Re: [padg] data from floppy disks

[Jamie Bradway <jamie_bradway@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Kathy.

We're in the very early stages of looking at our floppy disks, as well. 
If you get some good responses not posted to the list, would you mind 
sharing them with me? Also, are you extending this process to some 
portion of your general collections, as well?

Thanks,
Jamie

Kathleen E. Arthur wrote:
> Hello, We are reviewing floppy disks in our archival collections—a 
> great many of which are personal storage disks for word processing 
> documents, included within collections of the papers of individuals. 
> We have over 1000 disks, about half are 3 ½ inch and half are 5 ¼ 
> inch. We would like to use a vendor(s) to copy the files to useable 
> media as is, and to create plain text or pdf versions of the word-type 
> documents, one per file. I have read about in-house pilot projects 
> doing this type of work, but we would prefer to work with a vendor who 
> is prepared with hardware and software to handle obsolete media and 
> formats. I would appreciate suggestions of vendors you may have used 
> to do this type of work. Thanks for advice. Kathy
>
> Kathleen E. Arthur
>
> Preservation Reformatting Librarian
>
> University of Chicago Library
>
> 1100 East 57th Street
>
> Chicago, IL 60637
>
> voice: 773-702-8628
>
> fax: 773-702-6623
>
> email: kar8@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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NCSU Libraries
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