Published September 9, 2024 | Version v1
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The floppy disks in the garage: physical preservation conditions and digital media

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This talk illustrates a case study of working with removable digital media previously stored in far-from-ideal conditions, in a small archives with minimal resources. The process included physical cleaning of disks, and resulted in over 90% of data being recovered and preserved. The preservation of born-digital materials begins well before they reach any archival institution.

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