[ih] Museum-quality archive for this list?

[John Day]

I have come to the same conclusion for the same reasons, with the same regrets. ;-)

> On Nov 16, 2021, at 11:18, wfms at wfms.org wrote:
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> I had quite an interesting discussion while sorting through some materials (mostly digital) with a profesional (non-techie) archivist.
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> 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.
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> We found a printer.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> On Tue, 16 Nov 2021, vinton cerf via Internet-history wrote:
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>> You are singing my song
>> V
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>> On Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 08:03 John Day via Internet-history <
>> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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>>> 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.)
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>>>> On Nov 15, 2021, at 21:53, Bill Woodcock via Internet-history <
>>> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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>>>>>> 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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