RE: EPA Set to Close Library Network and Electronic Catalog [PMC and digital preservation thread]

["David Goodman" <David.Goodman@liu.edu>]

We worry for two good reasons, and I think it is not only 
libraries who should worry:

First, it is unwise to trust any single method. Present day 
analysis is inherently unable to predict all future conditions.

Second, it is unwise to trust any agency of a single government. 
(Even a government not known for its removal of published 
material may later change. )

A possible third, which I personally do not consider reasonable, 
is that some do not trust the NIH in particular.  Those for whom 
this is the important objection should say so.

There may also be some who do not trust the NIH method because of 
technical considerations. I am not sufficiently knowledgeable to 
judge.

Dr. David Goodman
Associate Professor
Palmer School of Library and Information Science
Long Island University
dgoodman@liu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu on behalf of Anthony Watkinson
Sent: Wed 3/1/2006 7:03 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: EPA Set to Close Library Network and Electronic Catalog [PMC and digital preservation thread]

... why do the libraries mentioned worry so much and spend so 
much money in researching long-term preservation techniques?

Anthony