Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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