Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Fending Off Digital Decay, Bit by Bit

Relatively old but interesting news article found while I was looking for resources about a definition of "digital decay." 

Fending Off Digital Decay, Bit by Bit
By PATRICIA COHEN
Published: March 15, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/books/16archive.html?pagewanted=all

"At Emory, Mr. Rushdie’s outdated computers presented archivists with a choice: simply save the contents of files or try to also salvage the look and organization of those early files.": I will say BOTH and MORE.

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