When Data disappears

[Jenny Scott]

When data disappears by Kari Kraus, Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies and the English Department, University of Maryland

 

http://www.diigo.com/annotated/428bd5721fec32cb214e1f38e0cd8beb

 

We generate over 1.8 zettabytes of digital information a year. By some estimates, that’s nearly 30 million times the amount of information contained in all the books ever published. Even if we had perfectly stable storage, could we ever have enough to preserve everything?

[Daniel Wilksch]

John Quiggin the economist also picked up on that article.  His personal take is interesting:

http://johnquiggin.com/2011/08/08/does-digital-data-disappear/

[Jenny Scott]

Hi Daniel, True. I wonder how many gigabytes have been created discussing the preservation of gigabytes :-)