From: "Madeleine Yeh" <myeh at wap.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] Re: [WSFA] Re: Give Me That Old Time
 Technology!
To: wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com,"Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>,
 "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Cc: <george_shaner at yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:56:37 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

   If we are putting up wish lists about archives how
about going backwards too
A)  Preserving paper technology with reports on Library of
Congress activity
B)  Development of the book with hands on workshop  crafts
C)  How to make and bake your own clay tablet or writing
in the Sumerian age.

Truly it would be nice to see the electronic age and its
various unreadable forms.
I have tapes of old directories but not the machinery to
read them.
I still have some original 3.5 inch floppies and no idea
how to look at them.
I never really thought about different work processing
programs, but how do picture and music programs last?
      Madeleine

On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:43:24 -0400
  "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
> I think a Capclave presentation would be spiffy.  Get
>all of the fans acting like computer geezers <g>
>
> mjw
>
>>>> Madeleine Yeh <myeh at wap.org> 8/23/2010 11:41 AM >>>
> A general you, but I was thinking this would be a nice
> lecture to listen to at Capclave since I would be there
> anyway.  If this person is at National Archives, maybe
> George can make arrangements?   I have zip drives and
> floppies and little  USB devices and tapes and really
>wish
> these were archival.
>      Madeleine
>
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:31:39 -0400
>  "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
>> Who is the "you" are asking?
>>
>> mjw
>>
>>>>> Madeleine Yeh <myeh at wap.org> 8/23/2010 11:25 AM >>>
>> You couldn't talk this person into giving a public
>> lecture somewhere could you?
>>
>> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:04:08 -0400
>>  "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
>>> http://blog.photography.si.edu/2010/08/10/electronic-records-archivist/=
>>
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/29ummrm
>>>
>>> mjw
>>>
>>
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