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The focus of the article is specifically about the problems and risks of handling precious, possibly irreplaceable acetate stock affected by ''vinegar syndrome'
by cf100clunk 3y ago
The focus of the article is specifically about the problems and risks of handling precious, possibly irreplaceable acetate stock affected by ''vinegar syndrome''. It warns of a domino-effect once tainted stock comes into contact with untainted. Archivists are cautious for very good reasons. The problem of which items to digitize is a secondary one.
- WalterBright 3y ago> The problem of which items to digitize is a secondary one. Not if you want to digitize the most microfilm for the least amount of money. I approach programming the same way. If I've got 100 bugs to fix, I'll start by fixing the easy ones first, and the hard ones afterwards. This unblocks the most users in the least amount of time.
- cf100clunk 3y agoIf your strategy of expediency before correctness was applied to corporate documentation (kept the hard stuff for last but never got to it) good luck with lawyers and authorities. Archiving is a very serious business, particularly when insurance and legalities are involved. Preserving museum pieces is no less so.
- dylan604 3y agoI prefer triaging the bugs. If a bug is some superficial UI issue but has no affect on the core aspect, I'll choose to let it linger while focusing on bugs that are actually negatively impacting core use. People that get upset about superficial things are typically just never satisfied anyways and you'll spend a disproportionate amount of time trying to satisfy them.
- manderley 3y agoClearly, archiving is just the same as your personal programming projects.