RE: CD-ROM longevity

["Kristen Kern" <kern@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just happened to be looking at Douglas A. Kranch's article "Beyond 
Migration: Preserving Electronic Documents with Digital Tablets" in 
the Sept. 1, 1998 issue of Information Technology and Libraries where 
there is a table from the National Media Laboratory concerning CD-ROM 
life expectancy.  His citation is John W.C. VanBogart, "Archival 
Stability of Digital Storage Media," Section 11 in NML Storage 
Technology Assesment, Final Report. URL 
http://www.nml.org/Publications/Technical Reports/Technology 
Assessments/TechAssessmentFinalReport1994/11_arch_stability.html,July 
1994.  I haven't tried this URL, and there may be more current 
information available now.

Hope this helps,

Kristen 




Hi, All:  Can anyone give me THE authoritive citation/source on the question
of CD-ROM longevity?

Thanks,
Joan

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