Last login: 8 hours agoSallyjacobs
The Practical Archivist is a 39 year old woman from Fried Cheese & Dark Beer, Wisconsin, USA.
Likes 3,393 pages, 112 videos, 258 photos • 153 fans • Received 25 reviews
Member since Jul 06, 2007
"sallyjacobs is one of the best stumblers out there... it's like she has a superpower that gives her the ability to sleuth up the nerdiest stuff on the Web. I'm going to make a fairly definitive statement here, and say that anyone who doesn't have an Internet crush on sallyjacobs, has no heart whatsoever. Do you hear me, Internet? No heart!" --mrvader2u.

Basically, I'm an archivist and all-around history geek. My Practical Archivist blog offers how-to advice about organizing and preserving your family treasures.

I'm also kinda obsessed with digital preservation, obsolete technology (especially audio), alternative energy and teotwawki.

As an introverted entrepreneur I keep an eye out for internet marketing advice that isn't slimy.">

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Preserving Old Movies, At 40 Degrees, Archivists Fight To Save Classic Films By Putting The Chill On Dorothy, Lassie and Scarlett OHara - CBS News
Liked it May 11, 8:41am 2 reviews •http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/0...
From the page: "The magical way in which a chilly, dry setting retards shrinking, fading or "nitric melt" inevitably raises concern about the long-term survival of other vulnerable pieces of the world's film heritage, from safety-based acetate stock adopted in the 1950s to television recordings to flimsy digital-video cassettes."

For this Peak Oil Cassandra (who also happens to be an archivist) it raises another Really. Big. Question: How long will archival institutions be able to afford that kind of energy usage? And don't say digital will save us. The average Data Center consumes as much energy as 25,000 households.

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