The critical window of shadow libraries - eviltoast
How can we claim to preserve our collections in perpetuity, when they are already approaching 1 PB?

We can only expect these trends to continue to worsen, and many works to be lost well before they enter the public domain.

We are on the eve of a revolution in preservation, but “the lost cannot be recovered.” We have a critical window of about 5-10 years during which it’s still fairly expensive to operate a shadow library and create many mirrors around the world, and during which access has not been completely shut down yet.

If we can bridge this window, then we’ll indeed have preserved humanity’s knowledge and culture in perpetuity. We should not let this time go to waste. We should not let this critical window close on us.

Let’s go.

  • Anna and the team
  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    3 months ago

    archive, archive, archive

    got a 30tb library currently and every time a drive goes down we replace with a drive that is bigger

    • pmk@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      How do you decide what to archive, and what is the long term plan? If Annas goes down it can be pieced together again? Or is it served to users now too?