[Ohiodig] Consumer archives question (Personal Digital Archiving)

[Jenna Nolt]

This is a great question, and I am curious to hear with other librarians
have to say. Personally, I archive family photos and videos into folders by
name of individual (I duplicate the files into multiple folders if more
than one person is depicted in them), and title the files with date and
content information in a standardized format using machine and human
readable best practices  to sort them (e.g. in the folder titled "Jenna
Nolt" you might find a file called "1985_01_09_FirstSnowDay"). I work with
the files in Google Drive (not Google Photos, I find it easier to organize
and share in Drive, but that is a personal preference), then back them up
to an external solid state drive (e.g.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-t5-1tb-external-usb-type-c-portable-solid-state-drive-deep-black/6026202.p?skuId=6026202).
I consider the external solid state drive to be the "archival" storage, and
use Google Drive for sharing with family and friends. This is a pretty
labor intensive process, but the best one for surviving tech changes that
I've found over the past ten years.

Best wishes and good luck with your archiving,

Jenna Nolt (she/her/hers)
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Mod C, Office 12
Kenyon College
103 College Dr.
Gambier, OH 43022
740-427-5698


On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 10:45 AM Carleton, Janet <carleton at ohio.edu> wrote:

> Folks, I have an inquiry here from someone not on the List. If you have
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> you can communicate directly with him. Thanks!
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> Hi, Janet!
>
> I’m not sure whether this is a question you can answer directly, or maybe
> just a presentation idea for the group.
>
> The Information Age has afforded even us consumers the ability to collect
> thousands of digital media files – so much that, like libraries, it’s a
> challenge to retrieve what we need. For example: searching, between his
> death and his wake, for all the photos and videos of grandpa.
>
> Are you aware of any durable standards, tools, or tips for consumers to
> organize and index digital images and videos, such as home movies,
> especially after they have been digitized?
>
> By “durable,” I mean that they are still likely to be efficiently
> searchable, in 10 or even 20 years, After cloud websites have either closed
> or started charging a lot, and after technology and standards have evolved.
>
> I wouldn’t mind driving down to Central Ohio to ask your members in
> person, but thought it would be wise to ask first whether I’m “barking up
> the right tree.”
>
> Thanks, and happy Thanksgiving!
> Brian Baddour
> Cleveland, Ohio
> baddour at att.net
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