Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age

Synopsis: Looks at the hidden crisis of the digital information age, asking whether digitally stored information and knowledge will survive into the future. Discussing the issue are Peter Norton (Norton Utilities), Tim Berners-Lee, Paul LeClerc (New York Public Library), Susan McMahon (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), John Seely Brown (Xerox Corporation), Peter Lyman (UC Berkeley), Michael Dertouzos (MIT), Michael Hawley (MIT), Jeff Rothenberg (Rand Corporation).
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS (PAL or NTSC). col. 30 or 56 min.
Year of production: 1997
Availability: Sale; 1997 sale: US$39.50 (+p&p) for 30-minuteversion 1997 sale: US$59.50 (+p&p) for 56-minute version
Notes: Reviewed by Nick Hiley in ‘Viewfinder’ 33 (May 1998), p.
A sequel to SLOW FIRES: ON THE PRESERVATION OF THE HUMAN RECORD.
Subjects: Information technology; Librarianship
Keywords: archives; digital information