This track focuses on the actual capture of at-risk data in a variety of formats. As these tasks require the most technical knowledge, skills, and equipment, volunteers are encouraged to take this track when they are able to dedicate more time.
**Tech Skill Level:** Advanced
**Time Commitment:** \~2-3 hours
**Tools Required (vary across tasks):**
* Web capture tools ([Conifer](https://guide.conifer.rhizome.org/), [Archive-It](https://archive-it.org/), [Webrecorder](https://webrecorder.io/), [wget](https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/). [More information on web archiving](https://bits.ashleyblewer.com/blog/2017/09/20/how-do-web-archiving-frameworks-work/))
🚁**Summary:** Given the previous removal of content and subtle revision to federal government environmental websites, many websites need to continually crawled to document track changes.
1. HTTP API tracker [https://github.com/edgi-govdata-archiving/web-monitoring-db](https://github.com/edgi-govdata-archiving/web-monitoring-db) 
2. Comprehensive list of other tools here: [https://github.com/edgi-govdata-archiving/awesome-website-change-monitoring](https://github.com/edgi-govdata-archiving/awesome-website-change-monitoring) 
3. Identify website to track using [this Data Tracking List](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tOS7B3lgK-8wdgyhY81ntfICMIkGwAiHfeV63hi3UzU/edit?usp=drive_link) 
4. Deploy tracker for selected website 
5. Submit information about tracked website to [the Data Tracking form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfII-rl4yUcGPJlPWk9knWMhC_qBueJLEPcC7vphPeVisLhHA/viewform?usp=sf_link)
**Skills Needed:** Advanced understanding of software deployment, APIs, and technical git repositories. 
🚁**Summary:** The collecting of web archives (meaning webpages and the content with them) can be complex, but necessary. Using more user friendly software, non-digital preservationist can help capture select content of websites without worrying about collecting the entire structure of a website.
1. Identify a web file ready to [ready to be captured](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tOS7B3lgK-8wdgyhY81ntfICMIkGwAiHfeV63hi3UzU/edit?usp=sharing)
2. Update the "Status" cell that you are working on that row so that others will know that you are working on that web file
🚁**Summary:** Some state and federal agencies are required by law to publish data, publications, and basic information about publicly funded projects (think grants and contracts) Given changes in agency personnel, system updates, as well as financial support to pay for database services and storage, the data stored in these repositories may not always be available for the public. Saving copies can help ensure future access as well as information on past government activities and areas of interests.
1. Search for public funded project repositories (examples include: NIH [RePORTER](https://reporter.nih.gov/), US Government Awards [USASpending](https://www.usaspending.gov/search), Federal Audit Clearinghouse [FAC](https://app.fac.gov/dissemination/search/))
2. Verify that downloadable datasets contain enough descriptive information (data files, interactive maps, etc.) 
3. Capture dataset(s) to internal storage (temporary place)
4. Submit and upload the dataset(s) to [this Data Tracking Form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfII-rl4yUcGPJlPWk9knWMhC_qBueJLEPcC7vphPeVisLhHA/viewform?usp=sf_link) 
5. You can delete dataset after successful submission via form
🚁**Summary:** This helps short and long term preservation effort to verify the integrity (fixity) of stored files and datasets. Creating checksums or reviewing them helps detect transfer or creation errors or signs of tampering by external forces.
* Read through the [digital preservation manual chapter on fixity and checksums by the Digital Preservation Coalition](https://www.dpconline.org/handbook/technical-solutions-and-tools/fixity-and-checksums) 
* Download a fixity or checksum verification tool like
* [Md5summer](https://md5summer.org/): An application for Windows machines that will generate and verify md5 checksums.
* [checksum](https://corz.org/windows/software/checksum/): A file hashing application for Windows, a program that generates and verifies BLAKE2, SHA1 and MD5 hashes (aka. "MD5 Sums", or "digital fingerprints") of a file, a folder, or recursively.
* There are a number of other tools, the above mentioned are examples (see Digital Preservation Coalition Digital Preservation Handbook above).
* Ask the "data titan" coordinator to gain access to captured files
* Use the [dataset tracking list ](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tOS7B3lgK-8wdgyhY81ntfICMIkGwAiHfeV63hi3UzU/edit?usp=drive_link)to check details to create checksum 
* Upload checksum file using (1 )of the following options
* FOR UW affiliates ONLY: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfk0pfq4NTxlxAy2cmA3RYVLatn-tMwzv5NljayYvXNv8dp6Q/viewform?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfk0pfq4NTxlxAy2cmA3RYVLatn-tMwzv5NljayYvXNv8dp6Q/viewform?usp=sharing) (URL to Google Drive or UW OneDrive)
* FOR Non-UW Affiliates:
* [https://send-anywhere.com/](https://send-anywhere.com/) OR [https://wetransfer.com/](https://wetransfer.com/)
* Send to [snguye@uw.edu](mailto:snguye@uw.edu) OR submit share URL to [https://bit.ly/datarescue-bye](https://bit.ly/datarescue-bye) 
