[Web4lib] Paperless society

[K.G. Schneider]

If digital content is intelligently replicated in a manner that
maintains format integrity and is designed for disaster preparedness,
then the argument for the "just in case" paper copy becomes far less
tenable, and the attention and resources can shift to digital
preservation. LOCKSS is one technology designed to do this. 

However, you do bring up the importance of having *some* data accessible
in a non-analog format. DP contact lists fall into that arena! The key
is to make sure they too are accessible in a disaster...

Karen G. Schneider

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:38:40 -0500, "Anderson, Patricia" <pfa at umich.edu>
said:
> Personally, being a tad on the paranoid side, if the information is
> electronic and suddenly disappears, it is extremely useful to have a
> paper archive to prove you weren't hallucinating. :) I am a HUGE fan of
> redundancy, especially for critical information. By "critical" I mean any
> information that might be essential in case of a disaster response
> scenario. Phone books are an excellent example of the type of information
> that is often overlooked on a daily basis but which become absolutely
> essential in a disaster or crisis. 
> 
> I would really like to see librarians, as a collective, partner with
> other service professions to develop an agreed upon set of core
> information that requires duplication in a variety of locations and
> formats for the purpose of disaster and crisis preparation and response.
> 
>  -- Patricia Anderson, pfa at umich.edu
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of David Rothman
> Sent: Mon 2/11/2008 10:04 AM
> To: Carol Bean
> Cc: Jocelyn Shaw; web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Paperless society
>  
> And it is convenient to have a horse-and-buggy if your car breaks down. 
> So?
> 
> On Feb 11, 2008 9:51 AM, Carol Bean <beanworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Not so inefficient when the internet connection is down or non-existent
> >
> > Carol
> >
> >
> > On Feb 11, 2008 9:35 AM, David Rothman <david.rothman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Jocelyn-
> > >
> > > Telephone books are *much* more scarce than they used to be.  That you
> > > continue to use the most inefficient available container for this sort
> > > of
> > > information doesn't make the assertion silly or wrong.
> > >
> > > -David
> > > David Rothman
> > > Community General Hospital Medical Library
> > > Syracuse, NY
> > >  On Feb 11, 2008 9:29 AM, Jocelyn Shaw <redfernshaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I had to chuckle at the quote:
> > > >
> > > >  "'Paper is no longer the master copy; the digital version is,' says
> > > > Brewster Kahle, the founder and director of the Internet Archive, a
> > > > nonprofit digital library. 'Paper has been dealt a complete deathblow.
> > > > When
> > > > was the last time you saw a telephone book?'"...
> > > >
> > > > Having used the phone book twice in the last 20 minutes to answer
> > > > reference
> > > > questions I found it quite humorous.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jocelyn Shaw
> > > > Librarian
> > > > Hackley Public Library
> > > > 316 W Webster
> > > > Muskegon MI 49440
> > > >
> > > > The Smartest Card. Get it. Use it.
> > > > @ the Hackley Public Library
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Carol Bean
> > beanworks at gmail.com
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