Explore the archive
All, right, so you’ve heard it over and over and again, and you know it’s true: you need to make regular backups of your stuff. But how? What options do typical computer users have? In the past few years, the options for preservation and backups have expanded quite a bit, giving users an enormous array […]
An introduction to the “Keeping Your
My colleagues and I sadly mourn the passing of a pioneer in digital curation. Michael Stern Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, has passed away at age 64. While not a household name, Hart has an important place in modern technology, given he is credited as the inventor of the eBook. His contribution can be […]
I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about how to keep “big data” safe: research datasets, archival documents, that sort of thing. But, the lessons we learn here are also pretty useful for smaller setups, artists, businesses… and people at home. Everyone can benefit from digital preservation. Everyone needs to know how […]
Over the summer, the RUcore team has been working with a few researchers to better understand their needs, and to work on preserving and sharing our first samples of actual research data. In collaboration with the Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension, our efforts – if you’ll pardon the pun – have begun to bear fruit.