Why is RADD closed?

Partly me, partly a string of extremely negative interactions with community users. I will certainly turn it into a case study for LIS 668 “Digital Curation and Collections” on how not to run a community resource. The me part: Like everyone, I’ve been living through a global pandemic, a race Read more…

RADD is indefinitely closed for use

At present I cannot maintain RADD or serve its clients adequately due to press of other work. Until that changes, neither RADD workstation will be available for campus or community use, nor will the service accept service work. I’m very sorry to do this, but in all honesty, the pandemic Read more…

RADD is going on indefinite hiatus

Effective immediately, the RADD service is on indefinite hiatus. This means: no additional digitization or data-rescue projects will be accepted (though in-house ones will be completed) no support or training is available for RADD equipment the main RADD space in the iSchool Library is not available for public or campus Read more…

PROUD: Equipment and software roster

Equipment included in the PROUD digital-data rescue kit: HP EliteBook 8460p laptop computer with power cable, running Windows 7 Professional Forensic ComboDock with all associated cables 3.5″ USB floppy drive 5.25″ floppy drive (TEAC FD55-GFR) in an enclosure, powered by this cable FC5025 USB floppy controller card, attached to 5.25″ Read more…