Hi everybody,
as Rob has already mentioned, Amalyah's post (and the subsequent
ideas) started very successful negotiations behind the scenes between
the Standards & Vocabulary SIG and the Digital Media SIG about
co-sponsoring a session about longevity. The current discussion again
confirms the interest in the topic - it also came up in the Digital
Imaging SIG meeting in Cincinnati as one of the requested session
topics.
If anybody has suggestions for speakers, Rob and I'd be glad to
receive them. I'd be especially interested in having speakers who
will talk about DVD-R storage in the hardmedia realm, and DIG35 and
the soon-to-be NISO Standard on digital still images in the realm of
metadata.
And somebody convince Jim to ship that exhibit on media storage from
Glasgow to Toronto...:-)
Cheers,
Guenter
Hi Amalyah et al,
I think this would be an important session for anyone involved in digital
archiving. Perhaps we could even have a mini exhibition of media storage
in the exhibition hall? We had an exhibition here some years back which
dealt with 40 years of computing at the University of Glasgow and one of
the most commented on exhibits was the range of storage devices we had,
from giant 4 foot disks which in the 60s stored 250K to Jaz cartridges etc,
which were then one of the lateest things.
Cheers,
Jim.
At 3:39 pm +0200 26/2/02, Amalyah Keshet wrote:
Just a thought: Perhaps the Digital Imaging SIG could propose a
session on the longevity (or lack thereof) of digital storage media, for
the 2002 annual conference? The theme of the conference will be "In it
for the long haul --- technology programs that go the distance," so this
would be an appropriate issue. Each SIG is to come up with at least one
session proposal -- and proposals are due on April 5. See:
http://www.mcn.edu/2002cfp.htm amalyah keshet
head of image resources & copyright management
the israel museum, jerusalem www.imj.org.il
board of directors, museum computer network www.mcn.edu (From
ImageLib): > I thought the Kodak Gold Ultima disks were virtually
indestructible and was disappointed when Kodak stopped distributing them.
After looking around for a replacement, I switched to Mitsui, the only
other manufacturer I could find that offered a disk with Phthalocyanine
dye and a gold reflective layer. They're supposed to be coated for
durability. Mitsui will send you samples on request and they've been very
fast with shipments. <http://www.mitsuicdr.com/>
At one point, Mitsui offered an "archival" gold disk, but their
representative tells me that those were discontinued and now all Mitsui
gold disks are manufactured to the same standard.
I think Mitsui claims 100 years for their disks, but I think people
also need to know how a disk stands up under every day use and abuse. So
for the past few years, I've handed out Kodak disks (with digital images
on them) on the first day of my digital imaging class. I would ask
students to "stress test" them, and then a few weeks later, when we
discussed the longevity of digital media, we'd pull them out and compare
notes.
The Kodak disks survived 25 days under water (which I thought would
open their laminated surfaced). They've been buried in a garden, placed
on the rear package shelf under a car window (which is hot!), tied to
car bumpers, played with all day in a kindergarten class .. you name
it. The only things that never failed to destroy the disks were deep
>>scratches and nail polish remover (no surprise there).
>>
>> I'll let you know how the Mitsui disks fare later this year.
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert Leopold
>> Archives & Collections Information Manager
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560-0152
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