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Digital Preservation Program (CD and DVD life)

Feb 4, 2004 8:55PM PST

Good stuff. Get it, even if you don't store much info on CD and DVD. And yes, glue on labels shorten the life of these discs...

http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/carefordisc/index.html


Guide: Care and Handling Guide for the Preservation of CDs and DVDs, CLIR and NIST joint project

NIST Special Publication 500-252, October 2003, Final

Except for the cover and some of the introduction, the content in both the NIST and CLIR publications is the same.


Links are on page. If nothing else, get the "Quick One-Page Reference"

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Re:Digital Preservation Program (CD and DVD life)
Feb 4, 2004 9:43PM PST

This is good info. This will be especially good for materials being saved for future generations. Pictures and such.

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Good thread and good link.
Feb 5, 2004 12:07AM PST

A related question is what brands are most reliable.