The Basics:
The 3-2-1 rule:
- Make three copies
- Have at least two of the copies on two different types of media
- Keep one copy in a different location from where you live / work
Helpful tips:
- Identify where you have your information.
- Decide what is important to you.
- Get organized. Designate folders for certain types of materials or events.
- Make copies of your data.
- Understand the trade-offs of placing objects in various websites, etc., and what is helping you accomplish digital preservation.
- Embed extractable metadata whenever possible.
Preferred file formats:
Resource: Library of Congress Recommended Formats: https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/index.html
- Text: PDF
- Still images: TIFF, JPEG
- Moving images: MOV, MP4
- Sounds: WAVE, MP3
- Tabular data: CSV
Useful Tools:
- Google, download your data (email, hangouts, drive, calendar, etc.): https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout
- Twitter archive download: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170160#
- Facebook archive download: https://www.facebook.com/help/131112897028467
- Webrecorder: https://webrecorder.io/
Resources:
Personal Digital Archiving:
- LOC Personal Digital Archiving Day Kit: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/padKit/index.html
- Bryn Mawr LibGuide: https://guides.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/pdad
Digital archives & preservation:
- LOC digital preservation blog – The Signal: https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/
- SAA Electronic Records Section blog – bloggERS: https://saaers.wordpress.com/
- Digital Preservation Management Workshop Tutorial: http://www.dpworkshop.org/dpm-eng/eng_index.html
- Documenting the Now: http://www.docnow.io/
Contact the Digital Archivist if you have questions:
Margaret Peachy: margaret.peachy@tufts.edu