Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So if each of us is famous for 15 minutes, we should do our backups during that time. --Peter On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:11 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Good one! > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> > wrote: > > > "I tell ya, the only way to preserve your work is to be famous. Then > > everybody wants it, there will be plenty of copies around, and people who > > own the prints will take care of them. The rest of us are probably > screwed." > > > > Quote by Mike Johnston, TOP > > > > On 5/14/2015 7:37 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > >> I have been following this thread with interest, as this is a problem > that > >> all of us have, and my primary takeaway is that all archival systems > seem > >> to be deeply flawed in the long term, so we might as well use the one > that > >> is convenient to us and not worry about it. As Keynes said, in the long > >> term we are all dead. Your pictures, however, are damned either > way....:-) > >> Cheers > >> Jayanand > >> > >> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 4:46 AM, Spencer Cheng <spencer at aotera.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >> We are going way off topic here so this is my last comment. I did not > say > >>> to store your digital media using microfiche. > >>> > >>> I am aware of a group of digital archivist (including someone from > NIST) > >>> working on how to preserve digital media in a standardized fashion. > >>> > >>> Best practice digital media preservation currently require regular > active > >>> copying and indefinite transcription of digital media to protect again > >>> deterioration of storage media and format obsolescence. > >>> > >>> If you are not doing both, your stored media is likely to stay > ephemeral > >>> despite of what you believe. > >>> > >>> Mark, do as you wish but 1?s magically becomes 0?s in digital media > >>> whether you believe it?s going to happen or not. Good Luck. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Spencer > >>> > >>> On May 14, 2015, at 16:17, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> 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/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >