Re: Digital archiving and preservation

From: Keith Jenkins <kgj2_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:17:21 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:36 AM, Mike Taylor <mike_at_indexdata.com> wrote:
> Are there any published studies that predict and compare the long-term
> preservation ability and cost efficiency of physical and digital
> archives?  I would like to either back up or refute my intuition!

Regarding the cost, this paper from Princeton's DataSpace attempts to
estimate the cost-per-gigabyte of storing, and continually migrating
to fresh storage over a very long time: "forever".

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01w6634361k

Keith
Received on Mon Oct 24 2011 - 11:17:57 EDT