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STORE IT SAFELY
Photo by Cennydd via flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cennydd/2687237902/
Make multiple copies…
…and keep them in different places
Adapted from: “Copy Copy Copy” by David Goehring (CarbonNYC) via flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/3063453222/
By fuzzcat via flickr: www.flickr.com/ photos/fuzzcat/32487111/By mootown on flickr www.flickr.com/
photos/lidocaineus/5862115831/
Use open/standard file formats where possible…
…they’re more likely to be readable in the future
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By Marcin Wichary on flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/ mwichary/2356656000/
Organise your files so that you and others can find and access
things when you need
themBy twechy on flickr :http://www.flickr.com/photos/twechy/6829994084/
By austinevan on flickr:http://www.flickr.com/photos/austinevan/1225274637/
Don’t keep everything 113 Gb
42,699 Files 3,466 Folders
By Practicalowl (flickr ID): “Rubbish bins”, http://www.flickr.com/photos/practicalowl/2084873604/,
Be selective about what you keep and what you throw away
By Lindsay Lloyd-Smith
Store it safely
• Make multiple copies and keep them in different places
• Use open/standard file formats where possible
• Organise your files so that you and others can find things when you need them
• Don’t keep everything. Be selective about what you keep and what you throw away
Open Access Teaching Materials
for Digital PreservationProduced by Anna Collins (2012) for the JISC-
funded PrePARe project
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