"CAMiLEON Project manager, Paul Wheatley, said: "BBC Domesday has become a
classic example of the dangers facing our digital heritage. Our work has
demonstrated that techniques like emulation can provide successful routes to
preservation, even with incredibly complex resources like BBC Domesday. But
it must be remembered that time is of the essence. We must invest wisely in
developing an infrastructure to preserve our digital records before it is
too late. We must not make the mistake of thinking that recording on a
long-lived medium gives us meaningful preservation"

"The rescued image of the BBC Domesday resource, along with the emulator on
which it runs will be deposited at the Public Record Office on the
completion of the CAMiLEON project. The PRO is currently investigating
copyright issues with the BBC with a view to making the system available to
the public once again'."

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/media/current/camileon2.htm

"Neil Beagrie, JISC Programme Director for Digital Preservation and
Secretary of the Digital Preservation Coalition comments "The emulation of
BBC Domesday represents a major milestone in digital preservation. However,
digital technologies continue to move forward and so does legislation.
Encryption and technical protection measures could make future digital
preservation even more difficult or even illegal. The CAMiLEON Project
highlights the need for action on legislation and infrastructure to ensure
archives, libraries and museums can preserve our digital heritage."
A.S.


-----Original Message-----
From: John McCaffery [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 26 November 2002 17:02
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Subject: BBC Videodiscs


Free to a good home:

2 BBC Videodisc titles, "Volcanoes" & "BBC Domesday discs." If anyone still
has equipment capable of reading these 12-inch videodiscs, and would like
to add these two titles to their collection, please contact me.

John McCaffery
Site Librarian
University of Dundee
Gardyne Road
Dundee
DD5 1NY

Tel. 01382 464264

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