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Re: [AV Media Matters] Digitizing Audio and Video-ReallyBigPost
At 10:13 AM 6/3/2003 -0700, I wrote, referring to the concept of the
managed archive:
I know Jim L. is out there promoting the heck out of it and I wish
you
luck. There will be some/many users who will buy into it, but there
are
three issues that impede the adoption of the managed archive:
(1) Capital cost
(2) Operating cost
(3) Ownership/responsibility issues (inter-department issues)
Jim Lindner wrote as Moderators Comment:
I am not sure what exactly is meant by "promoting the heck out of it"
so
I will ignore the comment although I do find it somewhat offensive.
I do believe that a properly managed archive is the key to
survivability.
Jim, no offense was meant -- you are one of the world's major players
advocating the managed archive and I understand all of the benefits of
it.
To be clear, when we're talking about a managed archive, we're talking
about a mostly on-line resource where there is migration of media on a
regular basis and active checking of the media for incipient errors on a
regular (and often ongoing) basis.
We all need to think about what can be done for smaller archives. Their
material is perhaps no less valuable than the large archives, but their
budgets and cultures are impediments to implementing these techniques.
One of the things I say about managed archives is that they are not
tolerant to budget interruptions. Many archives have budget
interruptions.
It's one thing to keep the air conditioning on in a warehouse, it's
another
thing to continually (continuously?) justify the requirements for an IT
staff.
I hope that clarifies what I meant and please, don't take offense at my
describing what I see you doing. You're a great advocate for this
process
and you've got lots of us thinking about it. Some of us are even
helping
build one or more of these.
Cheers,
Richard
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