Change is coming to Deep Blue Data!
We are upgrading the software that runs Deep Blue Data to Hyrax2. This upgrade will results in some changes and improvements to the user interface and functionality of the Deep Blue Data repository.
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World Digital Preservation Day 2019
The U-M Digital Preservation Unit celebrated World Digital Preservation Day on November 7 with zines, cookies, and a 3.5-inch floppy disk data rescue demonstration.
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Personal Digital Archiving Guide, 2019 Edition
The Personal Digital Archiving zine is now available in the Digital Preservation Lab and in Shapiro Library Design Lab's Design-o-Matic 4000 vending machine!
View ArticleShameless Self-Promotion is the Best Kind of Self-Promotion
Over the past year our work has been featured in a video and podcast.
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Digital Archiving Research Guide
Announcing the publication of the Digital Archiving Research Guide, with tips and recommendations for organizing and preserving your personal digital files.
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A Starting Line for Digital Preservation
We have drafted a document outlining what "digital preservation" means at our institution.
View ArticleContributing a Citation to DataCite - "IsCitedBy"
In early 2021, I was trying to verify whether the DataCite Data Metrics badge, https://support.datacite.org/docs/displaying-usage-and-citations-in-your-repository a tool for displaying usage and...
View ArticleFollowing a Data Citation through the Publishing Process
In the Spring of 2021, a researcher I regularly work with informed me that he had included the citation to his dataset in the References section of the paper that he had just submitted to AGU JGR...
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Digital Preservation: What It Is and Why are We Blogging About It?
Image CaptionThe ASIC chip inside the Apple Newton Messagepad H1000 Photo by Binarysequence via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) This inaugural post of Bits and Pieces answers the age old questions:...
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Submit Feedback to the Library of Congress
Image CaptionFrom Saarblitz on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) The Library of Congress is accepting feedback on its Recommended Format Specifications for its annual update. The deadline to submit feedback is...
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iPRES 2015 Call for Contributions
Image CaptionFrom Lau on Flicker (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Deadlines are approaching to share your work related to preservation and the long term management of digital materials. Submit today!
View ArticleWSU NDSA 2015 Student Colloquium
The Wayne State University National Digital Stewardship Alliance Student Chapter will be hosting its 3nd colloquium, “Putting the Pieces Together: Digital Curation, Preservation, and Metadata”, on...
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Get With the Program: Digital Preservation at a Large Academic Library
Image CaptionDirectional lines on the floor of Hatcher Library, Photo by University of Michigan Library via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Look, we wrote a new post!! This one talks about differences between...
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Where in the Org Chart is Digital Preservation?
When a research library creates a position with responsibility for the preservation of digital stuff, where on the organizational hierarchy should that position hang? Is digital preservation an IT...
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More Bits and Bigger Pieces: Now Including Digital Research Data
Image CaptionComputer punch card detail [1]. Photo by Neil Hester via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Bits and Pieces is expanding its discussion to include lots about research data!
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Love Your Data Week: Keep Your Data Safe
Welcome to our series of Love Your Data Week posts! Each day this week, in connection with the Love Your Data campaign on social media, a UM librarian will be blogging about a different data-related...
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Love Your Data Week: Keep Your Data Organized
The Oxford English Dictionary defines organized as: “Of a person: having one's affairs in order so as to be able to deal with them efficiently.” When you spend the best hours of your day doing...
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