[AT] Cecil Monson

[Rob Gray]

That is a great idea about making an archive specific to his posts. I 
think PDF is a very good solution for the final copy, but I would 
probably keep a second copy in ASCII since PDF is less able to be edited 
or updated over time.

Rob

charlie hill wrote:

> Larry,  I would like to have the archive that Cecil kept of messages 
> from the rest of us.  That along with the messages he wrote would be 
> priceless.
>
> I have a lot of messages from Cecil and a picture that Lucille took of 
> Cecil and me somewhere on an old hard drive.  It works and I have it 
> in an external case.  I don't know how long it will take me to search 
> through it and find what I want.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry D. Goss" 
> <rlgoss at evansville.net>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 1:53 PM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Cecil Monson
>
>
>> This email may be viewed as being Off Topic, but be assured that I mean
>> no disrespect in what I'm asking or suggesting.
>>
>> Rob, your comments remind me of the problem libraries and museums are
>> wrestling with; namely, How do you archive materials that are "born
>> digital".  Many of us saved emails from Cecil over the years, and it
>> would be a nice memory for us to have them available in some form.  Both
>> the ALA (American Library Association) and IMLS (Institute of Museum and
>> Library Services) are trying to come to grips with how to preserve
>> materials that never existed in print form.  Obviously, they can simply
>> be saved to a CD-ROM, but the question is: What format should the
>> messages be in?  Current thinking is focusing on the possibility that
>> PDF format may be the most universal for the time being, but regardless
>> of the format that is chosen, migration of the materials from format to
>> format is something that has to be considered.
>>
>> Cecil's comments to us over the years could be considered in the same
>> category as oral history is to genealogists.  It would be nice to have a
>> collection of his messages available in some form and at some location.
>> Such a collection would require that someone take the interest and
>> initiative to do it, and it would require some sort of clearing house or
>> repository for gathering them all together.  Is this something that ATIS
>> can do?
>>
>> Larry
>



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