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

["Anthony Watkinson" <anthony.watkinson@btopenworld.com>]

I agree entirely with David. My question was a sort of rhetorical 
one. I am totally convinced that we should all be supporting work 
on how to preserve in the long term not just digitised material 
from text but also multimedia content which is much more 
difficult.

Anthony

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Goodman" <David.Goodman@liu.edu>
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Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:43 PM
Subject: RE: EPA Set to Close Library Network and Electronic Catalog [PMC
and digital preservation thread]

> 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