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      Here is some coverage in the LA Times on the Time & Bits
      conference. The first URL is an interview with Jeff Rothenberg of
      The Rand Corporation. It gives a very realistic and reasonable
      response to the issue of digital preservation.


      http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/BUSINESS/UPDATES/
      lat_qanda0216.htm

      one quote:

      Q: Should we save everything?

       A: We'll only save a small portion of the data we generate no
      matter how heroic our efforts. It's not a good idea to save
      everything, and probably most things deserve to be lost.
      Archivists only save things that are considered to be of enduring
      value. But because of the short life cycle of digital information,
      it's hard to figure out what will have enduring value. It's
      relatively easy to decide when a document is 100 years old whether
      it's of enduring value, but it's pretty hard to decide when it's
      only 5 years old, which is when we're going to have to decide if
      we want to have a shot at saving it.

      http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/BUSINESS/UPDATES/
      lat_getty0216.htm


      Adina Lerner
      Walt Disney Archives