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Dear Lifehacker,I know hard drives can fail, but how long do they really last? Will they last longer if I don’t use them as often?

Very nice decision flow chart for whether/how to share sensitive data.

Libraries exist to provide amazing services and resources to our users.  We are so committed to this vision that we continue to offer these services even after users don't need them. As non-profit ...

Objective: To describe three tiers of research data support services that emerged from national environmental scanning of data management needs and activities. Setting: The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a top fifty recipient of NSF funding, with the agency providing over 40% of the University’s sponsored research, and is classified as a Research University with Very High research activity by the Carnegie Foundation. After determining a need for data management services, a library Data Working Group per-formed national environmental scanning. Environmental scanning used public information available from 18 UMass Amherst peer and model institutions to determine the range of data management and curation services that are available to various research communities. Methods: Environmental scanning activities include a web audit. Results: National practices demonstrate a wide range of potential data management services. UMass Amherst’s Data Working Group has generalized data management services into three tiers, creating a useful rubric for determining one’s current service level and for setting goals to meet the needs of one’s research community. Conclusions: The Tiers of Research Data Support Services, generalized from local needs and national activities, describe different levels of support of increasing cost and involvement scales for supporting researchers’ data management and curation needs: education, consultation, and infrastructure.

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On February 22, 2013, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued an executive directive that requires the results of taxpayer-funded research – both articles and …

Includes self-assessments on data mgmt.

Overview of the Bentley Historical Library's ingest and processing procedures for digital archives.  Provides information on the development of the Bentley's p…

Bentley Historical Library Curation Team The Bentley Historical Library's Mellon-funded ArchivesSpace-Archivematica-DSpace Workflow Integration project (2014-2016) united three Open Source platforms for more efficient creation and reuse of metadata and to streamline the ingest of digital archives.  We continue to explore innovative archival practice and emerging technologies to curate our collections—read all about it here!

That was the topic discussed recently by OCLC Research Library Partners metadata managers, initiated by Naun Chew of Cornell and Stephen Hearn of the University of Minnesota. Focus group members …

Excellent intro to digital forensics for archives/libraries, with a great "so what?" slide.

When Kathleen O’Neill talks about digital collections, she slips effortlessly into the info-tech language that software engineers, librarians, archivists and other information technology professionals use to communicate with each other.  O’Neill, a senior archives specialist in the Library of Congress’s Manuscript Division, speaks with authority about topics such as file signatures, hex editors and checksums even […]

Looks like it's running exiftool under the hood.