Preserving old formats
I have been reading some different articles the past few weeks that deal with preserving old formats of data. The old formats might be audio tape, VHS, old floppy disks, etc… With the change in technology it becomes more difficult to find ways to access the data (most computers don’t have floppy drives anymore), and the data becomes deteriorated. After reading these articles I realized that I have some old audio tapes of interviews that I conducted back in college of my grandmother and grandfather. I have already transcribed them and have the documents saved on my computer along with printed copies, but I haven’t listened to the tapes in over 10 years, so I don’t know what the quality is. These articles have been a wakeup call to me that it is time to get the tapes onto a cd and also have a digital version on my computer. I am usually pretty good about updating files on my computer to the latest formats which should help them stay current for awhile.
Here are some links to the various articles discussing old formats.
Preserving Audio
Going
Digital Doesn’t Mean Forever
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