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[ILUG] Storing for Historical Record? (OT)

[ILUG] Storing for Historical Record? (OT)

John P. Looney valen at tuatha.org
Wed Oct 2 12:12:02 IST 2002


On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 03:44:18PM +0100, Ronan Cunniffe mentioned:
> Hi all,
>     I've just been asked to create a physically archivable copy of
>     somebody's account.  Since the owner was a) an internationally
>     renowned theoretical physicist, and b) still actively doing physics
>     when he died, it is probable that his account contains unpublished
>     papers and/or other work of significant historical value.

 If that's true, stick it on  a webserver, and it it's good, people will
mirror it all over the place for you. If it's not, screw it :)

 Seriously, the best long-term storage system is microfiche. Of course, it
has to be printed out & scanned in, but it'll keep fifty odd years,
easily.

Kate




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