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Re: [ARSCLIST] NYT: A Cash Infusion for Digital Archives
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| The library has digitized some of its physical collection,
| including items like Civil War photographs and presidential
| papers. But it is lagging in the task of archiving
| electronica: scholarly journals, books and magazines that
| are "born digital"; CD-ROM's; digital photographs, music
| and films; and millions of miscellaneous pieces of
| Internet-based material. Digital technology "has spawned a
| surfeit of information that is extremely fragile,
| inherently impermanent, and difficult to assess for
| long-term value," wrote the authors of the plan that was
| submitted to Congress.
|
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It's funny how congress can spend money for things that are already being done by others. I suspect it will be nice to have available what LC has, but the documents on the web are already being preserved.
Here are some links: