Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>From the Library of Congress (USA) "Does the Library of Congress recommend microfilming or digitization for reformatting institutional collections?.... " That said, the end of microfilming is near, despite it's relatively low cost and the several hundred year projected lifetime of preservation film. The National Endowment for the Humanities no longer funds grants for microfilming and microfilm readers are increasingly difficult to maintain and service." http://www.loc.gov/preservation/about/faqs/reformatting.html#prescopy Recognizing Digitization as a Preservation Reformatting Method http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/links/pdf/preserving/8_34a.pdf On 5/14/15 1:17 AM, "Spencer Cheng" <spencer at aotera.org> wrote: > Canadian Archive uses microfiche which are stable for 100+ years (or > acid-free > paper for documents). The Canadian census was stored that way. ?was? > because I > am not sure we have a real census any more. Digital storage is very > ephemeral. I doubt if most digital storage will last more than 10 years. > Those > 1?s randomly change to 0?s far too frequently. I don?t think archivist like > digital media very much. > Regards, Spencer _______________________________________________ Leica > Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/