Perhaps she (and we) can find some useful information at the National
Institute for Standards and Technology. I've been following this site
for awhile and it looks like the Feb. 2006 presentation from Imation
might have some interesting data. I'll have to read it.
<http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/gipwog/Feb-2-06.html>
See the third item down:
Jathan Edwards (Imation): Distinguishing an Archival Grade Optical Medium
Chuck Norcutt
Bill Pearce wrote:
>>They should all start to educate folks on the danger of losing their
>>digital images. That could markedly increase the print business if
>>people really understood how vulnerable their digital images are
>>(including all their other digital files). I'm afraid that 50 years
>>down the road we'll find there's a paucity of amateur images available
>>from this period.
>
> My sister is a college librarian at one of the largest college libraries,
> tenure, full professor, lots of administrative responsibilities, and the
> ability to direct several areas in the humanities. She is very concerned
> about this. It appears that in that realm, you are either pushing digital
> full force, or resisting im a big way. Not a lot of middle ground. The ones
> that are concerned are mostly focused on this potential loss.
>
> Bill Pearce
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