Frank Turns Over an Old Leaf

Frank shows several examples of print that have survived the centuries. Books, newspapers, and other documents from 1300, 1350, 1493, 1781, and 1901 show how print has endured and is still accessible and readable after 700 years—or more. Will today’s digital files be as accessible and readable in the future?

Published on July 31, 2020

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By Werner Rebsamen on Jul 31, 2020

Frank - to preserve your acidic newspaper, look into deacidification processes. (Northeast Conservation Center etc.)
As for storing information, I have been participating on an international committee meeting at RIT that included all the major players, HP, Xerox, Fuji, Kodak, manufacturers of components like paper, inks, binding materials etc. to make sure that photo books produced today will last a minimum of 100 years. So much for storing electronic information.

By Jim Hamilton on Jul 31, 2020

Frank, you show a copy of the Congressional Record at the end of the video. Folks who follow WhatTheyThink may be interested in a conference session coming up at the beginning of September that will have a panelist from GPO talking about how they are using inkjet to produce documents like the Congressional Record. It's the session called "Today’s In-Plants: Adapting to Change" and will take place at the virtual thINK Forum conference on Wednesday September 2nd. Details are at thINKforum.com.

By David Avery on Aug 07, 2020

Anyone able to read ZIP discs? Syquest?
How about a Harvard Graphics file?

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