Cool Library of Congress film preservation article

[hebrides]

Saw this on Creative Cow last night, but I didn't get around to reading it until a little while ago. It's one of the most interesting articles I've read in a long time.

It's about how the Library of Congress plans to preserve its massive film collection for literally thousands of years.

It touches on all kinds of things, from nitrate to paper prints, from Edison to Méliès, from optimal storage conditions for various media to why film might be a better long-term preservation medium than digital. Very thought-provoking and highly, highly recommended reading.

http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/the-library-of-congress-unlocks-the-ultimate-archive-system

 

[theslime]

That's beyond cool, not to mention right up my alley! Looking forward to reading it! Thanks!

 

[blueyoda]

That was a fascinating read. I especially appreciate how they realize that the storage technologies we use today will eventually become outdated and therefore the need to preserve the original film stock.

Of course this means for faneditors that if they want their work to survive the next couple hundreds of years, they have to transfer their work onto 35mm. 8)

 

[L8wrtr]

fascinating.

Of course, that's why my dad bought like 10 laser disk players, kind of a life-time supply of a dying technology so he'd still be able to watch his hundreds of laser disks.