Re: SLA-SF: CD rot

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From: Lincoln Cushing (lcushing@library.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri May 07 2004 - 09:08:16 PDT 

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Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 09:08:16 -0700
From: Lincoln Cushing <lcushing@library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: SLA-SF: CD rot

Dave-

Thanks for the heads up.

Lincoln

:

>I saw this article on CNN.com today
><http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/05/06/disc.rot.ap/index.html>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/05/06/disc.rot.ap/index.html.
>I remembered discussions I had a decade ago when I worked in libraries
>about how long we could expect CD media to survive if we used it to
>archive data. This article gives more definite information than what I
>was aware of at that time.
>
>Thought I'd share...
>
>Dave
>
>Dave Shannon
>Program Manager
>Wily Technology
>415 562-2004
>
>"Chaos, panic, pandemonium - my work here is done."
>

Lincoln Cushing
Electronic Outreach Librarian
Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley
Institute for Labor and Employment
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Berkeley, CA 94720
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