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rfrazierNew Participant

Practical Digital Preservation for Government

What to do with a ColdFusion database

Hello everyone! I am a solo archivist and fairly new to Preservica. I have an old ColdFusion database that I don’t know what to do with. I’m looking for a solution to not only store it, but to provide access to the public. I looked on the File Format Information spreadsheet and did not find ColdFusion. Am I correct then that Preservica can not ingest and render this database? If that is true, any ideas of what to do with this thing would be much appreciated!

10 hours ago

tandersonNew Participant

Practical Digital Preservation for Government

How do we make large collections available on Universal Access.

Hello everyone,My name is Tanya and I am one of the archivist with the Louisiana State Archives. We are new to Preservica and we have a few questions concerning our collections on Universal Access. They are as follows:What is the best way to organize large collections? Is it better to break it down into smaller genres such as calendar year? How do we apply metadata to ingested PST files? How do we conduct/fulfill eDiscovery or research requests? Do we use the metadata/search index to locate responsive records, mark them for migration from Glacier storage, perform and Update Storage Workflow, download the original files one at a time, convert each to PDF, redact the PDF if necessary and then combine all the PDFs into one?We are consulting user guides, administration guides, support, training, and the community. Thank you in advance. All the best,Tanya Anderson

2 days ago

nccarchivesNew Participant

Starter Editions

Public Portal - Custom or Shortened url for Starter Plus

Is it possible to have a shortened or custom URL for your public portal with the Starter Basic package?If so, what is the process or the steps to make it happen?I vaguely remember receiving an email about this, but am unable to find the email or further information on the community pages.Thanks for any insights!

8 days ago

DavidCommunity Manager

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SAA Archives*Records 2024 - Call for Presentations

Are you looking to share how you're using Digital Preservation and the amazing accomplishments you've achieved with your archive? The 88th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists will be held on August 14, 2024 - August 17, 2024 in Chicago, IL. We're looking to help you in getting the word out about the great work you're doing. Whether it be through joining us in a speaking session at SAA Archives*Records 2024 or at our Preservica North American User Group, we would love to support you. Reply to this thread or contact us directly to let us know if you would like to present with us!

14 days ago

scolvinNew Participant

Starter Editions

Portal Site not working or slow

Hello Everyone, Is anyone having trouble with the Portal Site not loading or having a 504 error. I was going to upload some documents and the website is very slow and unusable. thank you!!

23 days ago

DavidCommunity Manager

Tell us - #WhatDoYouPreserve

Updates from Week 2 of 2023 #WhatDoYouPreserve

In celebration of #ArchivesMonth we invited the community to showcase the great work being done to preserve amazing digital assets and collections.Look at some of these great posts from this week.It’s amazing to see the diversity in the posts that have been shared so far. It’s been fascinating to learn more about the incredible work of this community to preserve these treasures for future generations to enjoy.Make sure to submit your post during these few remaining days.

29 days ago

DavidCommunity Manager

Tell us - #WhatDoYouPreserve

Update from 2023 #WhatDoYouPreserve

We’re celebrating #ArchivesMonth and showcasing the great work being done to preserve amazing digital assets and collections. As a part of this celebration, we’ve asked the community to show off some of its prized collections being future-proofed through digital preservation efforts. We’ve already had quite a glimpse into the fascinating, inspiring, and touching digital preservation projects happening around the globe. I wanted to highlight a few of my favorite posts from this week. In no particular order, here are a couple of #WhatDoYouPreserve posts that caught my eye, check the thread below to see a few. I can’t wait to see what’s to come for posts during the rest of the month. Please keep them coming. As a reminder, you can view all of the details for #WhatDoYouPreserve here. Also, make sure to search the hashtag on your favorite social media channel to see what others have posted. Posted by Peter K Steinberg, Archivist, The Lawrenceville SchoolLink to post: https://www.linkedin.c

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1 month ago

james.carrPreservica Employee

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Python Study Group Launch and Information Session (Africa, Europe, South America, North America)

From [pasig-discuss] -----------Dear all, Are you passionate about coding in Python, teaching others and supporting the digital preservation community? Or would you like to improve your coding skills and learn how to use Python for your digital preservation work? If so, the BitCurator Consortium (BCC) and Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) invite you to join one of the Python Study Group Launch and Information Sessions online on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 October! The information session will follow a webinar format. Members of the BCC, DPC, and Python Study Group Transition Team will first provide an overview of the pilot and development of the Python Study Group as a community-based learning and training program, give a sneak preview of the content planned, and share pathways for getting involved before the study groups begin in January 2024. There will also be time allocated for questions and discussion with attendees. This event will occur at two different times to cover multip

1 month ago

JillianSParticipating Frequently

Starter Editions

Example of a Preservica site focused on art collections?

