[ih] Museum-quality archive for this list?

[wfms at wfms.org]

I had quite an interesting discussion while sorting through some materials 
(mostly digital) with a profesional (non-techie) archivist.

After quite discussion over what MTBF, digital storage methods, 
longevities of various media, etc. it got to the point where we both 
looked around...lots of boxes full of pulp - some of it going back 2-3 
centuries, still accessible.

We found a printer.

To get fancier, could have made a preservation copy as well as a 
consultation copy.  Even fancier, sent the 8.5" x 14" off for binding.

That's not to say paper-bound i or isn't a step backwards, and nothing 
beats feeding digital data into a search engine indexer - but at least 
some semblance of indexing into the various volumes also not paper-bound 
may help.  It all depends.

On Tue, 16 Nov 2021, vinton cerf via Internet-history wrote:

> You are singing my song
> V
>
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 08:03 John Day via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>> We have no means of archival store for digital material. Archival has to
>> last 500 years or more. (I am often using materials that old.) Not only are
>> we not sure the storage media last that long, but having something that
>> reads it is the real problem.)
>>
>>> On Nov 15, 2021, at 21:53, Bill Woodcock via Internet-history <
>> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On Nov 15, 2021, at 20:37, Dave Crocker via Internet-history <
>> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>>> I got a private note asking about a paid archive at archive.org.  I
>> think that a reasonable question and possibly worth doing on it own.
>> Whether that qualifies as 'museum quality' isn't something I can assess.
>>>
>>> Well, it’s what we’ve got for “archival quality” on the Internet right
>> now, and if it’s not good enough, that means Brewster needs more support.
>>>
>>>                                -Bill
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