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h1. Evidence Promoting Good Data Management
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If you have any additional examples that you would like to share, please email them to: rdm.c4dm at gmail.com
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[[Disasters]]
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[[Tales Of Lost Data]]
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[[Lost Laptops]]
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h2. [[Reliability]]
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[[Cloud]]
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h2. Archiving Data
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h3. BBC Domesday Project
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1986 Project to do a modern-day Domesday book (early crowd-sourcing)
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* Used “BBC Master” computers with data on laserdisc
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* Collected 147,819 pages of text and 23,225 photos
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* Media expiring and obsolete technology put the data at risk!
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Domesday Reloaded (2011)
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* Required emulation of software
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* Images restored from original masters
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* http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday
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To allow long-term access to data
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* Don't use obscure formats!
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* Don't use obscure media!
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* Don't rely on technology being available!
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* Do keep original source material!
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Google images for "BBC Domesday":https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbm=isch&q=bbc+domesday
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h2. Sharing Data
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Piwowar, Heather A., Roger S. Day, and Douglas B. Fridsma. "Sharing detailed research data is associated with increased citation rate.":http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0000308
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PLoS One 2.3 (2007): e308.
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h2. Related Media
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h3. Disk Drives Break
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"DataCent collection of disk drive failure sounds":http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php
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h3. Laptops Break / Get Broken
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* "Shot laptop":http://lilysussman.wordpress.com/tag/laptop-destroyed/
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* "Google images of broken laptops":https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=broken%20laptop&um=1&tbm=isch
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[[Further Reading]]