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Back in the 70's and 80's minicomputer-based phototypesetting systems were used to format the text at newspapers. (I worked on that sort of thing for Mergenthaler and Logicon-Intertype.) Might some of the material be on backup tapes from those systems? Regards, Chris Muller Muller Media Conversions 21 Locust Street Manhasset NY 11030-2233 <http://www.mullermedia.com/> www.mullermedia.com 516-833-3067 From: The NDSA organization list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McCain, Edward Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 11:06 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [NDSA-ALL] NDSA members: register for this event to help us solve the problem of preserving digital news content Dodging the Memory Hole II: An Action Assembly <http://educopia.org/events/dmh> Charlotte, NC May 11-12, 2015 What will tomorrow bring for yesterday's news? For centuries, this "rough first draft of history" has been saved and preserved by archives and libraries around the world. But over the last four decades, news has transitioned from printed paper to digital files, and studies show that these files are in great danger. Join stakeholders from all angles of this problem-news publishers and press associations, technologists and researchers, libraries and archives, corporations and funding agencies. Together, we will lay a crucial foundation for resolving this information crisis. What you can expect at Dodging the Memory Hole II <http://educopia.org/events/dmh> : * Abundant opportunities to network with journalists, publishers, technologists, vendors, press association directors, librarians, archivists, historians, genealogists, and others that share a stake in the news; * Celebration and evaluation of the accomplishments of the seven Action Teams that were launched at the November Forum (they have been quite busy during this six-month interval!); * Inspirational speakers who will engage in conversations with each other and with the audience members about emerging practices and needs; * Lots of action--including several sets of concurrent "Take Action" sessions where we will collectively accomplish real work on site; * A concentrated, cross-sector environment in which we will focus on specific, solvable problems in preserving digital news; * The development of approaches to possible partnerships between businesses and public institutions that can work for both private enterprise and the public good; * The formation of a second wave of work groups that we will launch at the end of the Action Assembly. Hosted by the Educopia Institute, the D <http://educopia.org/events/dmh> odging the Memory Hole II <http://educopia.org/events/dmh> event in May 2015 builds directly upon the foundation of an earlier event - Dodging the Memory Hole 2014 - hosted at the Reynolds Journalism Institute in Columbia, Missouri. Keynote Speaker Brian Hocker, NBC Universal Panelists Include Ben Welsh, Los Angeles Times Eric Weig, University of Kentucky Libraries Herbert Van de Sompel, Los Alamos National Laboratory Ryan Thornburg, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, School of Journalism and Mass Communication David Thompson, Kentucky Press Association Cal Shepard, State Librarian of North Carolina Leigh Montgomery, Christian Science Monitor Lisa Macklin, Emory University Edward McCain, Reynolds Journalism Institute and University of Missouri Libraries Jim Kroll, Denver Public Library Martin Halbert, University of North Texas Libraries We greatly appreciate the National Endowment for the Humanities' generous funding support for this event. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me or Matt Schultz at Educopia ([log in to unmask]). Thanks, Edward Edward McCain | Digital Curator of Journalism Donald W. Reynolds Institute 218 RJI, Missouri School of Journalism Columbia, MO 65211 w 573.882.8049 | m 573-818-5970