<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The other alternative is to convert everything to an open digital format now.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Hilton Gibson</b></div><div>Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator</div><div>JS Gericke Library</div><div>Room 1025C</div><div>Stellenbosch University</div><div>Private Bag X5036</div><div>Stellenbosch</div><div>7599</div><div>South Africa</div><div><br></div><div>Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 February 2015 at 11:13, Ina Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Ina@assaf.org.za" target="_blank">Ina@assaf.org.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-ZA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Therefore software programmes also need to be digitally preserved, and also the equipment if possible. Might become an expensive process if not properly managed. Therefore a digital preservation policy needs to be in place.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Kind regards<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Ina<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:irtalk-bounces@lists.lib.sun.ac.za" target="_blank">irtalk-bounces@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:irtalk-bounces@lists.lib.sun.ac.za" target="_blank">irtalk-bounces@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hilton Gibson<br><b>Sent:</b> 17 February 2015 11:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za" target="_blank">irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a>; Duraspace; <a href="mailto:fabteam@lists.lib.sun.ac.za" target="_blank">fabteam@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Irtalk] BBC News - Google's Vint Cerf warns of 'digital Dark Age'<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">"I worry a great deal about that," Mr Cerf told me. "You and I are experiencing things like this. <b><span style="color:red">Old formats of documents that we've created or presentations may not be readable by the latest version of the software because backwards compatibility is not always guaranteed.</span></b><br><br>"And so what can happen over time is that even if we accumulate vast archives of digital content, we may not actually know what it is."<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31450389" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31450389</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">​Also see: ​<a href="http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Preservable_Digital_Objects" target="_blank">http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Preservable_Digital_Objects</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>