Affairs: Memory Revolution or Technological Flash in the Pan?” New York University. http:// ​ www.nyu.edu/tisch/preservation/program/student_work/2014fall/ 14F_1807_Neary_A3.docx Nhan, Anna, O. Slattery, F. Byers, A. Klepchukov, J. Zheng, C. Shahani, M. Youket, E. Eusman, and N. Olson. NIST/Library of Congress ​ (LoC) Optical Disc Longevity Study. Washington, D.C.: National ​ Institute of Standards, 2007. http://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rt/NIST_LC_OpticalDiscLongev ity.pdf. ​ Owens, Trevor. Getting Public Radio’s Legacy Off Ageing Rewritable ​ CDs: An Interview with WNYC’s John Passmore. The Signal. February 24, ​ 2014. https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2014/02/getting-public-radios-legacy-o ff-ageing-rewritable-cds-an-interview-with-wnycs-john-passmore/ Prael, Alice. “To Image or Copy -The Compact Disc Digital Audio Dilemma.” Saving Digital Stuff, Yale University Library, 2016. http://campuspress.yale.edu/borndigital/2016/12/20/to-image-or-copy-th e-compact-disc-digital-audio-dilemma/ Sieber, Tina. CDs Are Not Forever: The Truth About CD/DVD Longevity, ​ “Mold” & “Rot.” Make Use Of, July 3, 2012. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cds-truth-cddvd-longevity-mold-rot/ Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information. "Preserving Digital Information." May 1, 1996. Accessed July 22, 2015. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-37887-7. Waugh, Dorothy. A Dogged Pursuit: Capturing Forensic Images of 3.5” ​ Floppy Disks.Practical Technology for Archives. ​ https://practicaltechnologyforarchives.org/issue2_waugh/ Wilsey, Laura, Rebecca Skirvin, "Capturing and Processing Born-Digital Files in the STOP AIDS Project Records: A Case Study." Journal of Western Archives 4:1(2013), http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context =westernarchives. ​ .
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