[PADG:449] Friday forward thinking

[Jacob Nadal <jnadal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

MIT will be hosting a time travel conference, with some hope that  
attendees from the future will show up. Of particular note for the  
PADG crew, the organizer suggested this method for informing future  
conference goers of the event:

    At first, Mr. Dorai urged people to publicize the event with  
methods
    likely to last. "Write the details down on a piece of acid-free  
paper,"
    he directed, "and slip them into obscure books in academic  
libraries!

One might have suggested highly cited books instead of obscure  
titles, but that's a quibble. In any case, I'm hoping for someone to  
show up with a cost effective method for paper strengthening, and  
maybe some news about how well we did with this whole a/v  
preservation mess. Happy Friday, everyone!

Full article here (registration req'd):
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/national/06time.html

--Jake


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Jacob Nadal
Head, E. Lingle Craig Preservation Laboratory
Indiana University Libraries
(812) 855-6281 | mailto:jnadal@xxxxxxxxxxx
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