I think it would be better to print your web site pages on paper, provided
there are not too many, and archive these in one of those very attractive
folders one can get with plasic transparent pockets. The fact that you have
filed the paper in a folder like this enhances the subject so that anyone
finding it in years to come might realize that the pages are not simply
ephemeral and out of date copies.
I suspect that within about 30 years our present CD-ROM will seem very
archaic and not many will have the technology to read those written in 2002.
Apart from this I think it possible that CDs will deteriotate physically so
much in the next 50 years (perhaps much sooner) that it may be impossible to
read them anyway.
But paper is paper. Recently I saw a persoanl diary written in pencil in the
1850s and it was just as clear as ink would have been. Perhaps even clearer.
Brian Read
> From: Jane Knight <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: "From: Local-History list" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:52:57 +0000
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Archiving of online materials
>
> This is a follow on from a look at Frank's excellent web site. What sort of
> archive policy do those of us that manage web sites have? I create web
> pages for a local brass band that I hope will be of interest to local
> historians in the future so I try and store everything to CD on a regular
> basis. Should we be seeking to deposit such things with local history
> societies? What do others think/do?
>
> Jane
> That passed so may this.
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