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> Physical distribution of acid-free paper books are better at preserving history. I don't doubt that those books have better survivability, but they also repr
by ef4 12y ago
> Physical distribution of acid-free paper books are better at preserving history.
I don't doubt that those books have better survivability, but they also represent only the tiny fraction of written information that was worth publishing in book form.
archive.org is a great example of how a relatively small nonprofit organization can now afford to archive historical information at volumes that were previously impossible.
- walterbell 12y agoArchive.org wrote a post explaining why they are keeping physical copies of their digital assets, http://blog.archive.org/2011/06/06/why-preserve-books-the-new-physical-archive-of-the-internet-archive/ http://blog.archive.org/2011/06/06/why-preserve-books-the-ne...