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Thank you for the information!
Allison Munsell
Digitization Specialist, Rights & Reproduction
Albany Institute of History & Art
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From: The NDSA organization list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Perkes
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 1:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [NDSA-ALL] Story on CBS News
We much prefer the m-disc (see http://www.mdisc.com/). While there is still the ever-present risk from technological obsolescence with optical media, the data on the media appears to be quite stable, persistent, and uncorrupted (no bit loss) when using m-disc, so it saves us from a few migration cycles. The disc manufacturing process is different from other DVDs, and it also writes it differently, requiring a drive that supports it for writing (e.g. LG drives natively support it), but can be read by any DVD drive.
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Allison Munsell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi All,
I’m assuming Archival Gold DVD’s are still the choice for longevity?
Allison Munsell
Digitization Specialist, Rights & Reproduction
Albany Institute of History & Art
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From: The NDSA organization list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Margaret Hedstrom
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 12:12 PM
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Hi all,
Heard a similar story on NPR last week.
Great to see this in the popular media!
Except that it perpetuates the myth that not using labels or writing on CD’s is the way to preserve digital information. Were it so simple.
Margaret
Margaret Hedstrom
Principal Investigator, Sustainable Environment - Actionable Data (SEAD)
Professor
School of Information, University of Michigan
On Aug 28, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Kimberly A. Schroeder <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Good morning all!
CBS This Morning is currently running a story on preserving CDs. They were at the Library of Congress lab and the story was titled "Destroy to Preserve".
It is not on their website yet, but keep your eyes open! They gave some helpful hints about not using labels and not writing on CDs. They also showed how conservators are testing longevity via aging tests.
Great to see this in the popular media!
Best,
Kim Schroeder
Coordinator, Archival Program
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