[ih] Museum-quality archive for this list?

[John Day]

Of course, it is nice if it can be. That is why I like the caverns under the library where the Charles Babbage Institute is.

https://www.minnpost.com/stroll/2015/10/subterranean-caverns-protect-us-andersen-library-collections/

They are ~ 40 x 60 x 600 feet.


> On Nov 16, 2021, at 14:44, Jorge Amodio via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Preserving paper for 500+ years will require an environmentally controlled
> room, and for the amount of documents associated, a very large room !
> 
> -J
> 
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 10:19 AM wfms--- via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 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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