"I was in the car with my wife and 15-year-old daughter this morning talking about the future of Facebook and how it's likely that they will not be around forever (or at least not at the same capacity as now) and my daughter asked 'Well, what's going to happen to all of my pictures?' It [...]
Excellent article on the BBC's problems with web preservation, along with a useful history lesson about the (unfortunate) re-use of videotape, and the losses that practice caused. Visit Losing Web Sites at the BBC
Richard Wright explains PrestoCentre, Presto projects, and Screening the Future conference to be held March 14-15 in Hilversum. "we are on the brink of creating something that can make a major difference to the amount of broadcasting content, and other audiovisual content, that will survive: the PrestoCentre Competence Centre, to be launched 14-15 March in [...]
Background on NSF rules on ensuring preservation of and access to scientific data. Visit A Digital Library Guru Discusses New Rules on Sharing Scientific Data – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Best of the conference calendars – has the two I'm working on, Personal Digital Archiving, and Screening the Future. Visit Information Today, Inc. Industry Events
About as wrong as it is possible to be about intellectual property. Visit Conservative tech policy goal: ramp up IP enforcement
The report of the Comite des Sages on bringing Europe's cultural heritage online is out, with some interesting data about digitisation, and some excellent recommendations about What is to be Done. Start by getting €100 billion set aside to pay for it all…
Nice forward from Kaliya Hamlin, mostly on consumer services to preserve digital legacies. Visit Cyberspace When You’re Dead – NYTimes.com