Protecting the past: Technology accesses history, but limits the ability to archive

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Wilmette Life, 10 Mar 2005, p. 139, 141
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Creator
Ken Goze
Media Type
Newspaper
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Articles
Photographs
Notes
Digital technology has worldwide reach through the internet, but it tends to have a short life. Librarians and local historians are stuggling with the fact that much of the world's current information could fall out of reach of future researchers as software and computer sytems become obsolete.

photo Patrick Leary, Roleeta Nandan
Date of Publication
10 Mar 2005
Personal Name(s)
Clark, Ellen ; Leary, Patrick ; Nandan, Roleeta
Corporate Name(s)
Wilmette Historical Museum ; Wilmette Public Library
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Wilmette.News.275607
Language of Item
English
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