"The success of century-scale #storage comes down to the same thing that storage and preservation of any duration does: #maintenance. The everyday work of a human being #caring for something. If a collection enjoys proper maintenance and care for 400 years, odds are, that collection will survive 400 years."
Century-Scale Storage is a beautiful exploration of and homage to #archivists, #librarians and simply people who care to preserve.
https://lil.law.harvard.edu/century-scale-storage/
[#]publiclibraries #preservation
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@ilumium Paradoxically, archaeologists will testify that artefacts that were untouched by humans have the greatest chance of survival. Otto Neugebauer remarked on this topic: "there are many forces which operate in the destruction of source material, none more powerful than continuous peaceful life" So the outlook for computer data is grim indeed.
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