Re: Digital

Just wanted to add a wrinkle to the digital storage argument.  In as
much as it is true that technology changes and magenetic media doesn't
last forever - a solution that we've been looking at is that of
technologly transfer.  Every four years a review is done of the current
storage technologies and we transfer all out digital archives to that
newer medium that has the best longevity.

This offers the advantage of keeping current and evolving with
technology.

Another advantage to digital archiving is the ability to create
redundancy, easily.  Entire libraries can be stored in several places
eliminating the threat of any catastophe that may befall the archive.

Some have argued that this type of archiving is a lot of work.  We have
found it to be excelent.

BTW - DVD life expectancy is only a year or two.  The dies that are used
fade pretty rapidly.

Lou