Hundreds of digital maps in the National Library of Australia are in danger of being lost. These physical format electronic maps are held on media such as floppy disks, CD-ROMs, DVDs and USBs. Some are under threat because they are not intended for long term storage. For instance, the average life of a floppy disk [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Walking around singing a song: what the week brings in.
February 15, 2011 by
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I’ve been here a little over a year now, and there are some days when I walk along the corridors thinking : “Wow, I work at the NATIONAL library!” How did I ever manage to get into such a large institution? I suppose for long time Canberrans and public servants this might sound naive at best, but coming [...]
Oh that darn sticky tape!
February 3, 2011 by
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Although I am part of preservation, I will mainly blog about what goes on in the bindery. With around 10 million books, there is no shortage of work for Dave, Neale and I. Let me state that I am not a paper conservator; I used to be a picture framer, and used conservation techniques such [...]
