Comments on: Acid-Free Bits http://grandtextauto.org/2004/06/21/acid-free-bits/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Wed, 19 May 2010 01:52:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Michael http://grandtextauto.org/2004/06/21/acid-free-bits/comment-page-1/#comment-5211 Michael Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:27:23 +0000 /?p=359#comment-5211 The New York Times has a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/10/technology/10archive.html">nice article</a> on the general problem of digital archiving. The New York Times has a nice article on the general problem of digital archiving.

]]> By: nick http://grandtextauto.org/2004/06/21/acid-free-bits/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 nick Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=359#comment-1428 <i>Acid-Free Bits</i> is going to be published by the ELO as a paper pamphlet, too. It should be available at trAce's Incubation conference and other conferences dealing with e-lit, and will be available to ELO members. The printed text will be the same as the e-text online now, which is available under a Creative Commons license. Without even considering fair use, you're explicitly given permission to, for instance, print out copies for an entire class or include it on a class CD-ROM. Noah and I took up the task of bringing this (very small) document about e-lit preservation to the public, but as Noah mentioned, the PAD project has been busy for a while with several sorts of research, investigation, and debate, which is broader and deeper than the recommendations of <i>Acid-Free Bits.</i> You have to start somewhere, though, and addressing a readership of authors about steps they can take seemed like a good start. Acid-Free Bits is going to be published by the ELO as a paper pamphlet, too. It should be available at trAce’s Incubation conference and other conferences dealing with e-lit, and will be available to ELO members.

The printed text will be the same as the e-text online now, which is available under a Creative Commons license. Without even considering fair use, you’re explicitly given permission to, for instance, print out copies for an entire class or include it on a class CD-ROM.

Noah and I took up the task of bringing this (very small) document about e-lit preservation to the public, but as Noah mentioned, the PAD project has been busy for a while with several sorts of research, investigation, and debate, which is broader and deeper than the recommendations of Acid-Free Bits. You have to start somewhere, though, and addressing a readership of authors about steps they can take seemed like a good start.

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