We now have about 60 archivists, preservationists, educators, and
other digital professionals from private and public institutions now
subscribed to this list. Although much of the previous conversation has
centered around a specific project that emerged from the Time and Bits
Conference hosted by the Getty Information Institute, please feel
welcome to begin new threads or to respond to old issues with new
thoughts. Also, if you are new, feel welcome to post an introduction of
yourself to the list ! (Note: The comments you noted when registering for
the discussion are not automatically forwarded to this list).
Our goal with the conference and this discussion group has been to
address a broad range of pressing issues related to long-term digital
cultural preservation. Core conference participants have highlighted the
present time as a critical one, as data that exists is continually being
wiped out by neglect or disintegrating media or preservation techniques.
With the Time & Bits site, we do actually plan to turn these discussions
into practical, browsable sets of questions, issues, and solutions
(http://www.getty.edu)--eventually breaking out
significant threads to account work that has already been done to the
knowledge of list members, as well as new ideas and substantial
solutions that arise in discussion.
Please feel welcome to submit news, topics, or questions. The list is still
very new so there's not too much constraint on what can be addressed
here; we do, however, seem to have a critical mass in sheer numbers
and quality of the participants signed on so far that should guarantee
some good discussion.
Don't be shy!
:-)
Martin Diekhoff
Discussion list administrator
Getty Information Institute