On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Rick McGowan wrote:
> Markus ventured:
>
> > "Complete ISO Coded Character Set Handbook CD-ROM" [...]
> > for the benefit of the History of Computing PhD student in the
> > year 2280 working on a dissertation about how it all started
>
> Well, if they wanted to do ANYTHING seriously useful for the PhD student in
> 2280 working on a dissertation about this era, the best thing they could do
> would be to print all that stuff in hard copy on acid-free paper and store
> the bundle at the British Museum in an atmosphere controlled case... By
> 2280, all copies of the CD-ROM will be completely useless and unreadable (if
> they haven't actually disintegrated from within).
>
> Rick
>
Friday, March 1, 2K
Ric,
Can the Library of Congress have one too? Do you mean the British
Library? Yes, preservation/accessibility is an issue.
Regards,
Jim Agenbroad ( jage@LOC.gov )
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