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Digital Preservation Reading Group Topics and Readings announced! Migration and Emulation

  • 1.  Digital Preservation Reading Group Topics and Readings announced! Migration and Emulation

    Posted Mar 03, 2026 02:08 PM
    Edited by Mariecris Gatlabayan Mar 03, 2026 02:09 PM

    On Thursday, July 16th, 3 pm EST | 2 pm CST | 12 pm PST, we will have our next reading group discussion to discuss readings on the topic of file format migration and emulation!

    To attend, please join this zoom link!

    The readings we will discuss are listed below:

    1. Toward Environmentally Sustainable Digital Preservation, Section "File Format Migration Policies," American Archivist: https://american-archivist.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/aarc/82/1/article-p165.xml?isSearch=true&body=FullText
    2. "Monitoring File Format Obsolescence in repositories: An applied method," by Alloing, Sam. iPres 2023 Conference Proceedings: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/128320
    3. An Overview of Emulation as a Preservation Method, CLIR pub 194. https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/an-overview-of-emulation-as-a-preservation-method/
    4. Emulation & Virtualization as Preservation Strategies: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799755/m2/1/high_res_d/rosenthal-emulation-2015.pdf



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    Mariecris Gatlabayan
    Digital Preservation Librarian
    University of Washington
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