WAREHOUSING HARD DRIVES IS NOT DIGITAL PRESERVATION.
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WAREHOUSING HARD DRIVES IS NOT DIGITAL PRESERVATION.
FFS.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/music-industrys-1990s-hard-drives-like-all-hdds-are-dying/
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THIS IS WHY YOU HIRE LIBRARIANS AND ARCHIVISTS TO DO DIGITAL PRESERVATION.
IDEALLY ONES TRAINED BY SOMEONE LIKE ME, WHO DAMN WELL KNOWS BETTER THAN THIS.
DON'T HIRE IT PEOPLE TO DO THIS. STANDARD-ISSUE IT PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DAMN WELL DOING. (ASK THE STATE OF MAINE.)
LIBRARIANS. AND. ARCHIVISTS. KNOW.
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Fabian (WobIntosh)replied to Dorothea Salo last edited by
@dsalo Just had the urge to reply "If only there were people who deal with this professionally..." when I saw the second post.
If these companies could be shown the effort it can take to make "simple" Office files usable from a Diskette, perhaps an awareness could be created. But apparently they believe that they (presumably) have problems with old Office files is personal bad luck and coincidence...
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Dorothea Saloreplied to Fabian (WobIntosh) last edited by
@wobintosh True story:
A student of mine was once hired into a wealthy company headquartered locally to "build them an archives."
(A. STUDENT. That was already a red flag, but I can't exactly stop a student taking a job.)
They balked at the most minimal materials requests -- archival-quality boxes, film cans, etc. "We'll digitize it all instead!" they said.
Their own IT laughed at them. They decided they weren't ready for a corporate archives.