Pioneers of Digital Preservation: CPSR and Director Myron Gutmann

A profile of Myron Gutmann, director of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan…Gutmann is concerned that “anything that is not archived quickly poses particular problems for preservation and access,” which is why Data-PASS is working with social science researchers to get them thinking about preservation as early as possible in their experimentation.

See Also: Did You Know

Did you know that the average Web site lasts between 44 and 100 days?

Note: Librarian of Congress, Dr. James Billington, used slightly different numbers when he testified before Congress a few weeks ago. He used 44 and 75 days in his testimony.

Source: LoC / National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program

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