Sipocz, OliviaRayman, Denise2023-11-172023-11-172023-11-15Sipocz, Olivia and Rayman, Denise. (2023, November 15). Take the Data, Leave the CD-ROMs: Rescuing information from legacy databases. [conference presentation]. Digital Library Federation Forum 2023.https://hdl.handle.net/1805/37104How can we rescue good data from bad databases? Many archives have interesting and unique material languishing in legacy databases on CD-ROMs. We present a case study on rescuing unique nonprofit tax returns stored on over 700 CD-ROMs and show how other archivists can work with similar material.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationaldigital forensicsdigital preservationfile format migrationPresentation