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As technological advances surge ahead at lightning speed, piles of floppy disks, VHS tapes, and even stacks of old papers will likely become impossible to extract information from. Even if the treasures hidden inside could be accessed, sharing that information with others would be a hard task still. So it's clear to people like Jason Scott, a free-range archivist with the Internet Archive, that the solution is digitization. The Internet Archive is a non-profit organization that keeps a digital history of our collective digital detritus thanks to the Wayback Machine. But they also log the physical stuff, too. And as more people discover its secret trove of books, movies, and videos, they start getting ideas about how to archive their own collection of information. http://bit.ly/1L32UZj http://bit.ly/1L32UZj+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org "The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire, unbridled competition. They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the umbrella of federal regulations." Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978. To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]