Interesting Washington Post opinion piece by Nicholas Carr about the book "When We Are No More: How Digital Memory Is Shaping Our Future" by Abby Smith Rumsey. When our digital memory is lost in the cloud, what becomes of our human history? I'll post this here now in hopes of developing more of my own … Continue reading When We Are No More: How Digital Memory Is Shaping Our Future/Washington Post
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Digital Preservation article
Google is not the answer: How the digital age imperils history "It’s important that much of the information we create is ephemeral. Otherwise, the world will become far too cluttered." from http://www.salon.com
article: The changing world of archives and digital media
The Dr. Jo Ann Rayfield Archives at Illinois State University is doing a month-long series on digital archives...The changing world of archives and digital mediaThis month, we’ll be looking at digital records and asking some important questions. Can’t we just print all of this stuff out? What’s the big deal with digital versus paper? What … Continue reading article: The changing world of archives and digital media
John Trendler: Still Learning 