"Analog or digital, no work will have much influence if it doesn’t stick around to be cited or..."
ARL Policy Notes 2014-01-06
Summary:
“Analog or digital, no work will have much influence if it doesn’t stick around to be cited or argued with. The technological advances that make digital-humanities work possible also put it at risk of obsolescence, as software and hardware decay or become outmoded. Somebody—or a team of somebodies, often based in academic libraries or digital-scholarship centers—has to conduct regular inspections and make sure that today’s digital scholarship doesn’t become tomorrow’s digital junk.” -
Librarians know what many copyright wonks don’t: digital materials may be capable of infinite perfect copying, but that doesn’t mean they’ll last forever.
Born Digital, Projects Need Attention to Survive - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education