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Subject: [DIGLIB] How Long Do You Want Digital Storage Media to Last?
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:34:21 +0100
From: Simon Tanner <simon.tan...@kcl.ac.uk>
To: dig...@infoserv.inist.fr, digital-preservat...@jiscmail.ac.uk
This article by Paul Festa links to a US Government survey that offers
people the opportunity to register their preferred longevity for optical
disks. Quote from survey: "The Government Information Preservation
Working Group (GIPWoG) is working with the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a long-term, or
archival, standard measurement for recordable CD and DVD media".
Can I please ask all who care about this to go and complete the
survey as this will have an influence upon the industry. If all we
get is better labelling that would be a start - if we get the 40
years longevity that would be something really helpful.
Regards,
Simon Tanner
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kdcs/
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The Survey: http://www.dvda.org/html/nist_survey.php
The article:
Should optical discs last forever?
By Paul Festa
http://news.com.com/Should+optical+discs+last+forever/2100-1041_3-5645832.html
Would you like your digital-storage media to last 20 years, 25 years, 30
years, 35 years or 40 years? If you're an organization or
government agency, the U.S. government and an optical-disc industry
group would like you to answer that question in a quick survey.
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Simon Tanner
Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services
King's College London
Kay House, 7 Arundel Street, London WC2R 3DX
tel: +44 (0)7793 403542
email: simon.tan...@kcl.ac.uk
www.kcl.ac.uk/kdcs/
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