Once again I turn to the list with a question about a dilemma that I think many of us are running into. Since the advent of digital cameras more and more of our project images are being turned in on disk. In the past we have always had black and white negatives, then color slides (but still usually accompanied by b/w negatives also). By the way, we have images in our collection from the 1930's that are fine and with proper storage should last for many years to come. But now the trend seems to be towards using only digital cameras. We are requiring good (GOLD) disks but that still does not solve the problem of hard copy images.And then there is the problem of migrating the data. I am afraid that in years to come we are going to have a gap of a number of years where images for these archeological projects will not be available as the disks will fail. And I do not think paper copies are an adequate substitute for negatives. Does anyone have any suggestions? Audrey M. Trauner Museum Technician Southeast Archeological Center 2035 E Paul Dirac Drive Johnson Bldg, Suite 120 Tallahassee, FL 32310 Phone: 850-580-3011 (ext 144) Fax: 850-580-2884 A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>