On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 9:10 AM, Eric Lease Morgan <emor...@nd.edu> wrote:
> As I sit here watching my EAD files get indexed by Solr, I ask myself, “To > what degree are we — the Code4Lib community — curating our content?” > > Seriously, our “community” generates content, and the bulk of it takes > three or four forms: the mailing list, the journal, the wiki, and > conference agendas/schedules. How “important” is this content? While it my > very well be backed up, and while it may very well be restorable, I wonder > about its intrinsic values... > Generally speaking, if you have to wonder about the value of something, you already have the answer.... ;) But seriously, just because a theoretical use case can be imagined is not a good reason to dedicate resources -- this is the very definition of a solution looking for a problem. Whether or not content is formally organized, the good stuff has and will continue to permeate thinking/systems/processes elsewhere. kyle