Noticed the NPS mentioned here.  Just wanted to note that here in Pensacola,
due to IVAN, our Fort Pickens National Park which is located at the most
western end of Santa Rosa Island (barrier island) was severely damaged by
the storm.  There were several park buildings located in the fort
area...including a museum, mgt. buildings and preservation building
(humidity/temp. control for artifacts).  The fort seems to be in pretty good
shape despite the storm....but the other buildings are severely
damaged...including the artifacts within them...thousands actually.  A
restoration crew is working daily there to restore the artifacts...freeze
drying documents, washing items, cleaning mold and mildew from stuff, etc.
They go daily to the fort by boat since the road down the island to the fort
is gone in most areas.  The island was breached by the Gulf....water coming
across island from Gulf to Pensacola Bay in two large areas just inside the
park gates.  Of course this was evident after the storm.  I'm sure the
entire island was covered by the initial tidal surge. Anyway, I watched an
interesting locally broadcast program yesterday about the recovery efforts
of the artifacts.  The restoration of Ft. Pickens park is the most expensive
NPS recovery effort of any parks currently under way....estimating 30
million dollars cost for rebuilding and restoration work.

Gus
UWF/Pensacola, FL

-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Belrose, Sharon
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 1:21 PM
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Subject: Re: National Park Service case study


I found a similar article by Diane Vogt-O'Connor entitled, " Is the Record
of the 20th Century at Risk?"
http://crm.cr.nps.gov/issue.cfm?volume=22&number=02

-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of John Ranck
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 8:59 AM
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Subject: Re: National Park Service case study


Several people have asked me about the NPS study, handwritten notes for
which indicated it's 16x more expensive to maintian a digital archive as
compared to paper. The case study was done by Diane Vogt-O'Connor at the
NPS. Whether she's still there or not, I don't know. The NPS contact info
is http://www.nps.gov/goga/pphtml/contact.html.


Jerry VanLoozen <[log in to unmask]> (a reader of this list) has
prepared 'The Dark Side of Document Imaging: The Hidden Cost of Capture'
(I am in no way associated with him, so this is not a sales plug, he just
let me know about it & I'm passing it along) if you're interested in a
more recent info link.

HTH.

JR

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