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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></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"'> irtalk-bounces@lists.lib.sun.ac.za [mailto:irtalk-bounces@lists.lib.sun.ac.za] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hilton Gibson<br><b>Sent:</b> 17 February 2015 11:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za; Duraspace; fabteam@lists.lib.sun.ac.za<br><b>Subject:</b> [Irtalk] BBC News - Google's Vint Cerf warns of 'digital Dark Age'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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."<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31450389">http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31450389</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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">http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Preservable_Digital_Objects</a></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>