Hello folks,I’m meant to convince another department at my City that Preservica can handle their needs (especially reporting needs) for the City art collection. The information they have about it is terrible, so I’m hoping to show someone else’s public Preservica collection to show what can be done.Has anyone used Preservica for art collection management and willing / able to send me a link to your public catalogue?

2 months ago

enebekerNew Participant

Starter Editions

Bulk metadata upload stuck in loop

I’m attempting to upload a folder with a metadata csv file. When I add the folder, the process works until the last step. So, it uploads the files, recognizes the metadata csv and indicates “action required”, I select comma delimited, click the “complete ingest” button, and but it just takes me back to the “action required” step. I click again and it does the same thing. There are no error messages.

2 months ago

rfrazierNew Participant

Practical Digital Preservation for Government

What to do with a ColdFusion database

10 hours ago

tandersonNew Participant

Practical Digital Preservation for Government

How do we make large collections available on Universal Access.

2 days ago

nccarchivesNew Participant

Starter Editions

Public Portal - Custom or Shortened url for Starter Plus

8 days ago

scolvinNew Participant

Starter Editions

Portal Site not working or slow

Hello Everyone, Is anyone having trouble with the Portal Site not loading or having a 504 error. I was going to upload some documents and the website is very slow and unusable. thank you!!

23 days ago

JillianSParticipating Frequently

Starter Editions

Example of a Preservica site focused on art collections?

2 months ago

enebekerNew Participant

Starter Editions

Bulk metadata upload stuck in loop

2 months ago

alargeKnown Participant

Starter Editions

Public Portal Malfunction

Good Morning-On this painfully early Saturday morning, I’m trying to work on getting our public portal up and running - and starting small. When I select the top-level series “public” button, the normal dialog box asking if I really want to do that comes up but disappears before I can click the affirmative button.Is anyone else experiencing this? I’ve tried the usual logout, shut down, etc. Thanks! Have a great weekend-Ashley

2 months ago

Marcia JParticipating Frequently

Starter Editions

Moving .pdf files within Preservica

I have uploaded folders containing files to Preservica that are of many different topics. As I go through them, I would like to send them to other spaces in my collection. So far the only way I have found to do this is to drag and drop to the sidebar. This is not very accurate, and files end up lost. Is there an easy way to do this, or does sorting need to happen outside of Preservica Starter?

4 months ago

Matt GorzalskiNew Participant

Starter Editions

Description and Origin Exif data

I’m using a trial version of Professional Edition. We have thousands of born-digital JPEGs from our campus photographers that have good embedded metadata. The ingest process exports some of the technical exif data, but nothing of use for staff or researchers needed for searching. Nothing in Description or Origin is copied/exported into corresponding Dublin Core fields to facilitate access. What can be done to correct this? Does anyone have a method of exporting exif data into a CSV file that can be put into the DC template Preservica provides to import metadata during ingest? Thank you,Matt GorzalskiSouthern Illinois University Carbondale

6 months ago

cgardnerParticipating Frequently

Starter Editions

Preservica Starter Video doesn't show (but I can hear)

Hi, I’m using Preservica Starter and have loaded a number of videos into my workspace. When looking at them via the portal, there are two that don’t load correctly. The video window appears then disappears. The play/progress bar shows with just white above it. I can play the video and hear the audio, but instead of the video showing, only a white screen where the play window should show. My videos are all MP4 and all my other videos play just fine, only two don’t. I’ve tried re-uploading them and they still don’t work right. I’ve looked with different web browsers and different computers to no avail. The original video plays just fine on various computers.Is there a solution to this problem?

6 months ago

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