From: Kristen Whitson <kristen@wils.org> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:33:51 -0600 Message-ID: <CA+xS1bdZQLioqR+khzLwc=OOG0XZzfvACexcN-Uk1wNMzeiqTg@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Math & History are colliding
Recollection Wisconsin has some great resources in their Digital Projects
Toolkit Storage section <https://recollectionwisconsin.org/toolkit/storage>
!
*Kristen Whitson *(she/her)
Digital Readiness Program Assistant
WiLS/Recollection WI
kristen@wils.org
(608) 571-3941
https://recollectionwisconsin.org/cop
On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 9:21 AM Douglas County Historical Society <
dchs@douglashistory.org> wrote:
> Many reasons not to just keep on the thumb drive. My main career for
> the last 30+ years has been in IT. Thumb drives fail with few options t
o
> recover the data. The average cost for professional recovery is around
> $400-$500.
>
> 100,000 KB is 0.1 GB so yes your google account should be able to handle
> this much data. It is only 100MB.
>
> That said you should use at least a 3-2-1 backup policy on all your
> digital files. 3 copies, 2 media, 1 offside. For example, have
> backups on at least two USB devices (hard drives preferred) and one backu
p
> in the "cloud" google drive, idrive, carbonite as a few examples.
>
> now for the files. documents should be saved to PDF or PDF/A (archival
> format)
>
> photos should be converted from JPG, PNG or GIF to TIF format. TIF is
a
> lossless stable format, each time you copy from the other formats a bit o
f
> data is lost.
>
> There is a lot more about digital preservation with checking the integrit
y
> of the files over time (fixity).
>
> If you have any questions I'll be happy to help, I'm still learning about
> digital preservation.
>
> Your first steps should be to copy the files from the thumb drive to a
> folder on a computer and then upload them to your google drive account.
>
> Jon Winter
> Douglas County Historical Society
> 1101 John Avenue Superior WI 54880
> Business Manager
> 715-392-8449
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 9:01 AM Erik Flesch <
> museumdirector@platteville.org> wrote:
>
>> Diana,
>>
>> Why not just keep the data on the thumb drive?
>>
>> Erik
>>
>> *Erik Flesch*
>>
>> *Museum Director*
>>
>> *The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums | City of Platteville*
>>
>> 405 East Main Street/P.O. Box 780 | Platteville, WI 53818
>>
>> (608) 348-3301 <(608)%20348-3301>
>>
>> museumdirector@platteville.org | mining.jamison.museum
>>
>> [image: signature-logo-leftalign]
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Feb 15, 2021, at 8:23 AM, Samuel Marshall <marshallwimuseum@gmail.com
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> I am in need of some technical help. We have rec'd on a thumb drive, 35
>> years worth of journals. By each day.
>> I looked at one year of the pics files. Each year contains ABOUT 100,00
0
>> KB.
>>
>> So, will our FREE google account accept this much data?
>> Would we be wiser to take it to Kinko's and have each pic printed out?
>>
>> Your thoughts?
>>
>> Diana Skalitzky,
>>
>> --
>> <https://recollectionwisconsin.org/cop>
>>
>>
>>
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