This is an interesting article about the disappearance of printed exhibition invitation cards in favour of electronic mailings:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/gallery-card-as-relic/

 

Online comment number 7 refers to the archival value of these printed ephemera as collected by archives and libraries. We have collected the printed cards for a long time and are now concerned about archiving the electronic ones. Has anyone developed any neat solutions for the latter problem? May be worth sharing with the list.

 

Thanks

 

Jonathan

 

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National Gallery of Canada

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