This is the fourth in a series about archiving to removable media (optical discs such as BD-Rs and DVD+Rs or portable hard drives). Here are the first three parts: In part 1, I laid out my goals for the project, and considered a number of tools before determining dar and git-annex were my leading options. … Continue reading Backing Up and Archiving to Removable Media: dar vs. git-annex→| The Changelog
This is the third post in a series about data archiving to removable media (optical discs and hard drives). In the first, I explained the difference between backing up and archiving, established goals for the project, and said I’d evaluate git-annex and dar. The second post evaluated git-annex, and now it’s time to look at … Continue reading Using dar for Data Archiving→| The Changelog
In my recent post about data archiving to removable media, I laid out the difference between backing up and archiving, and also said I’d evaluate git-annex and dar. This post evaluates git-annex. The next will look at dar, and then I’ll make a comparison post. What is git-annex? git-annex is a fantastic and versatile program … Continue reading Using git-annex for Data Archiving→| The Changelog
I have several TB worth of family photos, videos, and other data. This needs to be backed up — and archived. Backups and archives are often thought of as similar. And indeed, they may be done with the same tools at the same time. But the goals differ somewhat: Backups are designed to recover from … Continue reading Recommendations for Tools for Backing Up and Archiving to Removable Media→| The Changelog
I have tried all of the following applications (download.cnet.com - the free ones), and none of them will convert an RAR archive to a ZIP, without compressing the files ("store" mode). 7-ZIP would be| Super User
A typical scroll trip through almost any social media stream. People share a link to something from the New York Times. Clunk. Another from the Washington Post. Thud. MIT Technology Review? Splat. …| CogDogBlog
Digitizing videotape collections can be a lot of work, but it can be made more manageable by selecting and prioritizing, doing what you can in-house, and collaborating and sharing resources within a community. The post Digitizing WITNESS Videotapes Through a Community Partnership appeared first on WITNESS Archiving.| WITNESS Archiving
Archivist Yvonne Ng discusses new initiatives out of Ferguson, Baltimore and Cleveland to collect and preserve records of police abuse and protest movements. The post Community-Based Approaches to Archives From the Black Lives Matter Movement appeared first on WITNESS Archiving.| WITNESS Archiving
Should more be done to prepare archivists for the unexpected emotional impact of working with human rights media? The post The (Unexpected) Emotional Impact of Archiving appeared first on WITNESS Archiving.| WITNESS Archiving
The Refugee Law Project (RLP) is a human rights organization in Uganda that recently undertook a video archiving project with the help of the Activist’s Guide to Archiving Video. Patrick Otim talks to WITNESS about RLP's experience with archiving, the difficulties RLP faced, and why it is such an important project. The post WITNESS Talks to Patrick Otim of the Refugee Law Project about Video Archiving appeared first on WITNESS Archiving.| WITNESS Archiving
(You wait ages for an archiving blog post and two come along at once!)| Jonathan Dowland's Weblog
I recently learned that, about 6 months ago, the Debian webteam| Jonathan Dowland's Weblog
I just received my copy of The Paper issue 147 (Spring 2025) which features my article titled “Preserving the legacy of famous paperfolders — and yours”. It is based in part on the discussion I initiated at CfC 2024 and mentions various stories of how the origami legacies of various famous creators were preserved, or restored. I also discuss how you, as a creator, can help others manage your creations for the case of your death or incapacitation. The article is available to subscribers ...| Origami by Michał Kosmulski
More than 2,000 datasets have disappeared from data.gov since Trump was inaugurated. But analyzing exactly what happened and where it went is going to take some time.| 404 Media
What are the new directions in scholarly publishing? Check out the unique "reverse roundtable" discussions at SSP's New Directions seminar!| The Scholarly Kitchen
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Written by Ines Aisengart Menezes and Yvonne Ng At WITNESS, one common question we hear from partners and community-based human rights video practitioners that we support on archiving is “What database tool should I use to manage my videos?”. It’s a tricky question, because there isn’t one single correct answer. Usually, our reply is, “It […] The post Cataloging Tools for Human Rights Video Archiving appeared first on WITNESS Blog.| WITNESS Blog
This blog post shares the findings from WITNESS's 2022-2023 archiving survey for activists and community-based human rights practitioners.| WITNESS Blog
WITNESS launches the #ArchiveLife global campaign which recenters video archiving as a valuable action that preserves community memory.| WITNESS Blog
This blog post remembers the millions of murdered and displaced Rohingyas, and calls for the rightful preservation of their histories.| WITNESS Blog
I use a Libarchive copy in Pcompress to do archiving. Pcompress prepares the list of pathnames to be archived and calls low-level libarchive apis to archive the pathnames for fine-granied control. …| The Pseudo Random Bit Bucket
Preserving web content never really left my mind ever since taking screenshots of old sites and …| Brain Baking
