On 29/01/2016 14:34, Randy Fischer wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Brian E Carpenter <
> brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> What I want to say is this: Archiving too much is just as bad as
>> archiving too little, from the future historian's point of view.
>>
>> That's not to say that we shouldn't consider long-term archiving, but
>> an important aspect is deciding what not to archive.
>
> Well, the archivists have this saying: only 10% of what we archive is
> ever of any use. But we have no idea which 10%.
10% would be a fabulously good result for on-line material. Reality
is more like 0.1% if you look at what's already out there. I am not sure
that archivists have come to grips with this yet.
Brian