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What does the following have to do with Latino and Native American
Genealogy and History? Well everything. It is the goal of this project
to archive and store various audio files of information on this topic
for the long term. I for one have wondered about this very subject
several times and am glad NARA is taking the bull by the horns to the
tune of $308 million. Let's hope for a solution we can realistically
use.
following the article is a link to an interview of Alex Kosiorek by
Doug Kaye of IT Conversations on the subject of how best to burn CD's
for long term information storage. Very interesting and even though it
is one year old I think the info is still applicable today.
joseph
http://NuestrosRanchos.net
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http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6255911.html
Lockheed Martin Named for National Archives Project
— September 12, 2005
Lockheed Martin has won a $308 million, six-year contract to build the
Electronic Records Archives (ERA, http://www.archives.gov/era/) system
for the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). The ERA system will capture and preserve the federal
government' electronic records, regardless of format, ensure hardware
and software independence, and provide public and governmental access.
NARA said Lockheed Martin was chosen "based on the technical merit of
the solution it proposed, the excellence of their system and software
engineering methodology, and the quality of their project management."
Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein said, "I am indebted to
those who acted decades and centuries ago to ensure that the records of
our past were preserved for use today… The Electronic Records Archives'
goal is clear and simple: a system that accepts, preserves, and makes
accessible—far into the future—any type of electronic document."
The search for a solution began seven years ago, and NARA recently
held a one-year design competition between Harris Corporation and
Lockheed Martin. The system's "initial operating capability" should be
available during Fiscal Year 2007. Weinstein noted that "the system's
architecture makes it flexible enough to accommodate evolving policy
change," including the importance of "providing public access while
protecting privacy and sensitive information."
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Listen to the Podcast:
http://cdn.itconversations.com/Alex%20Kosiorek%20-%20Maximum%20Burn.mp3
Are your CD-R backups safe? Think they'll last a
long time? Think again!
Alex Kosiorek is the audio recording and mastering engineer for the
Corbett Studios at WGUC-FM in Cincinnati
where, among other things, he's responsible for creating archival CD-R
recordings. We first learned of Alex from an article he wrote "Maximum
Burn" for Radio Magazine
(http://beradio.com/mag/radio_maximum_burn/index.html) in which he
detailed his research on CD-R media, burners and techniques. Among the
questions Alex answers in this interview:
- Are there differences between CD-R media?
- Are store-brand generic discs good enough?
- Is a fast CD-R (48x, 52x) better than a slower one?
- Which combination of media and burner speeds is most reliable?
- What's the best way to label CD-R media?
These are important questions if you want your CDs to last a long time.
The answers may surprise you. Alex also recommends this:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/carefordisc/CDandDVDCareandHandlingGuide.pdf
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