Message-Id: <mailto:199505051435.JAA16794@library.wustl.edu> Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 09:33:51 -0500 From: Mark Olsen <mailto:mark@BARKOV.UCHICAGO.EDU> Subject: Re: Microfilm To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
Owen Mitz writes,>> Microfile vs Electronic imaging: This is beginning to sound like
>>
>> MAC vs PC, Ford vs Chevy, etc etc. Lets just do it the way it
>> fits best for each of us, and in 500 years we can see who was right.
Abosolutely not!! I am a strong proponent of digitization, but we obligated to presserve the collective memory in the best way possible, even if that is not nearly as technically elegant as we would like it to be. We're talking about much more serious issues than the make of my next car or computer.
Mark
Mark Olsen Assistant Director ARTFL Project University of Chicago (312) 702-8687 Gopher: gopher.uchicago.edu/11/uscholarly/artfl WWW: http://tuna.uchicago.edu/ARTFL.html
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