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Wonder when the day will arrive when universities decide to offload all archives to online media only, just keeping the most important books and maybe unique ma

Wonder when the day will arrive when universities decide to offload all archives to online media only, just keeping the most important books and maybe unique manuscripts in libraries.

slavik81 2y ago
That will be a sad day. One of the best books I checked out of the library during my graduate studies was a copy of "Wind Waves" from 1965 with handwritten corrections written in pen by some former student.
- sexysenpai69420 2y ago
  their generation and propagation on the ocean surface?
  - slavik81 2y ago
    Yes, by Blair Kinsman. There are a few errors in the equations of the first edition. Minus signs that should be plus signs and things like that. My copy was stamped "University of Alberta" as the University of Calgary only became an independent institution in 1967. If you're interested in this topic, my second-favourite was Biology and the Mechanics of the Wave-Swept Environment by Mark W. Denny. The books are both good overviews of the subject of ocean waves and they have a folky charm that makes them quite enjoyable.
Yeul 2y ago
This is already happening in the Netherlands. Used to be that every book and newspaper was stored as a hard copy now they scan it. I think people underestimate just how much it takes to archive everything that is released in the information age.
- eesmith 2y ago
  You sure they weren't using microfilm? Quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform > Libraries began using microfilm in the mid-20th century as a preservation strategy for deteriorating newspaper collections. Books and newspapers that were deemed in danger of decay could be preserved on film and thus access and use could be increased. Microfilming was also a space-saving measure. In his 1945 book, The Scholar and the Future of the Research Library, Fremont Rider calculated that research libraries were doubling in space every sixteen years. His suggested solution was microfilming, specifically with his invention, the microcard. Once items were put onto film, they could be removed from circulation and additional shelf space would be made available for rapidly expanding collections. The microcard was superseded by microfiche. By the 1960s, microfilming had become standard policy. and > Harvard University Library was the first major institution to realize the potential of microfilm to preserve broadsheets printed on high-acid newsprint and it launched its "Foreign Newspaper Project" to preserve such ephemeral publications in 1938

Wonder when the day will arrive when universities decide to offload all archives to online media only, just keeping the most important books and maybe unique manuscripts in libraries.

slavik81 2y ago

That will be a sad day. One of the best books I checked out of the library during my graduate studies was a copy of "Wind Waves" from 1965 with handwritten corrections written in pen by some former student.

sexysenpai69420 2y ago
their generation and propagation on the ocean surface?
- slavik81 2y ago
  Yes, by Blair Kinsman. There are a few errors in the equations of the first edition. Minus signs that should be plus signs and things like that. My copy was stamped "University of Alberta" as the University of Calgary only became an independent institution in 1967. If you're interested in this topic, my second-favourite was Biology and the Mechanics of the Wave-Swept Environment by Mark W. Denny. The books are both good overviews of the subject of ocean waves and they have a folky charm that makes them quite enjoyable.

Yeul 2y ago

This is already happening in the Netherlands. Used to be that every book and newspaper was stored as a hard copy now they scan it. I think people underestimate just how much it takes to archive everything that is released in the information age.

eesmith 2y ago
You sure they weren't using microfilm? Quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform > Libraries began using microfilm in the mid-20th century as a preservation strategy for deteriorating newspaper collections. Books and newspapers that were deemed in danger of decay could be preserved on film and thus access and use could be increased. Microfilming was also a space-saving measure. In his 1945 book, The Scholar and the Future of the Research Library, Fremont Rider calculated that research libraries were doubling in space every sixteen years. His suggested solution was microfilming, specifically with his invention, the microcard. Once items were put onto film, they could be removed from circulation and additional shelf space would be made available for rapidly expanding collections. The microcard was superseded by microfiche. By the 1960s, microfilming had become standard policy. and > Harvard University Library was the first major institution to realize the potential of microfilm to preserve broadsheets printed on high-acid newsprint and it launched its "Foreign Newspaper Project" to preserve such ephemeral publications in 1938