“Can’t you just digitise it all!” we’re asked. Sadly not my friend, because resources. #Decisions are made based on likely user-interest & fragility of material. Here's our digital collections site with c.15,000 images: https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk/special-collections #EYADecisions #ExploreYourArchive
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I wished the public was aware of the level of intensity that takes place behind the scenes with these decisions and the concerns that come with the care of more complicated artifacts...especially when resources are limited.
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Here's how our archivists respond to that question:
I also did a back of the envelope calculation of how much energy storing this sort of data would need. I seem to remember it was enough to power a street of domestic houses for a year.