Hoi,
The archive of Cologne was a state of the art archive in Germany. If
anything it was the kind of institution that people would donate collections
to because of its excellent reputation and practices. A similar story
happened to an archive in Theresienstadt if I remember well. Cologne
collapsed because of an accident with an underground that was dug,
Theresienstadt saw its collection disappear in flames.
We are not an archive. But our best efforts help safeguard against the total
loss of an archive. We can be complementary to what our partners do. We
should not think so insular.
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/9/13 John Vandenberg <[email protected]>
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Gerard Meijssen
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hoi,
> > Remember the archive of Cologne? It collapsed. When we have as a policy
> to
> > have the exact files on Commons as provided by a GLAM, we prove
> provenance
> > because our best practice is to include the material in our archive as
> > provided by a GLAM. When we decide for all kinds of reasons to transcode
> it
> > to another format we can and should when it makes sense. It makes sense
> as
> > long as we keep the original.
>
> We are not an archive.
>
> If an archive collapses, they should take care of the items in their
> positions, gifting them to someone else who can take them. If they
> don't, they are a very poor archive.
>
> --
> John Vandenberg
>
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