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Re: [ARSCLIST] Requiem for the DAT (redux, was Storage of audio CDs)
On 04/10/05, Tom Fine wrote:
> And this again falls into my belief that many copies in many places,
> readily available so more copies in more places may be created, is the
> best preservation strategy for the long haul. This theory is nothing
> new, it's the genesis of book publishing. For a tale of what happens
> to locked archives in hard-to-access places, see Alexandria.
I am reading the letters of Peter Paul Rubens. At least a third of them
exist only as copies.
Copy and spread is the answer.
Regards
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Don Cox
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