We need that here! Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"(sm) ________________________________________________ Watch (and please share) my TEDx Talk, "Impossible is a Dare: Business for a Better World" *http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809 <http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809>** <http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809>* (move your mouse to "event videos") Contact me to bake in profitability while addressing hunger, poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change Twitter: @shelhorowitz * First business ever to be Green America Gold Certified * Inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame http://goingbeyondsustainability.com http://transformpreneur.com mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com * 413-586-2388 Award-winning, best-selling author of 10 books. Latest: Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World (co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson) _________________________________________________ On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Lisa Hoag <lisahoag at gmail.com> wrote: > Just read this, ~Lisa: > Statement on Maintaining Digitally Imaged Records Permanently > Statement issued by the State Archives of Ohio on the practice of > destroying the paper copies of records that have long-term, historical, > value and only keeping copies of those records in electronic format. > > https://www.ohiohistory.org/learn/archives-library/state- > archives/local-government-records-program/electronic-records-resources/ > statearchives_statement > > "Although the Ohio History Connection, which administers the State > Archives of Ohio, acknowledges the utility of maintaining digital images > for access and retrieval purposes, it does not support the permanent > maintenance of records solely in electronic image formats. Technological > changes are rapid and constant. With no standards in existence for ensuring > the long-term validity and survivability of digital images, it is nearly > impossible to predict whether those imaged records will be retrievable in > the future. Even well- implemented migration plans cannot assure that data > will not be lost. > > With this in mind, the State Archives strongly recommends maintaining an > eye-readable backup of any records deemed of permanent value that have been > digitally imaged for electronic storage. Eye-readable records are records > that do not require the use of hardware and software to decode the > information stored on them. Examples of eye-readable records include paper > and microfilm. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) issues a > set of standards for the creation of microfilm that, if followed, ensure > the survivability of microfilm for an estimated 500 years." (more) > > Best, > > Lisa > > > -- > > Lisa Hoag > 106 Lockes Village Rd <https://maps.google.com/?q=106+Lockes+Village+Rd&entry=gmail&source=g>. > PO Box 983 > Wendell, MA 01379 > phone: 978-544-7894 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20171205/cce3377c/attachment.html