29 Jul
2014
29 Jul
'14
7:10 p.m.
On Jul 28, 2014, at 5:23 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
[snip]
There was a project a few years ago to scan all issues
of AUUGN
(Australian Unix Users Group Newsletter); the last I heard was that all
issues had been obtained, and handed over to some Google mob for
archiving. Apparently the scanning process is destructive but makes for
an ideal copy for as many as you like. The originals, being up to 40
years or so old, would have been in bad shape anyway.
Sounds like what Vernor Vinge was describing in 'Rainbows End' -- a cautionary
tale for librarians about destructive digitization/digitisation, among other themes.
- Milo